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Download full textNew York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1984
Participants at the First Statewide Legislative Symposium on Rural Development discussed environmental, land use, and natural resource problems and opportunities in rural areas of New York state. Identified as major assets were scenic beauty, diversified land use and economy, abundance and high quality of water, soil base for agriculture and…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Environment, Environmental Standards, Land Use
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1979
The primary objective of the workshop was to provide opportunity for participating Member States (Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Iran) to develop technical cooperation among themselves through exchange of experiences of their key personnel in the field of education for rural development. Presented in this report are:…
Descriptors: Administration, Agency Cooperation, Change Agents, Community Change
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State, MS. – 1982
The Southern Rural Development Center in cooperation with the University of Kentucky sponsored a workshop which brought together extension and research personnel interested in rural economic development concerns (i.e., inadequate water supplies, sewer systems, and schools). The proceedings include "Community Growth Management: The Land-Grant…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making, Economic Development
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1984
Symposium participants identified trends, strengths, and weaknesses in local governments in rural New York and clarified the current status of the state-local governance and management partnership. Among the trends cited were a population shift from urban to rural areas and a corresponding need for more services, increasing state mandates and…
Descriptors: Definitions, Government (Administrative Body), Governmental Structure, Local Government
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1981
This document reports on the discussion conducted at a seminar in Strasbourg on local development, with particular reference to local development officers in European countries. Of specific interest to the conference participants was the importance of the local and regional dimension in adult education and the latter's contribution to general…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Definitions, Economic Development
Boykin, William C., Comp.; And Others – 1979
Sessions during the four day meeting of the Rural Sociology Section explored 14 major areas of interest. Most of the papers presented are included in this document which serves as the proceedings of the 1979 annual meeting. The first session of the meeting was devoted to methodology; four papers were presented and three of them are included in the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Area Studies, Aspiration, Banking
Heenan, Barbara; St. John, Mark; Broun, Samantha; Howard, Michael; Becerra, Ana – 2001
A conference brought together the leaders of the 11 projects funded by the National Science Foundation's Rural Systemic Initiative (RSI) to reflect upon their efforts to improve mathematics and science education in poor rural communities. A variety of themes emerged. The RSI projects serve small, rural communities suffering from decades of…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Cooperation, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Attitudes
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1986
Developing countries in Asia and the Pacific are undergoing a critical period in rural development. As part of a plan for integrated rural development, education has shifted its priorities to equalizing access to educational opportunities and improving quality of instruction. Representatives from Bangladesh, China, India, Iran, Malaysia, Nepal,…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Planning
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1983
The report catalogs strengths, defines problems, and establishes goals for the next two decades for rural New York in the area of transportation. Describing where rural New York is today, section one lists 12 trends, 8 strengths, and 16 weaknesses affecting transporation. Trends include increased rural population inflow and demands on local…
Descriptors: Costs, Local Issues, Long Range Planning, Maintenance
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1983
A select group of 75 educators, government officials, and academic experts from 18 countries exchanged information and insights, explored topics of mutual concern, and reviewed the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development's (OECD) Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) work on strategies for connecting rural education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1984
Supporting the premise that rural communities require functioning health care systems for their physiological, emotional, and economic well-being, the First Statewide Legislative Symposium on Rural Development defined problems and established goals for rural health care in New York. Despite increases in New York's overall physician supply during…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Services, Health Facilities, Health Needs
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1979
Delegates from six countries (Bangladesh, Korea, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines) met in the Philippines in May-June 1979 at a UNESCO-sponsored conference to discuss development of productive skills through nonformal and alternative structures in education. The main part of the meeting was a series of reports of the nonformal…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Economic Development, Educational Administration
Asian Cultural Centre for UNESCO, Tokyo (Japan). – 1991
The main objective of this workshop in Malaysia was to provide training experience to key personnel involved in functional literacy and non-formal education for youth and adults in the development, production, utilization, and adaptation of literacy materials for the use of this group. The first of three sections summarizes the proceedings of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Continuing Education, Developing Nations
International Council for Adult Education, Toronto (Ontario). – 1979
This publication contains reports, papers, and presentations from the International Seminar on Research in Adult Education and Development. The keynote address, The Role (Past, Present, and Future) of Adult Education in Development, reviews the five-year Design for Action from the 1976 International Conference on Adult Education and Development.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Case Studies
Cultural and Social Centre for the Asian and Pacific Region, Seoul (South Korea). – 1976
Addressing the conference theme, "The Most Effective Strategy for Rural Development", the papers presented in these proceedings include representation from: Australia; Germany; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Philippines; Thailand; U.S.A.; and Republic of China. Papers are titled: "Community Development…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agriculture, Change Strategies, Community Development
