Vključenost in ovire pri izobraževanju odraslih v evropski uniji ob začetku gospodarske recesije

The economic recession has exerted an important influence on the livesof the population in the European Union. Since 2008, when initial indications of the recession appeared,unemployment and poverty have increased in most member states of the European Union. Many European and national strategic documents were exposed; one of the key non-economic factors in easing out of a recession is investment in the development of knowledge.  Political opinion regarding the important role of knowledge in solving problems of the economic recession raises the question of actual change in this area. In this paper,  an understanding of the role of adult education in economic development (as oulined in the European strategic documents) is demonstrated, and in opposition to the same, an analysis of participation (and obstacles) in adult education at the beginning of the economic recession is pursued.