UNEVOC INFO. 1994-1996.

Overview & Synopsis

This document contains seven issues of an information letter from the International Project on Technical and Vocational Education (UNEVOC). Issue 1 includes an overview of the initial phase of the UNEVOC Project, together with a description of its background, structure and mechanism, and program areas. Issue 2 reports UNEVOC activities carried out during 1993-94: progress on establishment of an international network of leading national and regional institutions in technical and vocational education and information on regional expert meetings. Issue 3 offers a summary of the UNEVOC International Advisory Committee (Second Session) and reports on regional activities. Issue 4 introduces a regional overview of case studies on the role of technical and vocational education in the educational system undertaken in Asia and the Pacific and provides a summary of the Swedish national study. Issue 5 reports on promotion of the equal access of girls and women to technical and vocational education and on facilitating cooperation between educational institutions and enterprises in technical and vocational education. Issue 6 reports on achievements of the UNEVOC Project during 1995 and includes a detailed report of the most recent international Symposium on Future Trends in Continuing Technical and Vocational Education and an analytical paper entitled "The Future of Vocational Training." Issue 7 presents the UNEVOC Work Plan for 1996-97. (YLB)