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European Union, 2022
Europe needs more professionals with dedicated skills to drive the transition to a sustainable and circular bioeconomy, a core component of the Green Deal. A study was made to support the development of educational and training content, methods, tools and structures to achieve a mainstreaming of the bioeconomy in education and training. The…
Descriptors: Biotechnology, Job Skills, Labor Market, Economic Development
Moreno da Fonseca, Pedro – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2015
Guidance systems exist within learning, working and welfare cultures, which are upheld by prevailing institutions and stakeholders. Implementing a lifelong approach questions rooted codes and idiosyncrasies of the sectors across which guidance is distributed. To support individuals' careers, unlock their potential and increase their contribution…
Descriptors: Guidance, Lifelong Learning, Career Guidance, Cultural Context
Sweezy, Alan – 1973
This paper discusses recent histories of labor shortages in Singapore, Japan, and several western European countries. Emphasis is upon the economic effects of severe shortages of labor. Fearing that these shortages would seriously handicap further economic progress, many people in these countries have advocated large-scale immigration or increased…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Labor Demands
Social and Labour Bulletin, 1983
This series of articles presents a variety of studies related to employment opportunities for the disabled, stimulating economy and employment, and new job creation. These studies are related to both developed and developing countries and are also concerned with the international division of labor. (SSH)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Employment Opportunities
Brioschi, Maria Sole; Cassia, Lucio – Industry and Higher Education, 2006
This paper analyses a number of European regions which, in the last two decades, have exhibited a significant shift towards knowledge-intensive industrial sectors coupled with a considerable increase in competitiveness and growth. The analysis identifies the main factors of territorial development behind each regional renewal process and captures…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Asghar, Waheed; Siddi, Sulaman Hafeez – International Journal of Training Research, 2008
In this era of global competition, human resources will play a decisive role in the battle for efficiency and competitive advantage, where nations and organisations with superior and quality-oriented human capital will soon outperform those with inefficient and quantity-oriented labour force. Rate of human capital formation will be more important…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Productivity, Competition
1967
To identify problems regarding economic development, the Committee for Scientific and Technical Personnel conducted an educational and occupational survey of each member country of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The specific purpose of the surveys was to gather comparative data on the training and utilization of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Job Analysis
Petrini, Francesco – European Journal: Vocational Training, 2004
While Article 128 of the Treaty of Rome very clearly states that a common policy for vocational training should be developed, this policy has never come to fruition. This is largely due to resistance from Germany and France, which already possessed highly developed vocational training systems. But the failure can also be attributed to the clash…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Economic Development, Labor Force Development
Berthet, Thierry; Cuntigh, Philippe; Guitton, Christophe – Training & Employment, 2002
France's employment policy has historically been governed by a strategy of interventions aimed at specific categories of individuals, including victims of industrial restructuring, entry workers, the long-term unemployed, and the disabled. Since the 1980s, France has had the following main lines of employment policy: (1) assistance to victims of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Cultural Differences, Definitions
Green, Andy – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2006
Many of the current policy debates in Europe focus on what kind of "knowledge economy" or "knowledge society" would be best in the future if it is to combine both economic competitiveness and social cohesion. Should European economies move increasingly towards the so-called Anglo-Saxon model of flexible labour markets and high…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Models, Economic Research
Gizard, X.; Josephe, A. – 1987
This document summarizes the information contained in the reports prepared by a number of regions to contribute to a discussion of a forum of European regions examining the place of vocational training in regional development strategies. Information on the place and role of vocational training in their economic development strategies is provided…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Change, Educational Development, Foreign Countries
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Berlin (West Germany). – 1987
This publication contains monographs on vocational training and regional development for six regions of the European Communities. The monograph on Lorraine (France) by Gerard Calais describes basic training structures, redeployment policies, requalification of job seekers, and coordination of training efforts. Profiles of development technicians…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Economic Development, Educational Development, Foreign Countries
Muller-Warson, Liliane – 1991
This documentary study is based on 12 national dossiers on vocational education and training in the tourist industry. Part 1 is an overview of school vocational training diplomas and curricula and the provision of training programs in the tourist industry. The description of the provision of training in this sector is followed by a review of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Economic Development, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Culpepper, Pepper D., Ed.; Finegold, David, Ed. – 1999
This book examines the effectiveness and distributive ramifications of the institutions of German skill provision as they functioned at home in the 1990s and as they served as a template for reform in other industrialized countries. The volume relies on multiple sources of data, including in-firm case studies, larger-scale surveys of companies,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Developed Nations, Economic Development, Educational Needs
Burns, Robin J. – 1975
This study and evaluation of development education initiatives at the higher or postsecondary level in some industrialized countries has been prepared within the context of the education and information programs supported by Action for Development, a United Nations program. An opening chapter gives background on development studies in general, and…
Descriptors: Community Education, Comparative Education, Developed Nations, Economic Development
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