The adult continuing education sector in Switzerland is heterogeneously structured and poorly regulated by law. Since 2004, the federal law on vocational education also includes a chapter on vocational continuing education. These provisions, however, are not sufficient to regulate and support the continuing education sector in such a way that they match its current status. The same applies to the special laws (such as the Higher Education Act or the Unemployment Insurance Act), which also only cover certain aspects. Missing here is a comprehensive regulation that would allow the continuing education sector to be developped and supported as part of the national education system.