http://rmportal.net Smartfolder II Social Development B. Education Links daily 1 2006-11-23T03:10:13Z http://rmportal.net/library/II/B/general-information-on-the-topic-education/education-and-the-world-bank Education is central to development and a key to attaining the Millennium Development Goals. It is one of the most powerful instruments for reducing poverty and inequality and lays a foundation for sustained economic growth. The World Bank's strategic thrust is to help countries integrate education into national economic strategies and develop holistic education systems responsive to national socio economic needs. The World Bank is committed to help countries achieve Education For All (EFA) and, through Education for the Knowledge Economy (EKE), build dynamic knowledge societies ... No publisher stonyot 2006-12-18T19:24:27Z Link http://rmportal.net/groups/developers/jmc-tracking-sheets-and-documents/item-xx-new-links-page-structure/links-page-folders/social-development/b-education/world-education Founded in 1951 to meet the needs of the educationally disadvantaged, World Education provides training and technical assistance in nonformal education across a wide array of sectors. Registered as a private voluntary organization, World Education has worked in over 50 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, as well as in the United States. No publisher stonyot 2006-12-05T20:13:21Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/II/B/general-information-on-the-topic-education/the-world-education-indicators The World Education Indicators (WEI) programme is a joint UIS-OECD collaboration that develops policy-relevant education indicators with national coordinators from 19 middle-income countries that comprise over 70% of the world's population. No publisher stonyot 2006-12-11T03:28:13Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/II/B/1/teaching-materials-and-tools/the-american-forum-for-global-education The American Forum for Global Education is a private, non-for-profit organization, founded in 1970. For thirty-five years, the American Forum has been nationally recognized for providing leadership and assistance to school systems, state departments of education, and colleges and universities, by initiating hundreds of programs and developing educational materials, teacher training seminars and publications to guide and implement these programs. No publisher stonyot 2006-12-14T01:15:04Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/II/B/general-information-on-the-topic-education/unesco-education UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November 1945. For this specialized United Nations agency, it is not enough to build classrooms in devastated countries or to publish scientific breakthroughs. Education, Social and Natural Science, Culture and Communication are the means to a far more ambitious goal : to build peace in the minds of men. No publisher stonyot 2006-12-18T18:25:55Z Link http://rmportal.net/groups/developers/jmc-tracking-sheets-and-documents/item-xx-new-links-page-structure/links-page-folders/social-development/b-education/unesco-education UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November 1945. For this specialized United Nations agency, it is not enough to build classrooms in devastated countries or to publish scientific breakthroughs. Education, Social and Natural Science, Culture and Communication are the means to a far more ambitious goal : to build peace in the minds of men. No publisher stonyot 2006-12-05T20:12:56Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/II/B/1/a/us-department-of-education ED was created in 1980 by combining offices from several federal agencies. Its original directive remains its mission today — to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the nation. No publisher stonyot 2006-12-18T18:25:57Z Link http://rmportal.net/groups/developers/jmc-tracking-sheets-and-documents/item-xx-new-links-page-structure/links-page-folders/social-development/b-education/us-department-of-education ED was created in 1980 by combining offices from several federal agencies. Its original directive remains its mission today — to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the nation. No publisher stonyot 2006-12-05T20:13:46Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/II/B/2/see-also-social-development-literacy-education-and-social-development No publisher stonyot 2007-01-03T23:17:04Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/I/E/3/world-ag-info-project Building human and institutional capacity … is fundamental to long-term social transformation in Africa and South East Asia. Access to information and the ability to share knowledge are key elements underpinning the transformation process. In agriculture, the effectiveness of education and extension systems has been hindered by both lack of access to high-quality information and dependence on a top-down model that has undervalued non-traditional sources of expertise. New information and communication technologies, though, are creating unprecedented opportunities. Critical work lies ahead in understanding the potential benefits and limitations of these technologies, and how they interface with other elements of knowledge, education, and information systems. No publisher rhessmiller 2008-03-17T21:40:36Z Link http://rmportal.net/tools/environmental-education-and-communications/world-ag-info-project Building human and institutional capacity … is fundamental to long-term social transformation in Africa and South East Asia. Access to information and the ability to share knowledge are key elements underpinning the transformation process. In agriculture, the effectiveness of education and extension systems has been hindered by both lack of access to high-quality information and dependence on a top-down model that has undervalued non-traditional sources of expertise. New information and communication technologies, though, are creating unprecedented opportunities. Critical work lies ahead in understanding the potential benefits and limitations of these technologies, and how they interface with other elements of knowledge, education, and information systems. No publisher rhessmiller 2008-03-17T21:43:36Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/I/links-generally-related-to-the-topic-environment/harvard-university-center-for-the-environment The Harvard University Center for the Environment encourages and uspports research and education on a broad set of environemntal questions and their implications for humanity by drawing strength from faculty and students from across the University. No publisher stonyot Environment 2006-12-09T23:36:18Z Link http://rmportal.net/links/country-level-data-and-statistics/national-science-foundation-nsf-science-resources-page The NSF Science Resources page provides a wide range of data and analyses on support for research and development, and education in science and technology, including the annual Science and Engineering Indicators report. No publisher jdale country-level data and statistics 2007-01-23T23:46:33Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/I/F/1/climate-science-watch Climate Science Watch is a nonprofit public interest education and advocacy project dedicated to holding public officials accountable for the integrity and effectiveness with which they use climate science and related research in government policymaking, toward the goal of enabling society to respond effectively to the challenges posed by global warming and climate change. No publisher stonyot 2007-01-09T02:58:42Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/I/C/1/white-house-office-of-science-and-technology-policy-ostp The OSTP leads an interagency effort to develop and to implement sound science and technology policies and budgets and to work with the private sector, state and local governments, the science and higher education communities, and other nations toward this end. No publisher webeditor environmental policy 2007-03-08T17:38:07Z Link