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Mula, Ingrid; Tilbury, Daniella – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2009
The launch of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) (2005-2014) was accompanied by a series of high-profile events and celebratory activities across the globe, which raised awareness about the Decade's objectives. Now, as the DESD approaches its mid-term, many stakeholders are asking these questions: What will…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Program Descriptions, International Organizations, Educational History
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Malmquist, Eve; Grundin, Hans U. – International Review of Education, 1976
Discusses certain issues of international cooperation in educational research and presents recommendations on its the future development, pointing out that its development as a viable scientific discipline is a prerequisite for its successful utilization as an instrument of educational policy-making. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Educational Researchers
Agency for International Development (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. – 1967
The annual report gives data on the United States contribution through the Agency for International Development (AID) toward the training of persons from the less developed countries, in the U.S. or a third country. Included is background information on AID-sponsored training as regards: (1) relationship to program goals (2) cost sharing; (3)…
Descriptors: Contracts, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives, Financial Support
Twelker, Paul A.; And Others – 1972
The World Forum program gives college students an opportunity to explore a particular problem of personal and/or social consequence in the context of its anticipated alternative futures. This report explicates the nature of the program and describes the evaluation results of the developmental tryout. The goals of the program, developmental…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Evaluation
ZACK, ARNOLD – 1964
THIS STUDY DISCUSSES THE POLITICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC ROLE OF TRADE UNIONS IN DEVELOPING NATIONS, EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING NEEDS OF UNIONISTS, LEADERSHIP TRAINING METHODS (OVERSEAS TOURS, REGIONAL COURSES, RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS), ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS, CURRICULUM PLANNING, EFFECTS OF SPONSOR OBJECTIVES, THE SELECTION OF STAFF AND PARTICIPANTS,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Curriculum, Developing Nations, Educational Needs
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1965
Prepared in connection with the World Congress of Ministers of Education on the Eradication of Illiteracy (Teheran, September 8-19, 1965), this UNESCO report on literacy as a factor in development focuses on worldwide literacy education and the dimensions of illiteracy, the role of literacy in economic and technological development and in social…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cooperative Planning, Costs, Developing Nations
Montgomery, Warner Miller – 1968
This study attempts to analyze the relationship between Agency for International Development (AID) University contract goals and the problems encountered in educational assistance project activities through an examination of project operations and the adviser's participation in them. Documents and personnel of 5 of 13 AID projects in Thailand were…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Communication Problems, Culture Conflict, Developing Nations
International Understanding at School, 1982
UNESCO's Associated Schools Project developed an interregional project for secondary school students in Asia, Europe, and Latin America to study disarmament, the new international economic order, and human rights. The reasons for studying contemporary problems and choosing these issues, the stages of the project, and its evaluation are discussed.…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Disarmament
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Nairobi (Kenya). Regional Office of Science and Technology for Africa. – 1980
A survey of basic education in 13 Eastern African countries (Madagascar, Burundi, Comores, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, and Somalia) covers basic education programs and UNICEF's supporting role. Basic education is seen as a concept evolved in the region, involving formal school systems and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Schools, Cultural Education, Developing Nations
Nicholson, Ronald; And Others – 1983
Between 1970 and 1976, with continued funding and personnel support from the Agency for International Development (AID), Paraguay instituted major rural educational reforms encompassing curriculum revision, teacher training and retraining, training of administrators and supervisors, new school construction, and provision of teaching materials and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Change, Change Strategies, Community Control
Wilson, Kathleen K. – 2001
This document is designed to help literacy practitioners and others establish health literacy programs to help learners in South Carolina develop the literacy skills needed to perform their role as health consumers and providers and maintain their own health and the health of those they love. The introduction defines literacy and health literacy,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Planning, Community Programs
Medel-Anonuevo, Carolyn, Ed. – 1999
This document contains 14 papers that were developed for a 5-day international seminar-workshop at which representatives of multilateral agencies, governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), women's organizations, feminist groups, and universities discussed gender issues in monitoring and evaluation of adult education. The following papers…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Development