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This regional workshop was convened by the Unesco Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (PROAP), through its Asian Centre of Educational Innovation for Development (ACEID), according to the work plan of the Asia and the Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID). The main objectives were: (i) to develop guidelines for the introduction of newly emerging technologies in technical and vocational education curricula and syllabi (ii) to recommend measures for the improvement of curriculum and training of technical teachers, workshop instructors and other required personnel. Participants from other countries each presented an analysis and synthesis of trends and developments in their own countries. The volume contains text of the opening speech by the Hon J. S. Dawkins followed by keynote addresses which include: Some recent TAFE National Centre research and development in Australian vocational education / William C. Hall; Technical training: a New Zealand perspective / Derek E. Wood; Curriculum change in further education in the UK: its origins and consequences / Dennis H. Drysdale; The provision of information services in vocational education: the present and the future / Jeoung_Keun Lee; Vocational teacher education: principles, practices, problems and promising directions / Joel H. Magisos; Educational training, industry and commerce in the future: a contribution concerning the needs of school and teacher training / Helmut Dahncke.