This article provides a review of policies and programmes to promote child well-being in the Gulf Countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates). An overview is provided of the international agenda (e.g. the Sustainable Development Goals) and national strategies as they provide broad policy frameworks in which…

The "Trainer's Guide for the Systematic Monitoring of SDG 4-Education 2030 in Asia-Pacific" has been created to further facilitate making effective use of the "Regional Capacity Development Resource Book on Monitoring SDG4-Education 2030 in Asia-Pacific" ("Resource Book") and to support Member States in the effective…

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to analyze international and national research and development (R&D) programs and roadmaps for the manufacturing sector, presenting how agile and lean manufacturing models are addressed in these programs. Design/methodology/approach: In this review, several manufacturing research and development programs and…

There is an increasing impression among online geography educators that interaction can be developed based on specific teaching and learning methods. The authors developed a practical research study to investigate this issue. The study was based on advanced graduate courses in geography at Beijing Normal University and Texas State University.…

With the onset of the Education for All (EFA) agenda in 1990, the international development community has seen new forms of international cooperation forming around the pledge for EFA. This paper analyzes a case study of activities and challenges of a civil society coalition, the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC), in pursuing the…

Fieldwork forms a substantial part of the International Geography Olympiad (IGEO) both in terms of time and in the nature of the experience in which participants get a chance to explore the "real world" of the host country. Fieldwork offers young geographers an excellent opportunity to explore the regional and local geography of the host…

Part I deals with background information for planning on a national scale. Its objective is to focus attention on planning as a concept and on existing problems and deficiencies in individual Asian countries and the Asian region as a whole, and to provide the background needed to develop a realistic plan of action for library development in Asia.…

This report provides an overview of selected key national and multinational initiatives in digital preservation occurring outside North America. It examines digital preservation initiatives in four countries--Australia, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom--as well as related multinational initiatives. The initiatives were chosen in…

Relates the setting-up of the International Social Sciences Information System (MISON), which reflects common social development and ideological processes characteristic of the socialist countries and the growing cooperation between them; and discusses some of its proposed goals and activities. (VT)

Describes documents that gave shape to the scientific information policy of Bulgaria, determined its goal, and indicated the fundamental principles of its strategy and tactics. The National System of Scientific and Technical Information (NSSTI) has established links with other European centers of scientific information. (VT)

Includes national documentation and information activities in Czechoslovakia, structure and aims of national centers, information services, technical means, information users, international cooperation, planned participation in international systems, possibility of mutual interconnection of automated information systems, and preconditions and…

Includes Danish organizational structure, main institutions, services, technical tools, users, existing international cooperation, and planned participation in international systems. (VT)

Covers German literature, research, and data on activities, institutions, services, technical tools, users, existing international cooperation, planned participation in international systems, feasibility of automated information systems, and Euorpean cooperation. (VT)

Includes national centers and main institutions of Finland, services provided and national cooperation, users, existing international cooperations, planned participation in international systems, and feasibility of mutually linked automated information systems. (VT)

Includes a general outline; central and main French institutions; services; technical tools; users; existing international cooperation; planned participation in international systems; feasibility of mutually linked automated information systems; needs, preconditions and obstacles; and priorities and principal fields for cooperation. (VT)