HORIZONS, a German project under the European Community's Human Resources initiative, has reached the disadvantaged target group, but most participants have received only attendance certificates of little employment value. Most project organizers underestimated the amount of effort required to plan and run transnational activities. (JOW)

A Hispanic-based consultation on European-style apprenticeships was undertaken to add a Hispanic perspective to the current policy debate about apprenticeships as a school-to-work transition option providing effective career preparation for non-college bound American youth. In March 1992, a delegation of 10 specialists in Hispanic education and…