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Valdés-Cotera, Raúl, Ed.; Longworth, Norman, Ed.; Lunardon, Katharina, Ed.; Wang, Mo, Ed.; Jo, Sunok, Ed.; Crowe, Sinéad, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2015
UNESCO established the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) to encourage the development of learning cities. By providing technical support, capacity development, and a platform where members can share ideas on policies and best practice, this international exchange network helps urban communities create thriving learning cities. The…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Lifelong Learning, Urban Programs, Communities of Practice
Rosenberry, Margaret – 1986
This report is part of a series of resource publications designed to provide planners with explicit information for planning, funding, and operating programs. It identifies early start-up considerations and presents alternatives for program design and administration of urban conservation and service corps programs. Many of the principles and…
Descriptors: Program Administration, Program Design, Program Development, Program Implementation
Lieberman, Janet E. – 1981
The community history program described in this report uses traveling photographic exhibits and accompanying booklets on themes of social and urban history, work, housing, entertainment, family, and transportation, to involve the people of Queens, New York, in an examination of their community's past. The program's philosophy is discussed first,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Education, Community Involvement, Exhibits
New York State Dept. of Social Services, Albany. – 1989
This report describes the first-year implementation of the New York State Department of Social Services' (DSS) "No Time to Lose" initiative, whose goal is to implement the recommendations of the New York State Summit on Black and Hispanic Children in conjunction with the Governor's declaration of "The Decade of the Child."…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Blacks, Child Welfare, Community Involvement
Handel, Ruth D. – 1990
This ethnographic study describes the relationships involved in the Partnership for Family Reading, a collaborative project between Montclair State College and a low-income urban school district to promote parent involvement in children's literacy development. Participant observation and other ethnographic research methods were used to produce…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Role, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
Powers, Michael D. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1986
Program design, implementation, and public policy issues are discussed for five urban community-based programs for the developmentally disabled: (1) direct services in intermediate care facilities; (2) a High Risk Infant project; (3) group home consultative services; (4) training for support services to adoptive families; (5) a national…
Descriptors: Adoption, Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Consultation Programs