Implementing International Good Practice Standards: Pragmatism Versus Philosophy

2015 ◽  
pp. 333-338
Author(s):  
L. Reed Huppman
Keyword(s):  
Good Practice ◽  
Practice Standards ◽  
International Good

scholarly journals Nepal “Ask me anything” Session: Responses to audience questions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Kaye ◽  
Caspar Groeneveld ◽  
Caitlin Moss ◽  
Björn Haßler ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
High Level ◽  
International Good ◽  
Education Science

On Thursday, 30 April 2020, the EdTech Hub participated in an “Ask me anything” session for policy-makers and funders in Nepal. The session focused on designing high-quality, effective, distance education programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants included high-level officials from the Nepalese government (e.g., the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the Curriculum Development Office and the Education Review Office), representatives from development partners (e.g., the World Bank, UNICEF and USAID) and other education organisations (e.g., OLE Nepal).  The session was convened for two purposes. First, to consider international good practice and current trends in distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic, presented by the World Bank EduTech team and the EdTech Hub. Second, for the EdTech Hub team to gather questions from participants, to be able to target guidance specifically to the situation in Nepal.  This document provides answers to a consolidated list of 10 questions received from stakeholders during the session. To consolidate any overlap, we have occasionally combined multiple questions into one. In other cases, where multiple important issues required a focused response, we split apart questions.

Surviving the crisis: Worker cooperatives in Romania

Organization ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 730-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihaela Lambru ◽  
Claudia Petrescu
Keyword(s):  
Good Practice ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Market ◽  
Worker Cooperatives ◽  
Structured Information ◽  
International Good ◽  
Communist Countries

The aim of this article is to provide structured information on the profile, trends, and challenges of worker cooperatives in Romania. Its main purpose is to help refine the current explanatory framework for worker cooperatives in post-communist countries in the light of empirical evidence drawn from research conducted in Romania. Building on the literature and empirical research, it identifies and highlights some of the present issues and challenges facing Romanian worker cooperatives. Our analysis has shown that many of the elements that are considered key to the successful development of worker cooperatives on the basis of international good practice are missing in Romania. While some enabling elements are impossible to replicate, there are others that might be improved and could help worker cooperatives develop further: a shift away from policies that discriminate against cooperatives in terms of access to credits and the development of governmental programs that could open the public market more to these entities; a better organization of type II cooperatives and of the services they offer to their members; better public image and communication strategies, and greater investment to enhance the advocacy skills of these organizations.

scholarly journals Improving Classroom Observation through Training: A qualitative Study in College of Technology in Oman

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-425
Author(s):  
Haroun Mohammed Abdullah AL-Balushi ◽  
Noor Saazai bt Mat Saad
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Classroom Observation ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Observation Process ◽  
College Of Technology ◽  
International Good

Historically, classroom observations have been conducted in educational establishments for different purposes such as evaluation of teachers, promotion, curriculum design, or professional development. In this study, the researchers aimed to improve the effectiveness of the classroom observation process in an English Language Center based in a College of Technology in the Sultanate of Oman. The study adopted a qualitative research methodology and semi-structured interviews as the data collection tool. In the first stage, observers and teachers were interviewed to understand the existing classroom observation process. Based on the initial data, a training program was developed with materials from international good practice projects. Finally, the changes were identified through the second set of interviews with the participants. The major results of this study suggest that the training program contributed positively to the perceived effectiveness of the classroom observation process, reduced anxiety related to this process, and led to more balanced participation from both the observers and the teachers. Moreover, the implementation of the pre-observation conferences started taking place and post-observation meetings included more constructive feedback. This study adds to the literature on the importance of classroom observation training with a practical training program. This practical approach can be adopted in similar contexts with some adaptation to meet the specific needs of educational institutions. The researchers suggest a qualitative research approach to accompany any such future training to measure the effects of the training program.

scholarly journals History and Background of the Implementation of Good Manufacturing Practice Standards in the Pharmaceutical Industry (Review)

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 182-191
Author(s):  
N. Toktonalieva ◽  
I. Toktonaliev
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
The United States ◽  
Good Manufacturing Practice ◽  
Pharmaceutical Products ◽  
Pharmaceutical Market ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Practice Standards ◽  
International Good

