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UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2020
The International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)-UNESCO Dakar and the Francophonie Institute for Education and Training (IFEF) wanted to study how the competency-based training (CBT) was adapted, what contextualisation and adaptation of programmes according to the CBT has taken place, and what positive practices have made the CBT…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2020
IIEP-UNESCO Dakar and the IFEF have carried out a joint study on contextualizing and adapting the competency-based approach (CBA) in seven African countries: South Africa, Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Rwanda, and Senegal. This study has identified good practices and their use for making the CBA more effective in TVET systems, as well as the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2020
The International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)-UNESCO Dakar and the Francophonie Institute for Education and Training (IFEF) wanted to study how the competency-based training (CBT) was adapted, what contextualisation and adaptation of programmes according to the CBT has taken place, and what positive practices have made the CBT…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2020
The International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)-UNESCO Dakar and the Francophonie Institute for Education and Training (IFEF) wanted to study how the competency-based training (CBT) was adapted, what contextualisation and adaptation of programmes according to the CBT has taken place, and what positive practices have made the CBT…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2020
For the purpose of finding out how competency-based training (CBT) approach is customized, how syllabi are adjusted and aligned on CBT and what positive outcomes were registered as a consequence, the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)-Dakar and the Francophonie Institute for Education and Training (IFEF) conducted a joint…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
Jez, Su Jin; Adan, Sara – Education Insights Center, 2016
California's dynamic economy depends on having a large and skilled workforce; consequently, the state must continually support and refine efforts to provide workers with employer-valued competencies. Given the wide range of regional and state needs across this vast state, ensuring that the workforce has the training to keep up with labor market…
Descriptors: State Programs, Economic Development, Labor Force Development, Alignment (Education)
Appalachian Regional Commission, 2011
This study uses the best available national data to project future supply and demand for occupations associated with the energy industry for each Appalachian state, and the number of people enrolled in and graduating from programs in the Region's institutions of higher education that will be available to meet or exceed the demand. The report…
Descriptors: Energy Education, Power Technology, Labor Force Development, Trend Analysis
Bavaro, Mary Ellen; And Others – 1995
These four diagnostic guides, developed as part of the Investing in People Project in Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Washington, and West Virginia, can be used to help states in assessing their current work force and economic development systems and in building more comprehensive, integrated, and effective strategies for improving the work force.…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Evaluation Methods, Futures (of Society), Labor Economics
McCarty, Nolan M. – 1990
In 1989, the Midland College Business and Economic Development Center conducted a survey of manufacturing and oil-related businesses in the Midland area of Texas who were members of the Midland Chamber of Commerce. A comparable study was conducted in 1990 of businesses who were members of the Big Spring Chamber of Commerce. For the Midland survey,…
Descriptors: Business, Business Cycles, Community Colleges, Competition
MacAllum, Keith; Yoder, Karla; Poliakoff, Anne Rogers – Academy for Educational Development, 2004
The Community College Labor Market Responsiveness (CCLMR) Initiative was created by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), to develop and disseminate information to enable community colleges to keep pace with the needs of a diverse student body and a dynamic labor market. The main goals of the initiative…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Labor Market, Labor Force Development, Economic Development
Rosenfeld, Stuart A. – 1995
This book about new technology at two-year colleges contains two parts. Part one includes the following chapters: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Toward the Vanguard of Industrial Modernization"; (3) "Learning Who Does What and How Well: Technology Education and Modernization Services";(4) "Structuring Community Colleges' Services"; (5) "Delivering the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Development, Economic Development, Emerging Occupations
Fares-Rivera, Rabab; And Others – 1995
A study was conducted to assess El Paso Community College's (EPCC's) role in serving the educational needs of its multi-racial, economically diverse border area community. Uniquely positioned on a rapidly expanding industrial corridor, EPCC's constituency is quickly changing in size, demographics, and academic needs. To determine the current needs…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Development, Institutional Role, International Trade
Cunningham, Pearley; Sandrock, Brad L. – 1991
In May 1991, a survey was conducted of businesses and industries in the Mid-Mon Valley in Pennsylvania to develop a profile of the companies, determine their competitiveness and expansion since completion of a 1987 Business Outreach Survey, determine their use of technology, identify training needs for the Mid-Mon Valley, and examine how companies…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Colleges, Community Surveys, Comparative Analysis
Linthicum, Dorothy S. – 1985
A study was conducted to identify the role community colleges have played in developing Maryland's economic resources. The study sought to determine: (1) what types of programs and courses had the community colleges created to serve local economic development needs; (2) how many students were involved in programs and courses related to job…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
Martinez, Virginia – 2002
Based on the view that strong families create healthy local economies and that family support is key to helping families become self-sufficient, active participants in the marketplace, this workbook is part of a wider effort at Family Support America to apply the principles of family support and the strategies of community economic development to…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Change Strategies, Community Development, Community Involvement
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