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Noguchi, Fumiko – Online Submission, 2010
Since its establishment in 2003, the Japan Council on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD-J) has paid close attention to informal learning processes in community-based efforts to promote local sustainable development. ESD-J carried out two projects to collect information on and visualise community-based ESD practice: the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Informal Education, Community Programs
Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, University Park, PA. – 1998
This annual report of the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD) highlights the Center's activities, programs, projects, and publications for fiscal year 1998. NERCRD receives modest funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other funds from private foundations. Funds are used to link rural development efforts of the 15…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Community Development, Conservation (Environment), Distance Education
Sorensen, Donald M. – 1975
Based on the available documentation of Title V (Rural Development Act of 1972) rural development programs currently underway in the Western Region (13 states), this report summarizes project endeavors to: (1) improve income and employment; (2) enrich environmental quality; (3) enhance social and health amenities; and (4) improve the quality of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Conservation (Environment), Coordination, Delivery Systems
Hyatt, George, Jr.; And Others – 1975
Serving primarily as a policy group for local Rural Development Panels, the North Carolina Rural Development Committee's major objective for 1976 is to work with local leaders, private businesses and governmental agencies at all levels in planning and implementing comprehensive rural development programs. Specifically, the Committee's objectives…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Committees, Community Services, Conservation (Environment)
GermAnn, Kathy; Smith, Neale; Littlejohns, Lori Baugh – 2000
Efforts of health professionals are shifting away from programs that "deliver health" toward those that build the capacity of communities to work together to create healthy places. The Healthy Communities Initiative (HCI) is a community development model in central Alberta (Canada) that involves the creation of a widely shared vision of…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Case Studies, Community Action, Community Cooperation
Zuber, Eileen, Ed.; Heasley, Daryl K., Ed. – 1995
Small towns and rural places face numerous barriers to development. In response, the four Regional Rural Development Centers serve as regional and national networks to catalyze, initiate, facilitate, and evaluate research and educational programs that have potential to improve rural economic and social well-being. Such programs focus on developing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Community Planning, Conservation (Environment)