Worldwide Good Practices in Managing the Orientation of Technical Education Towards Sustainable Development

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 259-268
Author(s):  
Cătălina Costache ◽  
Dănuţ Dumitru Dumitrascu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Multiple Stakeholders ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
The Public ◽  
Different Types ◽  
And Training

AbstractOur study aims to provide a global picture of good sustainable practices and initiatives in the field of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). In order to outline the major positive practices worldwide, a document analysis was performed on international relevant documents (reports, academic studies, guides, rules and regulations, work papers). This method was complemented by discussions with local representatives of school administration, who provided specific evidence on curricular and extracurricular activities conducted locally. Our findings confirm that various sustainable initiatives in TVET took place at an international level, mostly involving multiple stakeholders in the public sector, private sector and civil society. However, it is difficult to assess the effectiveness of these initiatives due to the unequal cooperation of several countries in responding to the UNESCO questionnaires, and to the targets they address. Many of the initiatives outlined in our study appear to have a strong cultural and ethnical dimension. The organization of such examples of good practices according to the different types of learning systems (formal, non-formal and informal education) provides a large framework for different Education actors at international, national and local level, allowing them to inspire when making policies decisions to integrate Sustainable Development in Technical educational courses.

Education for Sustainable Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Meghna Tare
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Local Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Multi Stakeholder

In 2003, in response to the United Nations (UN) Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, the United Nations University (UNU) Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability launched a global multi-stakeholder network of Regional Centers of Expertise (RCEs) on education for sustainable development (ESD). RCEs facilitate multi-sector collaboration and utilize formal, non-formal, and informal education to address sustainable development challenges in local and regional communities. In essence, RCEs are a tool for transformation to a more sustainable society, combining education and action for sustainable development. As we enter the new "ESD for 2030" decade, RCEs will continue to construct platforms for cross-sectoral dialogue between regional stakeholders and actors to promote and strengthen ESD at the local level. RCEs have committed to helping advance the five priority areas of action established in the Global Action Program on ESD and the new UN decade "ESD for 2030": advancing policy by mainstreaming ESD, transforming learning and training environments using whole-institution approaches, building capacities of educators and trainers, empowering and mobilizing youth, and accelerating sustainable solutions at the local level. RCEs are uniquely positioned to serve as shepherds in the realization of the new "ESD for 2030" decade. As of January 2019, 174 RCEs have officially been acknowledged by UNU worldwide, with eight RCEs in the United States: Georgetown, South Carolina; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Greater Atlanta, Georgia; Greater Burlington, Vermont; Greater Portland, Oregon; North Texas, Texas; Salisbury, Maryland; and Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. RCEs serve an essential role in the achievement of "ESD for 2030" goals by translating global objectives into the local contexts of our communities.

scholarly journals Fear without Prejudice in the Shadow of Jihadist Threat

2020 ◽  
pp. 001041402095768
Author(s):  
Marco Giani
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ethnic Prejudice ◽  
Terror Attacks ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Country Analysis ◽  
Causal Impact ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Terrorist Events

Because the prejudice of the ingroup builds into fear of the outgroup, jihadist terrorism is expected to strengthen the politicized link between security and immigration. I use a causal inference in a clustered cross-country analysis to test the simultaneous short-run causal impact of the jihadist threat on security fear and ethnic prejudice of the public in Israel, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, France, and Germany. In line with common wisdom, jihadist attacks significantly increase security fear. Against it, jihadist attacks non-significantly decrease ethnic prejudice. This empirical pattern holds in across different types of immigration attitudes, ethnic groups, intervals of time and terrorist events, and is robust to placebo treatments, placebo policy preferences, fake and failed terror attacks. These findings challenge extant consensus, and suggest that jihadist attacks, particularly at the local level, induce risk-aversion rather than desire for retaliation.

scholarly journals HR Policy in Public Administration as an Element of Sustainable Regional Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 295 ◽  
pp. 01062
Author(s):  
Elena Kulikova ◽  
Olga Durandina ◽  
Elena Molokova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Competitive Ability ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Public Authority ◽  
Strategic Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
Hr Management ◽  
Sustainable Regional Development

In the course of regional development of any territory, the infrastructure of public administration bodies is crucial, ensuring the strategic development of the territory, its priority areas and a system of interaction organized at the local level. The personnel issue plays an important role in the formation of the territory’s sustainable development. It is the success of the public administration teams work that ensures the growth of the investment attractiveness of the territory, the formation of its competitive ability and, as a clear consequence, success in strategic growth and achieving the planned economic indicators. The paper considers issues of effective HR management in public administration. Effective HR management in any public authority and at all levels is impossible without a certain personnel policy. Accordingly, the main elements of the interpretation and formation of HR management are considered in our research.

