This journal changed its name to the Vocation training European journal in 1994. It caters for the interests of academics, decision-makers and practitioners in the field of initial and continuing training and is published three times a year in several official languages: German, English, Spanish and French.
Articles in this issue include: Landaburu offers a general picture of community regional policies, their recent adjustments where vocational training is concerned, and the action taken followed by some conclusions; Feuchthofen looks at geographical areas as an important factor in European educational initiatives; Brusco looks at a specific problem within small businesses and suggests a remedy; Durand-Prinborgne describes the effect of decentralisation on vocational training in France; Hovels, Van der Meijs and Van Zeijts deal with the regionalisation trends in the area of education and training in the Netherlands; Artiles describes how the territory becomes of key significance in redefining vocational training policy and as an area for action, discussion and bargaining between the social partners and local authorities; Zygmunt outlines the links which a company is forging in the restructuring of its relationship to local employment and training structure; Capecchi reports on two Italian experiments with vocational training strategies taking account of the training needs of a specific area; Pierret throws some light on the various aspects of two fundamental questions: how should development strategies orient their activities towards local skill resources? how should training provision be tailored according to the rhythm and conditions of local development?
For individual entries see
TD/INT 56.59 to
TD/INT 56.67.
