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Martin, William J. – 1988
A description is provided of Williamsport Area Community College's (WACC's) South American Field Experience program, a travel/study program for faculty and staff designed to provide a variety of learning experiences through a three week trip to Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil. Chapter I presents an overview of the development of the project,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, International Educational Exchange, International Programs
Mercade, Jose A. – 1988
Since 1974, Glendale Community College (GCC) has offered a variety of biology, social science, and language classes at a field station located on the Baja California peninsula, Republic of Mexico. This guide to GCC's Baja California Field Studies Program (BCFSP) provides manuals, forms, job descriptions, contracts with participating organizations,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Field Studies, International Programs, Naturalistic Observation
Young, Harry F. – 1985
This atlas provides basic information about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Formed in response to growing concern for the security of Western Europe after World War II, NATO is a vehicle for Western efforts to reduce East-West tensions and the level of armaments. NATO promotes political and economic collaboration as well as military…
Descriptors: Atlases, Disarmament, Global Approach, International Cooperation
Lermyte, Catherine; Philippon, Brigitte – 1987
This bibliography lists and provides abstracts for the principal documents and publications of the General Information Programme and UNISIST, including guidelines, studies, manuals, directories, and materials from international conferences that are concerned with various aspects of information science, librarianship, and archive science. The list…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Archives, Citations (References)
Akalin, Cem – 1987
A tradition of service abroad by Germany's youth has a long history. Many of the earlier activities by German overseas organizations developed after the First and Second World Wars as an attempt to promote peace and reconciliation between Germany and other countries. Reconciliation work is still being done in Israel, the Netherlands, and Poland.…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, International Programs, International Relations
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Hunger. – 1987
The status of efforts to integrate women into the development assistance projects and programs funded by the U.S. government was the subject of this hearing. Representative Elizabeth J. Patterson, Democrat from South Carolina, pointed out that women in developing nations must work 17 hours per day for the survival of their families. Testimony was…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Females, Foreign Policy
Mabbs, A. W., Comp. – 1985
This compilation forms Part 3 of the guide according to the plan conceived by a working party of the Section of Archivists of International Organizations in 1974-1975. An information gathering questionnaire was sent to 246 organizations in two categories: intergovernmental organizations created before 1950 and non-governmental organizations with…
Descriptors: Archives, Developing Nations, Government Publications, Information Sources
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). General Information Programme. – 1987
Organized for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (Unesco) by contract with the International Council on Archives (ICA), this meeting concerning the Records and Archives Management Programme (RAMP) was attended by 14 experts invited from Unesco member countries. Following a brief introduction, summaries are…
Descriptors: Archives, Automation, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Kaungamno, E. E. – 1979
Using the UNESCO Public Library Manifesto as a basis for discussion, this paper examines the role of the public library within developing countries and reviews the major developments in public library services in Africa subsequent to the two UNESCO seminars on Public Library Development held in Nigeria in 1962. A number of key statements from the…
Descriptors: Conferences, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1984
Civil strife and deteriorating economic conditions in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala have caused hundreds of thousands of refugees to seek asylum and assistance in other Central American countries, Mexico, and the United States. While international organizations and some asylum country governments provide the basic needs of refugees who…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Federal Aid, Government Role, International Organizations
de Silva, Leelananda – 1984
This eight-chapter book provides information on Official Development Assistance (ODA), its importance in relation to developed and developing countries, and its prospects and limitations. Major areas discussed include: (1) the institutional evolution of development aid; (2) forms of ODA, including project aid, program aid, bilateral aid,…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Finance Reform, Financial Policy
Bell, W. L. – Training Officer, 1974
Outlining the nature of the two operations of the Council for Technical Education and Training for Overseas Countries (TETOC), the article describes the scope of Great Britain's industrial training work in the Seychelles and the Sudan within the two years since its establishment as part of Britain's aid program. (MW)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Programs, Foreign Countries
Bernick, Paul I. – Technical Education Reporter, 1974
A description is offered of the far-flung operations of the world's largest private training system operating vocational and technical programs on an international scale; currently, 70,000 students are enrolled in 800 ORT institutions in 23 countries. (AJ)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, International Programs, Labor Force Development, Private Schools
Williams, Peter, Ed. – 1976
This booklet summarizes the proceedings of a one-day seminar on the educational policy of the World Bank and presents six papers prepared for the seminar. The seminar was held at the University of London Institute of Education in May 1975 and focused mainly on the World Bank's policy on educational aid as stated in its 1974 "Education Sector…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Conference Reports, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). – 1977
Written to assist vocational-technical educators in clarifying and harmonizing basic terminology at international meetings, this English/French glossary of commonly used terms in vocational and technical education covers sixty-three terms which have been divided into seven major categories. These categories include fundamental terms and terms…
Descriptors: Definitions, Employment, Employment Qualifications, English
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