Independent national experts network in the area of adult education/adult skills : full country report : Luxembourg

Overall key policy priorities address the country's current key challenges described in the country overview. Significant effort is taken to stimulate a learning culture in Luxembourg to support the economic growth and diversification. The strong social dialogue plays a vital role in launching new initiatives. The employment rate slightly decreased in 2016 to 70.7% (compared to 70.9% in 2015) and slightly below the EU average (71%). The unemployment rate decreased slightly in 2016, yet the overall figure hides a number of disparities. Unemployment remains problematic for the low-skilled. Luxembourg is a good performer with 16.8% of adults participating in adult education, surpassing the ET 2020 benchmark, yet the figure is down from 2015 (18%). The country has the most multilingual lower-skilled individuals in Europe. More participation of lower skilled adults in adult education is needed, in particular of older adults who only participate at a rate of 6.9%. Vulnerable groups include women and foreign-born residents.