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Turner, Dave – 2002
For the last 15 years, a series of policy initiatives have advocated for development of employability skills by young and unemployed people in the United Kingdom. The call for these employability skills has been championed by these two distinct but related movements: the Key Skills Development Movement (KSDM) and the Enterprising Skills…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Community Development, Developed Nations
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Directorate-General for Education and Culture. – 2002
This brochure, part of a series about good practices in vocational training in the European Union, describes 10 projects that have promoted investment in human resources through training in the tourism sector to promote sustainable, or responsible, tourism. The projects and their countries of origin are as follows: (1) BEEFT, training of mobility…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Vocational Education, Community Development, Cultural Background
Pinkau, Irene – 1979
The scope of Western development service organizations includes acting as employment organizations assuring work experience; educational organizations building skills and knowledge; and nonelitist participatory organizations promoting citizen involvement. The organizations provide the following general kinds of services: (1) training and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Citizen Participation, Community Development
Toms, Jon; Falk, Ian; Kilpatrick, Sue – 1998
A project has been designed to identify how a non-metropolitan community consolidates and develops sustainable social and economic activity. For many authors, the political position reiterating vocational education and training (VET) as the pivotal contributor to building national economic sustainability is framed in terms of human capital…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developed Nations, Economic Development, Economic Impact
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1983
Innovative practices in education and local development in Western Europe, Australia, and the United States are described and analyzed in this report. Part One reviews urban problems, their impact on education, and the need for a new approach. Part Two explores how schools and institutes of adult education can provide information about the local…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Development, Community Involvement