Non-formal education information center; a report of progress, annual supplement for 1977

This supplement highlights changes in the demographic structure of the Center, describes the nature of increased requests for services during 1977, and projects some alternatives for future courses of action. The Center"s priority concerns are problems of health, nutrition, agricultural self-sufficiency, functional literacy and numeracy, housing, employment of the world"s most needy. The focus is on non-formal education (NFE) for development and those working in direct behalf of the world"s poor. The information center operates to put people in touch with resources and ideas related to non-formal education for development, to facilitate contacts and promote horizontal linkages, and to make possible an exchange of information and knowledge. Tables give the characteristics of the persons interacting with the Information Center. Examples are given of special task requests in 1977. The most frequent requests in 1977 were for information concerning NFE in the context of health, nutrition and population education and requests for information on NFE and media. One section discusses the trend toward fortification and self sufficiency of in-country information centers, and it discusses benefits to be derived from support of such efforts.