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Tang, Chia Wei; Nguyen, Hoai Than – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2023
This study focused on evaluating the project on vocational training for rural laborers in Vietnam with respect to its effectiveness in employment creation and poverty reduction among rural laborers. The investigation took the form of a case study; official policy statistics, a survey of 300 project participants and interviews with eight vocational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Vocational Education
Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1988
In September 1985, the Canadian government introduced the Canadian Jobs Strategy. Two features distinguish the jobs strategy program from Canada's old job development programs and programs for purchasing job training from colleges. These features are: (1) focusing of federal support for labor market adjustment on those individuals who are most in…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Foreign Countries, Job Development
Saunders, Lesley – 1989
This report provides results of an evaluation of SKILLNET, an education and training innovation to commission training in the newly redeveloped area of London's dockland. Chapter 1, an introduction, defines SKILLNET's primary function--to address the current mismatch between kinds of jobs available in the area and the levels and kinds of skills…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Gribble, Helen; Bottomley, John – 1989
Award restructure poses questions about appropriate response to the retraining and education needs of workers in Australia who have literacy difficulties. The following actions should be taken: (1) the government should fund a research project that will evaluate workplace efficiency outcomes for employers who have participated in the Workplace…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Foreign Countries, Industrial Structure
Pearson, Cecil A. L.; Armstrong, Robert W. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1995
Implementation of a job development program within the personnel administration function of an Australian university is evaluated. The program, following principles of the Total Quality Management approach, was found to have favorable impact on a number of work-related variables, in comparison with the traditional approach used in another…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). – 1993
This yearbook of PETRA, the European Community's program for providing youths with vocational training and preparing them for adulthood and work, contains 14 articles: "PETRA's Added Value" (Welbers); "Beyond the Fallen Wall" (Hanf); "Project Report: A Flyweight Becomes a Bricklayer"; "PETRA's Southern Tip"…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Foreign Countries, Information Networks, International Cooperation
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1980
This report examines selected public sector direct job creation schemes that were in operation in 1977-1978 in Canada, Denmark, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Based on responses to a questionnaire and discussions with officials in the five countries, the information presented in the report is not intended to evaluate any one…
Descriptors: Age, Comparative Analysis, Economic Status, Educational Attainment
Smith, Erica; Harris, Roger – 2000
The literature on work placements in education and training courses and current Australian practice related to work placements was reviewed. The review focused on the school, university, and vocational education and training (VET) sectors. The following major issues were considered: lack of a common name and common body of literature; purposes of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Definitions, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Guggenheim, Eric Fries, Ed. – 2002
This document contains 11 papers from a 2-day meeting on the principles, practice, and effectiveness of Jobrotation, which denotes a European Union program of investing in human capital by giving employees the opportunity to temporarily leave their posts for training without any major disturbance in the production process. The following papers are…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Articulation (Education), Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1999
This document contains 15 papers from a conference on preparing youth for the 21st century that was organized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The following papers are included: "Giving Young People a Good Start: The Experience of OECD Countries" (Norman Bowers,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Role, Articulation (Education), At Risk Persons