“…“The new ‘bible’ of Post-secondary education.” -Paul Cappon, President of the Canadian Council on Learning “An exceptionally useful and interesting review.” …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Integration of anticipatory practices into the mainstream practices -- Lack of time for alternatives exploration due to misalignment of the Government Programme and budget development -- Medium-term strategic planning with a system thinking approach -- Identifying and addressing emergent issues -- Cross-sectoral tools for dynamic monitoring and evaluating -- Spending reviews for dynamic evaluation -- Rapid cross-sector analysis -- Pilot case findings and key considerations -- References -- Notes -- 11 Child well-being in Finland's welfare service counties -- Introduction -- Child well-being: A uniquely anticipatory domain -- The changing nature of childhood -- Changing policy and measurement considerations for childhood -- Uncertainty and complexity in child well-being policy -- Existing anticipation for child well-being in Finland -- National Child Strategy -- Reform of healthcare, social welfare and rescue services (SOTE reform) -- Child-oriented budgeting pilot -- Itla -- Finland's national foresight system -- Report to Parliament by the Ombudsman for Children 2022 -- National Social and Healthcare Innovation and Strategy Network -- Family Centres and One-Stop Guidance Centres -- International cases -- Foresight and anticipatory approaches to well-being -- The Netherlands -- Whole government approach -- Scotland -- Ireland -- New Zealand -- National-local co-ordination -- Australia -- Norway -- Overall findings from international cases -- Gap analysis -- Lack of systematic ways of working -- Implementation difficulties -- Silos and fragmented knowledge -- Connection with actors and users -- Opportunities for action -- Objectives -- Stronger sense of companionship -- Coherent and concerted action -- Purpose-driven anticipation with a well-being focus -- Better situation awareness and context -- Mechanisms…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Summary -- Part 1: Overview and Analysis -- -Introduction -- Trends in Strategic Business Services in OECD Countries -- Turnover and Production -- Employment -- Trade -- Government Policies -- Strengthening the Policy Framework for Business Services -- Promoting the Supply of Business Services -- Promoting the Demand for Business Services -- International Issues -- References -- Part 2: Country Reviews -- -Australia -- Austria -- Canada -- Denmark -- Finland -- France -- Germany -- Ireland -- Italy -- Japan -- Mexico -- Netherlands -- New Zealand -- Norway -- Portugal -- Spain -- Sweden -- Switzerland -- Turkey -- United Kingdom -- United States…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION; PART I - NATURAL GAS MARKET REVIEW; PART II - WORLD OVERVIEW; PART III - OECD OVERVIEW; PART IV - OECD DETAILED NATURAL GAS DATA; PART V - HISTORICAL TIME SERIES FOR THE OECD COUNTRIES; PART VI - MAPS OF PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE-ORGANISATION AND REGULATION OF GAS TRANSPORTATION; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Korea; Luxembourg; Mexico; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Slovak Republic; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; United Kingdom; United States…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Defining agricultural concessions in tax and social security -- Typology of concessions -- Overview of concessions by country and type of taxation -- Policy implications of the findings -- pt. 2. Reviews by country. Australia -- Extracts from the tax expenditures statement 2004, Australian Treasury January 2005 -- Austria -- Belgium -- Canada -- Czech Republic -- Denmark -- Finland -- France -- Germany -- Hungary -- Ireland -- Italy -- Japan -- Korea -- Netherlands -- New Zealand -- Norway -- Poland -- Slovak Republic -- Spain -- Sweden -- Switzerland -- United Kingdom -- United States…”

“…The book reviews the policy context and the state of the art in spatial microsimulation against which SMILE was developed, describes in detail its model design and calibration, and presents example of outputs showing what new information the model provides using a spatial matching process. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acknowledgements; CONTENTS; PART 1 OVERVIEW OF ENERGY POLICY AND MARKET DEVELOPMENTS; Market Trends; Competition; Environment and Sustainable Development Policies inIEA Member Countries; Energy Policies in Non-member Countries; PART 2 THE COUNTRY REPORTS; In-depth Reviews: Summaries; Australia; Belgium; The Czech Republic; New Zealand; Spain; Turkey; Standard Reviews; Finland; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Switzerland; Energy Balances and Key Statistical Data; A ANNEX: Energy Balances and Key Statistical Data Tables; B ANNEX: Government Energy R&D Budgets…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Procedures for submitting the creation of a new SOE to the Dutch Parliament -- New Zealand -- Box 2.4. …”

“…It might also contain costs by delegating tasks away from more expensive doctors. This paper reviews the development of advanced practice nurses in 12 countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ireland, Japan, Poland, United Kingdom and United States), with a particular focus on their roles in primary care. …”

“…As well as being a fine example of a medieval city and an internationally renowned centre for craft and design, Kilkenny is also warm and friendly city, and I hope you will have the opportunity to explore some of it during and after the conference.This year's conference is sponsored in a large part by the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). The SFI is central to an ambitious funding scheme aimed at academic researchers and research teams who are most likely to generate new knowledge and leading edge technologies in the area of information and communications technology. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…COUNTRY CHAPTERS -- Germany: developing new methodologies without abandoning traditional forms -- Overview -- The context -- Policy influences -- Teacher development in Germany -- Resource implications . -- Benefits and evaluation -- Case Study 1 – Early introduction of a foreign language (English or French) into primary schools in Rhineland-Pfalz -- Case Study 2 – Bavarian Academy of In-Service Training -- Commentary on teachers’ professional development in Germany -- Ireland: establishing in-service training as a priority -- Overview -- The context -- Policy influences -- Teacher development in Ireland -- Resource implications -- Benefits and evaluation -- Case Study 1 – Teachers stay ahead -- Case Study 2 – Relationships and sexuality education -- Commentary on teachers’ professional development in Ireland -- Japan: building diversity into the system -- Overview -- The context -- Policy influences -- Teacher development in Japan -- Resource implications -- Benefits and evaluation -- Case Study 1 – Work experience for teachers in private companies -- Case Study 2 – The national education centre -- Commentary on teachers’ professional development in Japan -- Luxembourg: overcoming rigidities -- Overview . -- The context -- Policy influences -- Teacher development in Luxembourg -- Resource implications -- Benefits and evaluation -- Case Study 1 – DECOLAP/DECOPRIM -- Case Study 2 – SELF, a project on autonomous learning in technicalsecondary schools Commentary on teachers’ professional development in Luxembourg -- Sweden: decentralising professional development -- Overview -- The context -- Teacher development in Sweden -- Resource implications -- Benefits and evaluation -- Case Study 1 – Disadvantaged school makes progress -- Case Study 2 – Problem based learning -- Commentary on teachers’ professional development in Sweden -- Switzerland: questioning tradition -- Overview -- The context -- Policy influences -- Teacher development in Switzerland -- Resource implications -- Case Study 1 – Lorraine primary (canton of Bern) -- Case Study 2 – Institut f ̈ ur Unterrichtsfragen und Lehrerfortbildung (ULEF, Basel) -- Commentary on teachers’ professional development in Switzerland -- United Kingdom: school-based development in search of coherence -- Overview -- The context -- Policy influences -- Teacher development in England and Wales -- Resource implications -- Benefits and evaluation -- Case Study 1 – Wiltshire branches out -- Case Study 2 – Heads take the initiative in Westminster -- Commentary on teachers’ professional development in England and Wales -- United States: the quest for standards, accountability and excellence -- Overview -- The context -- Teacher development in the United States -- Policy influences -- Resource implications -- Case Study 1 – Local district 2 (New York City) -- Case Study 2 – Centre for leadership development (Boston public schools) -- Case Study 3 – Networks and reform in American education -- Commentary on teachers’ professional development in the United States -- Bibliography…”