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IT Policies for Development: Analysis and Recommendations of Free Libre Open Source Software Initiatives of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
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Maldonado Rangel, Edgar A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
In recent years the two concepts of economic development and technological advancement have become entwined so that they have, in many cases, come to mean the same thing. For countries seeking economic development through engagement with the Information Economy, policies supporting technological development claim privileged positions in national…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Development, Public Administration, Computer Software
International Co-operation in Literacy: Two Good Examples. Literacy Lessons.
Lind, Agneta; Foss, Mark – 1990
This paper describes the literacy education work being done by two agencies, the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA) and the Canadian Organization for Development through Education (CODE). SIDA strives to promote economic growth, economic and social equality, economic and political independence, democratic development, the use of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cooperative Programs, Developed Nations
Literacy: Tool for Empowering Women.
United Nations, New York, NY. Office of Public Information. – 1990
About two-thirds of the 963 million people in the world who cannot read and write are women, according to the United Nations. Women who are illiterate cannot pass on literacy skills to their children. The United Nations proclaimed 1990 International Literacy Year and conducted conferences for literacy. Education for women and girls was designated…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Innovations in Lifelong Learning: Capitalising on ADAPT. CEDEFOP Panorama Series.
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Janssens, Jos – 2002
A community initiative (called ADAPT) was intended to help the workforce in European Union countries to adapt to industrial change and prepare for the information society, as well as to promote growth, employment, and the competitiveness of companies in the countries. Between 1995 and 1999, 4,000 projects were funded to transform the ways in which…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Intergenerational Programmes: Public Policy and Research Implications--An International Perspective.
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Hatton-Yeo, Alan, Ed.; Ohsako, Toshio, Ed. – 2000
This document consists of 12 papers that, together, summarize the key issues underpinning future research and policy development related to intergenerational programs (IPs). "Introduction" (Alan Hatton-Yeo) discusses the project out of which the papers developed. "A General Assessment of IP Initiatives in the Countries…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
TEND 2000: Proceedings of the Technological Education and National Development Conference, "Crossroads of the New Millennium" (2nd, April 8-10, 2000, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).
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Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). – 2000
This document contains a total of 57 welcoming speeches, theme addresses, seminar and workshop papers, and poster sessions that were presented at a conference on technological education and national development. The papers explore the ways technology and technological advances have both necessitated and enabled changes in the way education is…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Articulation (Education)