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Project Descriptions
Project:
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Action Group for International School Nutrition and Health,
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Director:
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Ronald C. Israel, Beryl Levinger
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Funder:
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U.S. Agency for International Development; UNICEF; The World Bank; World Food Programme; Canadian International Development Agency
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Duration:
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1992--
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Description:
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EDC coordinates a collaborative effort between experts and institutions concerned about the effect of nutrition and health factors on learning outcomes among primary school students in developing countries. The group sponsors applied research, workshops, and publications on this issue. |
Project:
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Action Group: Education Quality Strengthening Workshops
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Director:
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Beryl Levinger, Cornelia Janke
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Funder:
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Catholic Relief Services
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Duration:
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1996
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Description:
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EDC helped Catholic Relief Services staff in Ghana, Burkina Faso, India, and Haiti redesign their school feeding programs to have a greater impact on learning outcomes. The workshops included discussion and planning of education program components and development of monitoring and evaluation plans for education programming. |
Project:
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Botswana Roads Training Centre
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Director:
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Edward Jay Allan
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Funder:
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Burrow Binnie Botswana
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Duration:
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1998
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Description:
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EDC helped the Botswana Roads Training Centre develop a strategic plan for its future development and effectiveness in training current and prospective public works department employees, from entry- to management-level.
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Project:
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Civic Initiatives Program for Democratic and Economic Reform in Russia
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Director:
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Christopher Ebner
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Funder:
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U.S. Agency for International Development (through an agreement with Save the Children Federation)
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Duration:
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1994-97
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Description:
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As a consortium member, EDC worked to increase the effectiveness and sustainability of the Russian 'third sector' to encourage democratic and economic reform. EDC worked directly with individual non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and NGO networks to improve the effectiveness of their programs. We also worked to improve public opinion of NGOs and their contributions to society.
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Project:
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Community Mobilization Strategy
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Director:
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Beryl Levinger
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Funder:
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CARE
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Duration:
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1997--
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Description:
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EDC offers technical support to CARE-India in an effort to increase female participation in Indian primary schools.
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Project:
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Discussion-Oriented Organizational Self Assessment (DOSA)
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Director:
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Beryl Levinger
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Funder:
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U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of Private and Voluntary Cooperation
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Duration:
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1997--
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Description:
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Through the Internet and direct technical assistance, EDC is assisting U.S. and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in tracking and building organizational capacity. The members of the cohort of NGOs share information with one another so that each NGO can compare its progress with that of its peers. In this way, proven measures to achieve excellence can be developed and shared collaboratively.
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Project:
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Earth Education Partnership Program
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Director:
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Karen Hlynsky, Ronald C. Israel
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Funder:
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David and Lucile Packard Foundation; The Open Society Institute
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Duration:
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1993--
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Description:
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This international project strengthens secondary school environmental education programs. A series of issue papers present students with development dilemmas, challenging students to research solutions and design plans of action. Internet study units serve as research vehicles and support collaborative learning between students located in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Costa Rica, and the Netherlands. Current activities focus on population issues.
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Project:
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Education, Training, and Human Resources Development
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Director:
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Ronald C. Israel
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Funder:
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U.S. Agency for International Development
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Duration:
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1987--
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Description:
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EDC experts help plan, implement, and evaluate the education sector work of the U.S. Agency for International Development worldwide. Tasks include assisting local educators with curriculum development and national testing, advising on policy issues, assessing the needs of higher education, and planning and evaluating national education programs. |
Project:
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Environmental Education and Cooperation in the Middle East
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Director:
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Edward Jay Allan
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Funder:
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U.S. Information Agency, Office of Citizen Exchanges
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Duration:
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1997--
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Description:
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Environmental impacts recognize no national borders. Building on previous exchange efforts, this project familiarizes key environmental specialists from Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen with approaches to environmental awareness and education in the United States and in each other's countries. The project also promotes joint research and curriculum work by U.S., Israeli, and Arab specialists. |
Project:
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Establishing a Multimedia Center at the Department of Health (DOH), Philippines
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Director:
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Janice Brodman
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Funder:
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The World Bank (through an agreement with Philippines Department of Health)
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Duration:
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1995--
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Description:
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EDC is helping create a Multimedia Center of Excellence (MMCE) that will enhance skills training for health care professionals. EDC procured and installed equipment and software, and has been training MMCE staff to produce multimedia training programs. EDC is also collaborating with DOH to produce two CD-ROM training programs. One trains lab technicians to screen blood for HIV/AIDS; the other teaches family planning counseling skills.
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Project:
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Evaluation of Harvard Croatia Refugee Trauma Project
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Director:
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Edward Jay Allan
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Funder:
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Harvard University School of Public Health
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Duration:
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1997--1998
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Description:
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To alleviate suffering in the former Yugoslavia, the U.S. Agency for International Development awarded the Harvard School of Public Health a grant to provide training to health care workers, many of whom are themselves victims of violence, who work with refugees and shattered families. An EDC team evaluated these training programs and recommended ways to make them even more effective.
