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Flury, Carmen; Geiss, Michael; Guerrero Cantarell, Rosalía – European Educational Research Journal, 2021
The Community Action Programme for Education and Training for Technology (COMETT) played a key role in paving the way for increased cooperation between the member states of the European Community (EC) in the field of education and in the promotion of intra-Europe mobility. In this article, COMETT is considered as a non-traditional education and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Development, Student Mobility, Nontraditional Education
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Streitwieser, Bernhard; Loo, Bryce; Ohorodnik, Mara; Jeong, Jisun – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2019
This paper examines current interventions to reduce barriers to access into higher education for refugees in North America and Europe. We analyze a diversity of interventions sponsored by host governments, higher education institutions, foundations, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals. These interventions differ in size, delivery…
Descriptors: Refugees, Access to Education, Higher Education, Barriers
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Scoullos, Michael; Malotidi, Vicky; Lindroos, Paula; Suomalainen, Sinikka – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to present and compare collective efforts of higher education institutions working through regional networks in introducing and promoting education for sustainable development (ESD) and environmental education (EE) in two most significant EU boarder regions. Efforts to support EE/ESD in higher education are…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainability, Environmental Education, Sustainable Development
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Caidi, Nadia – Library Quarterly, 2004
This article presents case studies of the social shaping of the national union catalog (NUC) in seven countries (four in Central and Eastern Europe, two in the Baltic region, and South Africa). The purpose is to illustrate how technology developments do not occur independently of their social context but rather are co-constituted by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Catalogs, Library Materials, Technological Advancement
Vandenberghe, Roland – 1987
Three research questions are addressed in this paper: (1) What does school improvement mean in relation to the context of a research project? (2) Given particular developments in European society and the nature of primary research data, what should schools be like in the year 2001? (3) What steps are being taken in research and development to…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 2000
A 2-day regional seminar was held to raise awareness of the problem of youth unemployment in Southeastern Europe and assist countries in the region to develop their own framework of action and concrete projects. The following were among the topics discussed: ways policymakers can help young people find valid employment opportunities within…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Change Strategies, Check Lists