The volume of the global pharmaceutical market in 2018 amounted to 1.2 trillion US dollars, and by 2020 the global pharmaceutical market has grown to 1.5 trillion dollars. Countries such as the United States, Japan, Germany, Switzerland and Great Britain took the leading positions in the pharmaceutical market, while the market share of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in the world community was 2.6%. Further growth of the global pharmaceutical market is predicted by 5% annually, which may contribute to the rapid production and distribution of low-quality pharmaceutical products. One of the main goals of the country is to provide the population with effective, high-quality and safe medicines drugs to protect their health, since consumers cannot assess the quality of medicines on their own. To accomplish this task in developed and developing countries, the state regularly checks and evaluates the quality, efficacy, safety, as well as the main pharmacological effects of drugs at all stages of production. In the production of drugs, it is necessary to comply with the rules of Good Manufacturing Practice. Good Manufacturing Practice is one of the indispensable elements of a modern control and authorization system in the field of pharmaceutical circulation, no less important than the Pharmacopoeia or other state drug standards. Materials and methods. The review article presents an analysis of published scientific works of the last 15 years. To search for reliable information, we used scientific literature data from available and open sources placed in scientific electronic databases: Cyberleninka, PubMed, E-library, Medline, J-stage, Hindawi using the keywords: Good Manufacturing Practice, GMP, pharmaceutical industry, quality of medicines. Results. When analyzing scientific literature sources, special attention is paid to the relevance of this problem, the prerequisites for the introduction of Good Manufacturing Practice standards in the pharmaceutical industry and world practice. Conclusion. Summarizing the scientific literature data, we came to the conclusion that it is necessary to comply with the basic requirements of the international Good Manufacturing Practice standard for the production of high-quality drugs, which has a positive effect on the health of consumers.

scholarly journals Towards Consensus on Good Practices for the Use of New Technologies for Intervention and Support in Developmental Dyslexia: A Delphi Study Conducted among Italian Specialized Professionals

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1126
Author(s):  
Maria Luisa Lorusso ◽  
Francesca Borasio ◽  
Martina Da Rold ◽  
Andrea Martinuzzi
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Dyslexia ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Final Version ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
International Good

The use of new technologies for intervention in developmental dyslexia is steadily growing. In order to better understand the needs, the expectations, and the attitudes of Italian expert health professionals concerning such technologies, a national survey was conducted applying the Delphi methodology. Ad-hoc questionnaires were sent out to a group of eighteen experts over three successive rounds, and anonymously collected responses were aggregated and shared with the group after each round, aiming to reach a consensus on the proposed response. The goal was to define a series of statements that could form the basis for international “good practices” in the use of technologies for intervention to support dyslexia in children and adolescents. In the first round, the experts’ general opinions were collected with both multiple choice and open questions, and in the second round consensus was assessed on a series of statements based on the first replies. The cut-off of 75% consensus on each statement was reached after three rounds. Fifteen experts completed all the rounds of the process, and a final version of the statements regarding good practice in the use of technologies for dyslexia could be defined.

Developing World-Class Social Marketing Standards: A Step in the Right Direction for a More Socially Responsible Marketing Profession

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chahid Fourali
Keyword(s):  
Social Marketing ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Practice Standards ◽  
World Class ◽  
The Right ◽  
Separate Discipline ◽  
Marketing Profession

The issue of targeting best practice is a long-standing one in professional education and more particularly in marketing. It can be automatically brushed aside (because “we all know what marketing is about”), addressed in terms of general aims of marketing, or addressed systematically to identify in as much details as possible the tasks and responsibilities that marketers undertake in their daily activities. Apart from this issue of identifying what constitutes good practice, there is a relevant issue that needs addressing as a prerequisite: Whether social marketing is a separate discipline from mainstream marketing or not. How we respond to this question affects the method to be adopted for developing the benchmark of best practice standards. This article starts by addressing the latter issue, then identifies the contextual differences of social marketing, and finally presents the methodology for developing the best practice standards for social marketing, its general findings, and the way forward. It is useful to note at the outset that although the project referred to in this article was undertaken by the U.K.'s Marketing and Sales Standards Setting Body, its perspective was international and involved many contributors at international level. In the final stages of the project, the resulting best practice standards were presented for final feedback at the first international conference on social marketing held in Brighton, U.K., where several hundreds of participants from around the world took part. [Supplementary materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Social Marketing Quarterly for the following free supplemental resources: Appendix A: List of Social Marketing Standards of Performance; Appendix B: Example of a Unit of Performance.]

Aesthetic academies

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 342-343
Author(s):  
Amy Senior
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Practice Standards

Over the last decade, non-surgical aesthetics has transformed due to an increase in academies promoting profitable, yet unsupported, certifications. Patient safety and maintaining good practice standards must be at the forefront of mind as the landscape moves forward

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