NON-FORMAL EDUCATION - FIELD SUPPORT

PROJECT ACTIVITIES, TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN 3 PHASES, INCLUDE: 1)RESEARCH ON NFE, STUDIES OF SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS, COMPARATIVE COST AND EFFECTIVENESS STUDIES; 2)TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION TO LDC"S TO HELP DEVELOP NFE INFORMATION BASES; 3)SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, AND PERSONNEL VISITATIONS TO SELECTED LDC"S; AND 4)DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL LINKAGES AMONG CONTRACTOR AND HOST COUNTRY INSTITUTIONS. CONTRACTOR WILL DEVELOP NFE EXPERTISE AMONG LDC PERSONNEL THROUGH:A)SEMINARS,CONFERENCES,AND WORKSHOPS IN LDC"S,WHICH WILL GENERATE INTEREST,DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE,AND TRAIN PEOPLE TO ADMINISTER NFE PROGRAMS;B)SECTOR STUDIES AND EDUCATIONAL STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT,WHICH WILL ENSURE THAT NFE NOT BE CONSIDERED AN APPENDAGE TO THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM;C)TECHNICAL TEAM VISITS AND SURVEYS IN LDCS;D)INFORMATION DISSEMINATION SUCH AS A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MONOGRAPHS AND CASE STUDIES FROM THE PROJECT,AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL INFORMATION BASES;AND E)TRAINING OF LDC PERSONNEL THROUGH VISITS TO ONGOING,EFFECTIVE NFE TRAINING PROGRAMS IN OTHER LDCS,AND SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS IN HOST COUNTRIES. HOST COUNTRIES PROVIDE PERSONNEL FOR TRAINING,FACILITIES,AND LOCAL COSTS WHEN NECESSARY. THE PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES WILL BE THE LDC PERSONNEL TRAINED TO USE NFE RESOURCES,WHILE THE RURAL AND URBAN POOR,OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH AND ADULTS,AND WOMEN ALSO BENEFIT. PROP OF 11/18/75 DISCUSSED THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NFE HELD IN APRIL 1974 AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (MSU),AND CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS ATTENDED BY LDC REPRESENTATIVES. THE NFE INFORMATION SERVICES CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED AT MSU TO ACT AS A CLEARINGHOUSE FOR NFE INFORMATION. DURING 1974-1975,A POLICY MANUAL ON NFE WAS BEING COMPLETED,AND IN A SUBACTIVITY OF THIS PROJECT,SYNECTICS CORPORATION WAS FUNDED FOR 1 YEAR TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF "PIGGYBACKING" A NUTRITION EDUC PROGRAM ON AN EXISTING NFE PROGRAM,&USING MASS MEDIA TECHNIQUES.CONFERENCES ON THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN NFE,&ON ROLE OF NFE IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT,WERE FUNDED BY PIO/TS OF 12/3/74 AND 3/16/76.