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World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1988
The major results of a World Health Organization consultation meeting which was organized to examine ways and means of improving the status of substance abuse education for health professionals in some European countries is presented. Conference participants included researchers, psychiatrists, advisers, clinicians, health administrators, and…
Descriptors: Courses, Curriculum, Drug Abuse, Foreign Countries
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1981
This document reports on the discussion conducted at a seminar in Strasbourg on local development, with particular reference to local development officers in European countries. Of specific interest to the conference participants was the importance of the local and regional dimension in adult education and the latter's contribution to general…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Definitions, Economic Development
Duskin, Elizabeth, Ed. – 1990
This volume is based on papers presented at a conference of social policy experts that looked at the growth in lone-parent families, the problems that have emerged, and their policy implications. Chapter 1 is an "Overview" (Duskin). Three chapters look at demographic trends over time and over the life-cycle; they are: "Demographic…
Descriptors: Child Custody, Child Support, Day Care, Developed Nations
Baker, Steven J., Ed. – 2002
These papers come from a 2001 conference that explored language policy issues at the global, U.S. national, and California regional levels. There are 15 papers in five sections. Section 1, "National Language Policy," includes (1) "Language and Globalization: Why National Policies Matter" (Chester D. Haskell) and (2) "Real…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Apartheid, Democracy, Diversity
Farrell, Joseph P., Ed.; Oliveira, Joao B., Ed. – 1993
This volume discusses the major options decisionmakers face when they are dealing with teacher career and remuneration policies. The document deals with a central question: how can remuneration and managerial policies help improve teacher effectiveness? The book is divided into three parts containing 15 papers. The first part, "The Cost and…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Developed Nations
Download full textGuggenheim, Eric Fries, Ed. – 2002
This document contains 11 reports from a 2-day meeting on how to report on investments in vocational education and training in enterprises and whether such reporting is worthwhile. The document begins with a brief overview of the meeting and the meeting agenda. The remainder of the report is devoted to the meeting papers, which are titled as…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Corporations, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1999
This document contains 15 papers from a conference on preparing youth for the 21st century that was organized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The following papers are included: "Giving Young People a Good Start: The Experience of OECD Countries" (Norman Bowers,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Role, Articulation (Education), At Risk Persons
