Abstract:

A significant role in the formation and development of adult education in Europe and in the world in general is played by scientific conferences and other international relations. The article shows the role of international relations in the development of the adult education system. Obstacles on this path are identified.

The problem of adult education is given significant attention in the educational policy of developed EU countries. It is considered as a mechanism for achieving sustainable economic development, guaranteeing civic progress and a democratic structure of public life; as an expression of society’s responsibility for the formation of human and social capital, which is a key element of the modern knowledge society. The experience of the formation and development of the system of continuing adult education in different countries of the world is briefly described

Іn recent years, in the context of modern tasks for the development of continuing education in advanced countries of the world, a positive trend has been observed: the professional culture of specialists is analyzed at an interdisciplinary level, in the context of the categories of philosophy, history of continuing vocational education, culturology, andragogy, didactics of vocational schools, methods of teaching vocational disciplines and industrial training, and vocational training of the unemployed.

As can be seen from the study, in countries with a more educated population, social inequality in formal adult education is lower, which may be because in countries with a more educated population, less educated workers have a higher motivation to increase their level of education.

Keywords: countries of the world, continuing education system, adult education, personality formation, professional culture of future specialists.

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