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Cabrito, Belmiro Gil; Simao, Ana Margarida Veiga; Alves, Mariana Gaio; Almeida, Antonio – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2009
Local government in Portugal had a good opportunity to modernise through the Programa de Formacao para as Autarquias Locais (Foral) [Training programme for local authorities], implemented between 2000 and 2005. Substantial financial resources were made available through the programme to retrain local government human resources in order to improve…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Foreign Countries, Local Government, Human Resources
Jorgensen, Anja Lindkvist V. – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2008
This paper deals with the latest structural changes in the Danish vocational education and training system (VET), a system so far characterised by a principle of alternating between practical training and theoretical instruction. Structural changes can be described as a shift of paradigm, which might be seen as a regression compared to the Danish…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
Villar, Alberto Martinez – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2008
The inclusion of an Environmental Awareness Module (EAM) within Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Spain is considered a factor of overriding importance due to the current need to incorporate environmental awareness within society as a whole but also within particular occupations and professional practices involved both in jobs relating to…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Vocational Education