International Workshop in Educational Infrastructure, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico - Conclusions

Social Exclusion and Children - Creating Identity Capital:Some Conceptual Issues and Practical Solutions

This paper will provide an overview of the work being carried out at Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (OECD/CERI) in the field of social exclusion as it applies to children. In particular it will focus on disabled and disadvantaged children and young people since these are the ones who are most likely to be at risk of exclusion and are areas in which the OECD has

Integrating Handicapped Students in Secondary Education

It has almost become a truism that including students with disabilities in mainstream schools is the preferred form of provision. Most countries in Europe have this as their goal and it has been the policy of the European Union for some years. But what is the current situation in relation to this goal for secondary education? This paper will use data gathered by OECD to throw light on this question. The data come from two sources.

Thematic Review on Adult Learning - Main Page

This activity was set into motion to contribute towards making lifelong learning a reality for all, through understanding adults' access and participation in education and training and enhancing policies to increase incentives for adults to undertake learning activities in OECD countries.

OECD Review of Career Guidance Policies - Outcomes From Career Information and Guidance Services

As part of a study of guidance systems in Member State, in a perspective of lifelong learning, which the European Commission is undertaking in co-operation with OECD, the National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling (NICEC) was commis...

Innovative-Technological Center (Presentation given at the OECD/Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation CRDF Workshop "Commercialising Intellectual Property")

Within the framework of the Russia Programme of the OECD Centre for Co-operation with Non- Members (CCNM) and as part of the follow-up to the Reviews of National Policies for Education: Tertiary Education and Research Policy in the Russian Federation, the Directorate for Education, Employment and Social Affairs launched a pilot project in 1999 on intellectual property and research management in Russian universities. The area of

OECD Review of Career Guidance Policies - Career Guidance and Public Policy: Global Issues and Challenges

A keynote presentation to the 'Pushing the Boundaries' international conference organised by Career Services Rapuara and the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance. Held in Wellington, New Zealand on 28-30 November 2002

Mechanisms for the Co-finance of Lifelong Learning

In February 2002 the Secretariat, in partnership with the European Learning Account Project, organised a first international seminar to develop a strategy for documenting and exchanging experience with promising approaches to the finance of lifel...

Social capital, The challenge of international measurement. 25-27 September 2002, London, UK

This conference brought together the experience of 22 countries in measuring social capital. Options were proposed for improvements in measurement and comparability. The papers are available.

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Education Policy Analysis: 2002 Edition

To meet a continuing growth in demand for learning, OECD countries seek to provide a wider array of education and training opportunities for learners in their earliest years through adult life. There are also pressures to ensure that resources ar...

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