On Mon, 26 Oct 98 13:31:33 MET
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> New CEE/CIS research and free database from the UNICEF International
> Child Development Centre (ICDC)
>
> 1. Education for all? - the 5th Regional Monitoring Report 2. The
> TransMONEE database 3.0 - Download for free!
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> 1. EDUCATION FOR ALL?
>
> The MONEE project (Monitoring Public Policy and Social Conditions in
> Central and Eastern Europe) annual Regional Monitoring Report is a
> unique source of information on the social side of the transition
> taking place in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth
> of Independent States (CIS). Each year's Report contains an update on
> the welfare of children and families in the region, together with an
> in-depth analysis of a topic of special focus.
>
> The focus of this year's Report is education, a subject of vital
> importance for the welfare of children and for the development of the
> societies in the region. The Report covers a broad range of issues,
> including enrolment and other measures of access, learning
> achievement, schooling costs faced by families, education for children
> with special needs, early childhood development, and the
> decentralization of educational systems. The Report emphasizes the
> need for public policy to promote good education for all children and
> warns of growing inequalities in educational systems
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>
> 2. FREE DATABASE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR CEE/CIS COUNTRIES
>
> The TransMONEE 3.0 is the public-use version of the economic and
> social indicators database from the MONEE project. The menu-driven
> database allows the retrieval and manipulation of economic and social
> indicators for 27 CEE/CIS countries. The programme includes a guide
> and extensive table notes which are available on-line. This new
> release includes data updated through 1996, and provides a 32-bit
> Windows (tm) NT/95 user interface in addition to the Windows (tm) 3.1
> version also available.
>
> The database can be downloaded without cost from three different web
> sites. For more information, access the UNICEF ICDC web site at:
> http://www.unicef-icdc.it/information/databases/index.htm, the
> Centre's for Europe's Children at http://eurochild.gla.ac.uk or
> contact the ICDC office in Florence
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>
> For further information about the report and database, please contact:
> Economic and Social Policy Programme, UNICEF ICDC Piazza SS.
> Annunziata, 12
> 50122 Florence, Italy
> Tel: (39-055) 234-5258 / Fax: (39-055) 244-817
> Email: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
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