This paper summarizes the results of a recent study of the past performance and future prospects of the International Telecommunications Satellite (INTELSAT) Organization. First, an overview of INTELSAT's history is provided and major policy issues are detailed. Five alternative paradigms are then presented through which to evaluate INTELSAT's…

A project developed a content model for international project management training. It also compiled a bibliography of project management references, identified specific project management training needs based upon a survey of international sponsors and contractor personnel, and documented the training needs of international project managers. Data…

This volume summarizes events throughout the world in celebration of International Literacy Day in 1980 and in 1981. Each description begins with an overview of the message the Director-General of Unesco addressed to member states at Unesco headquarters in Paris. Next, there are short reports of activities from each of the member states. The…

This paper examines various areas related to industry's role in and awareness of the need to respect environmental considerations, both from the perception of the factors relevant to staying in business in the longer term, and the regulations and requirements formulated by governments, often in cooperation with the industrial sector concerned.…

A discussion of prospects for the Commonwealth Educational Broadcasting conference scheduled for Sydney, Australia, in 1975. (Author/HB)

The Broad System of Ordering (BSO), a subject-indication coding and ordering scheme developed to meet the requirements of the UNISIST program for an international switching mechanism between information systems using diverse indexing/retrieval languages is described. The scope and purpose of the BSO, its development and testing, a schematic…

An overview of the international expansion of advertising agencies based in the United States is presented in the first part of this paper. The various types of strategies used by the agencies in their expansion efforts are discussed along with some of the problems they have faced. The second part of the paper focuses specifically on the expansion…

Until 1980 online information retrieval and dissemination services were for the most part based in the United States. Today, however, a variety of information services as well as packet-switched networks are emerging in other countries. Although U.S. developed software still predominates in overall use, activity in Europe and other countries is…

The participation of the United States in the programing and budgeting process of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) is reported. The document is presented in four chapters. Chapter I, the introduction, traces the growth of the United Nations system, UNESCO background, U.S. representation to UNESCO, and…

Full use of the world's educational film resources requires standardized cataloging methods for description, evaluation, and availability entries. The establishment of an international 3" x 5" (7.5 x 12.5 cm.) card filing system by Unesco would facilitate exchange of information between all those who use or produce these films. In each card…

Because no published glossary of audiovisual terms has yet gained international currency, there is a need to: (1) explore international acceptance of a list of audiovisual terms and definitions; (2) review current efforts to do so; (3) propose criteria for acceptable terms and definitions; and (4) recommend procedures for acceptance of…

The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) has been designed as an instrument suitable for assembling, compiling, and presenting statistics of education both within individual countries and internationally. The classification is designed for assembling data on current educational phenomena such as enrollment, teaching staff and…