Ireland
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- ICT in Schools of Ireland: Evaluation study
- E. Stack 2008
- The evaluation shows that while much progress has been achieved in the roll-out of ICT in schools, considerable challenges remain in Ireland. The report presents findings and recommendations that will be of interest to teachers, princ...
- Ready or not: assessing national institutional capacity for climate change adaptation
- A. Dixit / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2012
- This report introduces the National Adaptive Capacity (NAC) framework, a tool to help governments bring institutional capacity development into their adaptation planning processes. The NAC framework enables its users to systematically...
- Good practice paper on ICTs for economic growth and poverty reduction
- S. Batchelor (ed) 2005
- This report aims to give an overview of what DAC members (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden...
- Effects of the global recession on immigrant integration programmes
- E. Collett / Migration Policy Institute, 2011
- Attitudes and changes to migrant integration policies are differing substantially from country to country, in light of worldwide economic recession, and also in reaction to 2009 elections across Europe. Some countries are trying to mi...
- How to ensure that the entitlements of both older people and migrant carers are upheld
- K. Walsh; E. O’Shea / The Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, 2009
- The proportion of migrant carers caring for Irish older people has increased over recent years, reflecting a broader global trend in care worker migration and thus, a highly competitive global market for migrant carers. How...
- What factors can can affect people’s evaluation of state pension systems?
- Y.A. Fourati; C. O’Donoghue / CESifo, 2009
- Pension reform is nowadays in the forefront of the political agenda of many European countries. Using ireland as an example country, this paper analyses the different forces that can affect people’s evaluation of the state pensi...
- Causes of the decline in defined benefits pension plans
- J.A. Turner; G. Hughes / Pensions Institute, 2008
- Looking at the United States, Canada, the UK, and Ireland, this report evaluates the causes of decline in defined pension benefit plans and the move toward defined contribution pension plans. Focusing on the regulatory environment, in...
- Knowledge and skills are needed to profit from ICTs
- Rouben Indjikian; Donald S. Siegel / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- Economic growth, employee empowerment, flexible working practises, higher wages for women… . The economic and social benefits of investment in information and communications technologies (ICTs) are visible throughout the 'develop...
- Shell's problem projects
- Friends of the Earth International, 2007
- This report presents nine cases of socially and environmentally problematic projects in which Shell is involved. Each case contains concrete proposals and demands detailing how these problems can be addressed. The report focuses on ca...
- Fostering effective teaching: lessons from a 25 nation study on trends and developments of the teacher workforce
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005
- Many countries are experiencing high rates of teacher attrition, while others are endowed with a large over-supply of qualified instructors. How can a country effectively attract, develop and retain a teacher? This report provi...
- IST-Africa Initiative
- The IST-Africa Initiative is an active and growing partnership, founded by IIMC, Ireland in 2002. During 2005 - 2007 with European Commission funding under the IST Programme of Framework Programme 6 (FP6), IST-Africa has trained over 1,000 government officials and researchers in Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique and Tanzania (in key areas including eGovernment, eHealth, eLearning)....
- The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (Feasta)
- International network focusing on environmental and social sustainability
- Front line: Defenders of Human Rights Defenders
- Protecting human rights workers
- Dtalk
- Training and knowledge sharing for Irish development sector
- Development Cooperation Ireland (DCI)
- Irish government's programme of assistance to developing countries
- International Human Rights Network
- Promoting human rights approaches
- Global E-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI)
- Founded by Secretary General Kofi Annan's United Nations ICT Task Force, the Global e-schools and communities initiative (GeSCI's) mission is to collaborate with local partners to improve education, empower communities and accelerate socio-economic development, thereby supporting achievement of the MDGs by 2015, through the widespread deployment of ICTs in schools. GeSCI's Vision is to catalyse,...
- GOAL Ireland
- GOAL provides support to the poor and those affected by humanitarian crises
- Concern Worldwide
- Relief NGO
- Engendering Eden, Cork
- Engendering Eden is a two year research programme funded by DFID's ESCOR fund. It aims to achieve a better understanding of the linkages between gender issues and ICDPs (Integrated Conservation and Development Projects) and indicate ways forward to achieve a more equitable and 'successful' conservation and development process. Launched in October 2000, the programme is being led by The Internation...
