Delegates from six countries (Bangladesh, Korea, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines) met in the Philippines in May-June 1979 at a UNESCO-sponsored conference to discuss development of productive skills through nonformal and alternative structures in education. The main part of the meeting was a series of reports of the nonformal educational experiences of each country. These experiences can be synthesized for the six countries as follows: (1) all the countries have similarities in the nonformal education (NFE) programs, which can be classified into three categories--NFE programs conducted by the government under several ministries, semi-government NFE programs, and privately organized NFE programs; (2) the participating countries have adopted major policies with respect to the eradication of poverty and unemployment, with stress on NFE and the development of productive skills through varied training programs and transfer of technology to rural areas; (3) planning, development, and implementation of NFE differs according to the administrative structures of education in the various countries; (4) use of local resources for educational programs is stressed; (5) in all countries, NFE programs with emphasis on the development of productive skills aim to improve the quality of life of the people; and (6) factors affecting NFE activities include purpose, organization, resources, management, state of national development, and sociocultural customs and traditions. (The report also contains in-depth studies of several nonformal education projects.) (KC)