scholarly journals Green and Sustainable Development for TVET in Asia

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramlee B Mustapha
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Quantum Leap ◽  
And Training

Green paradigm is emerging in Asia.  In order to achieve  sustainability, embracing green paradigm is critical.  The growing significance of sustainability is having a major impact on business, industry, and society as a whole. Hence, preparing the future workforce for the coming green economy is a challenging task for many Asian countries especially in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the post-2015 agenda.  As a ground work, transforming TVET in Asia to meet the challenges of the green economy for the purpose of sustainability should begin now.   The aim of this paper is to map the sustainable development in terms of green mindset, lifestyle, economy, education, training, employability and sustainability in selected Asian countries. A country’s quantum leap or leap-frogging in sustainable economy is dependent of its transformation of human resources especially in TVET sector. Thus, TVET should be transformed to fit the requirements of the sustainable green paradigm.  The results posit the country’s policies, best practices, and challenges toward green economy in order to achieve sustainable development.   Finally, the implication of green paradigm on TVET system in selected countries in the Asia Pacific will be discussed.

scholarly journals Female Students Participation in Technical Vocational Education and Training in West Pokot County, Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-69
Author(s):  
Nelly Andiema ◽  
Echaune Manasi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
West Pokot ◽  
Technical Vocational Education ◽  
And Training

Quality and affordable technical vocational education and training are one of the United Nations Sustainable Development agenda items for ensuring equal access to education for all women and men by the year 2030. This means that all women in the country need to have relevant skills for employment, job creation and entrepreneurship. Data from West Pokot County, Kenya department of technical and vocational education show the number of female students being admitted in vocational training centres for the past five years has remained low. Whereas the government of Kenya has viewed TVET as a critical element of attaining Sustainable Development Goal and Kenya’s Vision 2030 goals, the number of female students graduating from vocational training and being absorbed in the job market remains low. This study looks at enrolment trends for female students in vocational training centres and further examines factors discouraging female students from joining vocational training institutions (VTCs). To collect data, interviews and documentary evidence were used. The respondents for the study involve managers of selected VTCs in West Pokot County. Analysis of data was done through qualitative and quantitative methods. The study found out that the distribution of students in all public VTCs in West Pokot County favoured the male gender over female students. For women enrolled in various programmes, only 45.0% fully completed their programme. It was found out that courses offered in VTCs tend to attract more male students compared to female ones. The distribution of the teaching workforce in VTCs was found to be male-dominated and therefore, female students did not have role models to look up to. The research also found out that majority of girls who were unable to proceed to secondary and tertiary education were not aware of the opportunities available in VTCs in the county. The paper concludes that social-cultural factors, lack of role models and poverty were some of the barriers affecting female students’ participation in vocational education and training. The paper suggests more work needs to be done by all stakeholders to ensure that courses offered in VTCs are attractive to female students, remove social, cultural and physical barriers which prevent female students from enrolling and completing vocational training in West Pokot County, Kenya.

scholarly journals Instrumentation of the Creative Economy Under the Theory U Concepts

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Flavio de Sao Pedro Filho ◽  
Maria Jose Aguilar Madeira ◽  
Manuel Antonio Valdes Borrero ◽  
Gelson Barros Cardoso ◽  
Sony Helthon Alves Dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Creative Economy ◽  
Theory U ◽  
The West ◽  
The Public ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Bibliographic Search ◽  
And Training

The West Amazon peoples show a low economic and social development pattern, even when there are plenty of natural resources. It looks like there is a huge gap between these resources, the investments, the knowledge, and the public policies able to create a better life quality for the Amazonians. This work looks forward to promoting the development of the Amazon according to ways shown by the creative economy and the U Theory, special attention will be given to the Amazonian situation and the path to its cognitive development and subsequent economic development. The work is in the academia and communities that search for a viable alternative to creative and sustainable development. From this standpoint, the proposed general objective is to study the instrumentation of the creative economy with input from the U theory. As specific objectives: to perform a critical analysis of the raised concepts (1); to point towards the circularity elements of the creative economy in the community (2); and refer to the acknowledged instrumentation in this study in support to the creative economy, having as baseline the U Theory (3). Hence, the problem proposed is: how the concepts brought up by the creative economy with the support of the U Theory can contribute to the West Amazon’s economic, social and sustainable development promotion. It is meant as qualitative research with a content analysis method, in which the data was gathered through bibliographic search and interviews. In the results, it is proposed a competence and ability management space to the leaderships, beginning at the Amazonian home. It is due to capacitating and training these producers under innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainability concepts. It is requested the attendance to rules and techniques be respected by the producer of products elaborated with the available raw material.

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