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Thomas, Vinod – American Journal of Evaluation, 2010
After some 65 years of international development assistance, it is still difficult to show the effectiveness of aid in ways that are fully convincing. In part, this reflects inadequacies in the evaluation systems of the bilateral, multilateral, and global organizations that provide official development aid. Underlying these weaknesses often are a…
Descriptors: International Programs, Program Development, Economic Development, Program Evaluation
US Agency for International Development, 2011
In late 2010, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah commissioned a new Agency-wide Education Strategy to ensure that USAID's global education investments would be informed by recent Presidential policy guidance; grounded in the most current evidence-based analysis of educational effectiveness; and aimed at…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Educational Strategies, Public Agencies, Technical Assistance
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Nieuwenhuysen, Paul – Education for Information, 2011
The aim of this study is to improve the subsequent editions of an international training program in information management. Up to now 15 editions have been organized, coordinated by the author of this paper. Most participants work in developing countries, mainly in Africa and Asia. Each program takes place mainly in Brussels, Belgium, for about…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Information Management, Information Science, Foreign Countries
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Tilbury, Daniella – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2009
The sustainability agenda is a concern of several UN agencies that appreciate how well-being, social justice, human development and the health of our planet are inextricably linked. This remit underpinned the launch of the UN Decade in Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) in 2005. As the DESD reaches its mid-point, mechanisms for assessing…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, International Education, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Kozaris, Ioannis; Varella, Evangelia A. – Online Submission, 2010
In 2006 and 2008, two large trans-national residential summer schools on conservation science were organized as intensive programs. Learners were not only second/third cycle students in both exact sciences and humanities, but further practicing restorers; consequently their educational background, and even their way of approaching scientific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Summer Schools, Educational Background
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Tilbury, Daniella – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2007
Monitoring and evaluation has been identified as one of seven key strategies for advancing the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD). The UN International Implementation Scheme for the Decade has called for the development of relevant and suitable indicators at all levels. Choosing appropriate education for sustainable…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Educational Indicators, International Programs, Benchmarking