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Basic outline of the ETF work for the coming year. This statutory document is approved by the...

Présentation dans les grandes lignes des activités de l'ETF pour l'année. Ce document statutaire est...

Basic outline of the ETF work for the coming year. This statutory document is approved by the...

Basic outline of the ETF work for the coming year. This statutory document is approved by the Governing Board annually.

Basic outline of the ETF work for the coming year. This statutory document is approved by the...

Basic outline of the ETF work for the coming year. This statutory document is approved by the Governing Board annually.

In this issue: - Cover story: Education and training key to wider democracy. An interview with Elmar Brok, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament. - In focus: The European Qualification Framework; The European Agency for Reconstruction and the ETF; Regional Advisory Forum: The clearing house for VET reform; Barcelona process produces mixed results for VET. - Features: Arab women: making themselves at home in the workplace; It takes more than learning to read to reduce poverty; Skills and work in the informal economy in Albania.

Educational institutions and media professionals need to corporate and cover educational news better, summarises a new handbook released by the ETF. Entitled “Education and media: a partnership for progress,” the publication is a follow-up to a seminar on the role of the media in the distribution of education and training news organised by the ETF.

In order to be constructive and efficient, communication and dialogue need to be based on a common understanding of ideas, topics and terms, in paricular when dealing with technical issues. For this reason ETF experts have elaborated a Turkish/English/French/German glossary of vocational education, training (VET) and labour market terms. The project has been implemented by the ETF's National Observatory hosted by ISKUR.

This is a summary translated into Russian of the publication issued by Cereq "Le Partenariat Social dans la Formation Professionnelle Initiale en France". The full version of the publication is available on the ETF Website.

The purpose of this study is to examine human resources development and the functioning of the labour market in Syria and analyse weaknesses and problems that restrict employment and limit the growth potential of human resources. Within the framework of the preparation of this report, another more academic paper titled Returns to education and the transition from school to work in Syria' was prepared and presented at the Economic Research Forum in Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey in December 2005. This paper is also available from the ETF publication catalogue.

The study outlines key labour market issues in the Middle East and North Africa and analyses the implications for employment policy and training systems and the role of the European Union and other donors in supporting reforms in the sector. The study focuses on five pilot countries: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia.