NONFORMAL EDUCATION; FIELD SUPPORT

EVALUATION COVERS THE PERIOD 8/30/78 TO 8/30/79, AND WAS BASED UPON A THREE-DAY VISIT TO MSU IN 9/79 BY THE AID PROJECT MANAGER AND PROGRAM OFFICER. MSU HAS SUCCESSFULLY ESTABLISHED A WORLD-WIDE NETWORK OF NON-FORMAL EDUCATION (NFE) PLANNERS AND PRACTITIONERS CONSISTING OF OVER 850 ORGANIZATIONS AND 3600 PERSONS IN OVER 130 COUNTRIES. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ACTIVITIES HAVE INCLUDED; A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER WITH A MAILING LIST OF OVER 6000 PERSONS; 20 NFE POLICY AND PROCEDURE DOCUMENTS; TOPICAL LIST OF NON-FORMAL EDUCATION RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONS COVERING SUCH AREAS AS AGRICULTURE, HEALTH, AND EDUCATION; 200 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON SPECIALIZED TOPICS; AND DOCUMENTS DONATED BY LDC"S REPRODUCED AND CIRCULATED WORLDWIDE. A LIBRARY AND RESOURCE CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED, CONTAINING 4300 BOOKS, PERIODICALS AND DOCUMENTS. OVER 100 REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ARE BEING PROCESSED MONTHLY. TWO MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES WERE HELD AT MSU IN 1974 AND 1976 -- OVER 300 PERSONS ATTENDED. ALSO, MSU PERSONNEL HAVE ATTENDED OVER 10 INTERNATIONAL NFE CONFERENCES AS OBSERVERS, PARTICIPANTS, AND FEATURED SPEAKERS. A NEW CONTRACT FOR A FOLLOW-ON PROJECT (931-1250) WAS SIGNED BY AID AND MSU EFFECTIVE 8/31/79, AND WILL TERMINATE 8/30/82.