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close this bookReforming Training Governance: The Jamaican Experience (HTNTA - IIEP, 1999, 204 p.)
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View the documentIntroduction
Open this folder and view contentsChapter I. Jamaica: a country profile
Open this folder and view contentsChapter II. The National Training Agency concept
Open this folder and view contentsChapter III. Training provisions and policies
Open this folder and view contentsChapter IV. Entering the demand-driven era
View the documentConcluding remarks: Many rivers to cross
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IIEP Publication and Documents

More than 1,200 titles on all aspects of educational planning have been published by the International Institute for Educational Planning. A comprehensive catalogue, giving details of their availability, includes research reports, case studies, seminar documents, training materials, occasional papers and reference books in the following subject categories:

Economics of education, costs and financing.
Manpower and employment.
Demographic studies.
Location of schools (school map) and micro-planning.
Administration and management.
Curriculum development and evaluation.
Educational technology.
Primary, secondary and higher education.
Vocational and technical education.
Non-formal, out-of-school, adult and rural education.
Disadvantaged groups.

Copies of the catalogue may be obtained from IIEP Publications on request.

The International Institute for Educational Planning

The International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) is an international centre for advanced training and research in the field of educational planning. It was established by UNESCO in 1963 and is financed by UNESCO and by voluntary contributions from Member States. In recent years the following Member States have provided voluntary contributions to the Institute: Denmark, Germany, Iceland, India, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela.

The Institute's aim is to contribute to the development of education throughout the world, by expanding both knowledge and the supply of competent professionals in the field of educational planning. In this endeavour the Institute co-operates with interested training and research organizations in Member Stales. The Governing Board of the IIEP, which approves the Institute's programme and budget, consists of a maximum of eight elected members and four members designated by the United Nations Organization and certain of its specialized agencies and institutes.

Chairman:

Lennart Wohlgemuth (Sweden)


Director, The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden.


Designated Members:

David de Ferranti


Director, Human Development Department (HDD), The World Bank, Washington, USA.

Carlos Fortin


Deputy to the Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva, Switzerland.

Miriam J. Hirschfeld


Director, Division of Human Resources Development and Capacity Building, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland.

Jeggan Senghor


Director, African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), Dakar, Senegal.


Elected Members:

Dato'Asiah bt. Abu Samah (Malaysia)


Corporate Adviser, Lang Education, Land and General Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Klaus Hüfner (Germany)


Professor, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Faïza Kefi (Tunisia)


President, Minister of the Environment, Tunis, Tunisia.

Tamas Kowa (Hungary)


Director-General, Hungarian Institute for Educational Research, Budapest, Hungary.

Teboho Moja (South Africa)


Special Adviser to the Minister of Education, Pretoria, South Africa.

Yolanda M. Rojas (Costa Rica)


Professor, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.

Michel Vernières (France)


Professor, University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France.



Inquiries about the Institute should be addressed to:

The Office of the Director, International Institute for Educational Planning, 7-9 rue Eugene-Delacroix, 75116 Paris, France.