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Project:
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Exchange Program with Countries in the Middle East and Persian Gulf for Improvement of Services for People with Disabilities
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Director:
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Edward Jay Allan
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Funder:
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U.S. Information Agency, Office of Citizen Exchanges
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Duration:
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1997--
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Description:
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It is estimated that there are about 10 million people with disabilities in the Middle East. In collaboration with United Cerebral Palsy, EDC has been providing disabilities specialists from Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, Oman, and Bahrain with U.S.-based familiarization and in-country technical assistance. Work this year emphasized early diagnosis and intervention strategies.
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Project:
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Food for Strengthening Educational Programming
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Director:
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Beryl Levinger
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Funder:
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CARE
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Duration:
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1999
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Description:
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EDC developed a workshop and background paper to support CARE's efforts to integrate Title II food aid into its overall work to strengthen educational quality.
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Project:
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Ghana Community School Alliance Project
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Director:
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Gerald Boardman
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Funder:
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U.S. Agency for International Development
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Duration:
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1997--
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Description:
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This project seeks to achieve greater community involvement in efforts to improve Ghanaian primary schools. The project works with Ghanaian non-governmental organizations to improve the management skills of local PTAs and school management committees, to encourage broader-based support for improved educational quality, and to promote active community involvement through such activities as participatory needs assessments.
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Project:
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Governance List
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Director:
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Janice Brodman
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Funder:
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United Nations Development Programme
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Duration:
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1997--
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Description:
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EDC assisted the Management Development and Governance Division, United Nations Development Programme, in establishing an Internet discussion group focused on governance for sustainable human development, and in designing a related website. As part of the project, EDC led a working session on the use of the Internet to support good governance at the International Conference on Governance for Sustainable Growth and Equity.
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Project:
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Global Knowledge for Development |
Director:
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Janice Brodman |
Funder:
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World
Bank/UNDP/UNESCO |
Duration:
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March
1997 - ongoing |
Description:
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EDC moderates and facilitates the GKD List, a unique virtual learning
community of 2,500 members from more than 100 countries, with strong
representation from developing countries. The GKD List has become
a premier source of global knowledge-sharing about the role of information/communications
technologies (ICTs) in sustainable development. |
Project:
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GKD Database Project |
Director:
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Janice Brodman |
Funder:
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infoDev
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Duration:
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May
2001 - July 2002 |
Description:
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The GKD List has generated an enormous amount of valuable knowledge,
much of which could not be obtained in any other way. With support
from infoDev, EDC is building a Web-based database of the GKD
messages to provide a valuable, "user-friendly" resource
from the rich flow of information that GKD provides. The database
of messages will provide cases, guidelines, information about appropriate
technologies, other information resources, lessons learned, etc. that
can be easily accessed by query. |
Project:
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Human Capacity Development: Advancing the Agenda
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Director:
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Beryl Levinger
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Funder:
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U.S. Agency for International Development
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Duration:
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1995--
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Description:
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This project researches, develops, and disseminates a comprehensive conceptual model for human capacity development in the 21st century. A series of international conferences present the model through interactive computer software, on the World Wide Web, and through an EDC book entitled Critical Transitions: Human Capacity Development Across the Lifespan.
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Project:
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International Economic Education Exchange Program Evaluation
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Director:
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Jody Spiro
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Funder:
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U.S. Department of Education (through an agreement with the National Council on Economic Education)
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Duration:
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1995--
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Description:
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EDC is conducting a 'life-of-project' evaluation, now in its fifth year, of a major effort to help teachers in 21 countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union be better able to teach free market economics. Studies of more than 100 activities and their impact on the individual performance of more than 2,000 teachers and more than 4,000 of their students have found that the project has been having a significant positive impact on the knowledge and skill base of participants. |
Project:
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Issue Papers for Europe
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Director:
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Beryl Levinger
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Funder:
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Unicef
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Duration:
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1999
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Description:
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EDC conducted a study to examine how countries in the North can most effectively support education sector development in low income countries.
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Project:
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Maternal and Child Health Technical Assistance Support Contract (TASC)
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Director:
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Ronald C. Israel
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Funder:
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U.S. Agency for International Development
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Duration:
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1998--
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Description:
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EDC is responding to requests from U.S. Agency for International Development missions and bureaus for assistance in such diverse fields as planning national nutrition programs to providing guidance in media campaigns for child survival activities. Collaborating with EDC are the Harvard University Institute for International Development and the University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health.
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Project:
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Murmansk Region--Barents Sea Sustainable Development Project
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Director:
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Raphael Vartanov
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Funder:
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United Nations Development Programme
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Duration:
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1994--98
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Description:
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EDC strengthened the institutional and technical area capacities of environmental and economic development organizations in the Barents Sea region of Russia. A multinational team helped develop a capacity-building plan for environmentally sustainable development in the region. We also developed approaches to implement high-impact activities in management of industrial and nuclear wastes, energy efficiency, and coastal zone management.
