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Hautekeur, Gerard – Community Development Journal, 2003
The Belgian government funds one central community development institute and eight regional institutes. Challenges include an increasingly multicultural society, emphasis on the integration of ethnic-cultural minorities, and decentralized decision making. A broader social role for community development is being recognized. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries
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Boavida, Jose; Borges, Luis – Infants and Young Children, 1994
The Coimbra Early Intervention Project was undertaken in Portugal to develop the first coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency program involving health care, education, and social service, using existing resources in the community. The program now operates regionwide and supports more than 100 families and children with disabilities or at…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Grassroots Educare Trust, Gatesville (South Africa). – 1992
This annual report discusses the work of the Grassroots Educare Trust to provide economic and technical assistance to 177 preschool communities throughout Western Cape Province in South Africa, with a heavy emphasis on those in poor, black-populated areas. After messages from the chairman of the board of trustees and the director, the report is…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Community Programs, Day Care Centers, Foreign Countries
Miles, M. – 1993
This report focuses on a project in Afghanistan that coordinates the efforts of several agencies to develop community-directed disability, rehabilitation, and education services. The program stresses community mobilization aided by skills transfer from expatriate specialists, and includes physical therapy, prosthetics, living skills and mobility…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Daily Living Skills, Delivery Systems
Engel, C., Ed.; And Others – 1990
This volume comprises 95 papers or abstracts of conference presentations, focusing on various community-based approaches to health sciences education throughout the world. The papers or presentation abstracts are arranged under the following headings: (1) problems met in establishing links with the regional health care systems--the case of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Action, Community Health Services, Community Programs
Stern, Elliot – 1992
A series of seven case studies examined vocational training, human resources development, and regional development in rural Mid-Wales. The case studies focused on the following: a business mentor program that uses the Welsh language and culture as a development resource, adult training in the county of Powys, integrated development at the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Programs, Coordination