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Hanemann, Ulrike, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2015
This compilation offers global examples of innovative and promising literacy and numeracy programmes that link the teaching and learning of literacy to sustainable development challenges such as health, social equality, economic empowerment and environmental sustainability. This publication is a timely contribution to the 2030 Agenda for…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Literacy, Numeracy, Lifelong Learning
Nasiruddin, Md. – Online Submission, 2013
Each night, around 20,000 people--both adults and children--make the streets of Dhaka (the capital city of Bangladesh) their home. Living amongst the noise, rubbish, and traffic, thousands of families walk down the streets of Dhaka, looking for a safe place to rest for just a few hours each night. Trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Homeless People, Emergency Shelters
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. Farmers Home Administration. – 1970
Intended for organizations and groups for use as a basis for action in building a program of community development, this program guide was developed by a task force appointed by the Farmers Home Administration and the Future Farmers of America. Emphasis on the program is on group learning and action which will result in individual attitudes,…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Community Action, Community Development, Community Programs
Weber, Ron – Grassroots Development, 1990
Describes Catholic priest's founding and operation of Servol, grassroots community assistance and development center in Trinidad. Describes Servol's low-profile service-oriented approach to creating education and health services, programs, and facilities. Describes Servol's difficult transition from quixotic neighborhood project to national and…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Centers, Community Coordination, Community Development
Plane, Karen – 2001
In a competitive market training economy, vocational education and training (VET) and small business in Australia face a number of challenges. They need to qualify the extent of lifelong learning skills being used in the small firm workplace, define the range of learning partnerships both within VET and the wider informal learning community in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Programs
Lee, Jasper S., Comp.; Cheatham, Danny L., Comp. – 1986
This document contains 200 one-page abstracts intended to provide a linkage between producers and consumers of research related to the Cooperative Extension Service. The abstracts are organized into nine broad categories: administration, agriculture/natural resources, accountability and evaluation, community resource development, 4-H and youth,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Agricultural Education, Community Development, Community Programs