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Project:
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REX: Reaching the Educationally Excluded
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Director:
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Beryl Levinger, Cornelia Janke
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Funder:
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U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of Private and Voluntary Cooperation
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Duration:
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1994--98
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Description:
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This multicountry program improves the active learning capacity of young children. Activities focus on enhancing the health, nutrition, and psychosocial support of at-risk preschoolers and school-age children in Bolivia, Honduras, South Africa, and Nepal. |
Project:
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Romania Teacher Training Project
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Director:
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Jody Spiro
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Funder:
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The World Bank
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Duration:
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1997--
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Description:
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EDC provides technical assistance to the Ministry of Education in reforming Romania's national teacher training systems, both preservice and in-service. This wide-reaching project provides comprehensive training for a core of 60 national and 1,500 regional teacher-trainers; develops permanent training and classroom resource materials; redesigns preservice structures and methods; establishes in-service training mechanisms; and provides study tours and other guidance in support of these initiatives. |
Project:
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St. Lucia Curriculum Development
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Director:
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Paula Johnson, Ronald C. Israel
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Funder:
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Government of St. Lucia
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Duration:
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1997--
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Description:
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In conjunction with the St. Lucia Basic Education Reform Program, EDC advises St. Lucia's Ministry of Education on the coordination and strengthening of curriculum development, implementation, supervision, and evaluation. |
Project:
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Trainer and Teacher Training: Active Learning Methods in Eastern Europe
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Director:
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Jody Spiro
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Funder:
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The Open Society Fund--Lithuania
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Duration:
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1995--
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Description:
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EDC has been training Eastern European teacher trainers in active learning instructional methodologies that facilitate critical thinking. During 1997, the project trained an additional 32 Lithuanian educators. We have also helped develop comprehensive teacher training handbooks, with local participants authoring specific lessons and other applications relevant to local educational needs. Three thousand copies of the Lithuanian edition of EDC's Active Learning Handbook will be published and distributed.
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Project:
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Training Policies and Practices: A Multi-Country Study
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Director:
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Beryl Levinger
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Funder:
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Aguirre
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Duration:
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1999
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Description:
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EDC performed a multi-country study designed to examine USAID's training policies and practices. This work was undertaken on behalf of USAID's Center for Human Capacity Development.
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Project:
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Using the Internet to Support Global Conferences
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Director:
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Janice Brodman
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Funder:
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United Nations Development Programme
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Duration:
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1994--
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Description:
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EDC manages an Internet discussion forum designed to (1) expand participation, particularly by citizens of developing countries, in the World Summit on Social Development and the Fourth World Conference on Women, and (2) study the effectiveness of open electronic forums in supporting the success of international conferences. The project has linked more than 1,600 participants in 65 countries.
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Project:
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Vanguard Project |
Director:
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Beryl Levinger |
Funder:
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The American Legacy Foundation |
Duration:
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2001--2002 |
Description:
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The Vanguard Project will reduce tobacco usage and exposure to secondhand
smoke by strengthening community-based tobacco control programs. EDC
will develop an electronic orientation and resource guide for practitioners
working in cessation, prevention and nonsmokers’ rights. It will
include such things as program best practices, tobacco-related data,
management tools and needs assessment. Local and community practitioners
will use the guide in a variety of settings across the US, and will
have an opportunity to share lessons learned through a virtual network. |
Project:
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Yemen Basic Education
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Director:
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Edward Jay Allan
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Funder:
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Yemen Ministry of Education (through an agreement with the World Bank)
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Duration:
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1997--
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Description:
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EDC has been working with Yemeni educators since 1988. We are helping teams of educators as they rewrite curricula, textbooks and teachers guides for all subjects grade 1-6, develop in-service teacher training and distance learning programs, and create assessment tests. |
Project:
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Yemen Ministry of Education Fellowship Program
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Director:
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Edward Jay Allan
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Funder:
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The World Bank (through an agreement with Yemen Ministry of Education)
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Duration:
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1995--98
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Description:
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As part of national education reform efforts, EDC managed staff development programs to train mid-level and senior staff of Yemen's Ministry of Education in the use of new technologies for education and new approaches to curriculum development, and in carrying out educational planning and evaluation.
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Project:
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Yemen Secondary Teacher Training Project / Sana'a University
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Director:
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Edward Jay Allan
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Funder:
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The World Bank (through an agreement with Sana'a University)
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Duration:
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1993--1998
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Description:
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This project addresses Yemen's urgent need for trained secondary school teachers. EDC assists two universities in improving their undergraduate programs, developing a master's program in teacher education, and studying national educational needs. EDC also studies recruitment and enrollment issues, assists in curriculum design and textbook development, and is helping establish a science resource center. In addition, EDC has been managing master's and doctoral programs in several countries to provide advanced training to faculty of Yemen's universities and teacher training institutions.
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Project:
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Zimbabwe Primary School Nutrition and Health Assessment
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Director:
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Ronald C. Israel, Bonnie Kittle
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Funder:
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Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Welfare; Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
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Duration:
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1997
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Description:
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Because the majority of Zimbabwean children attend primary school, schools are convenient and effective sites for delivering health and nutrition programs. An EDC team assessed the health and nutrition status of primary school children and made recommendations on how the Ministries of Education and of Health could expand and better integrate school feeding and health education programs.
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