Landmines are explosive remnants of war that remain active long after the conflict has ended. Explosion can be triggered easily by human input and its consequences can be devastating. Landmines don't discriminate between soldiers and civilians. Once laid on the ground, they pose immediate threat for …

The Centre of Research in Knowledge Organisations and Knowledge Management of Zuyd University has developed a knowledge management scan. The scan initiates from two models. The first model is based on the Value Based Knowledge Management approach (Tissen, Andriessen & Lekanne Deprez, 1998) and includes …

Background As the level of government closest to citizens and the real economy, local and regional authorities have an important role in tackling the severe impact of the current economic crisis. The double pressures of decreasing public revenue and increasing demand for services, however, call for more …

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is an underdeveloped region, but had seen significant economic growth before the global financial crisis. Due to the crisis economic growth has stopped or even decreased. In addition, several other aspects are expected to become worse, such as incomes, child mortality and access …

Women play critical roles in agriculture in many parts of the world. Yet, despite their contribution to global food security, women farmers are frequently underestimated and overlooked in development strategies. For this reason, women find it more difficult than men to gain access to valuable resources …

Indonesia's decentralization in the form of regional autonomy has opened many new opportunities for the people. Especially in the regions, higher authority allowed local governments to develop their regions and increase the people's welfare. Despite a number of positive developments, there are many problems …

The main objective of this report is to analyse and inform about international labour mobility, particularly within Europe, from the perspective of the Dutch Health and Social Care Sector. The report starts by describing the introduction of a new care system in The Netherlands. The government does not …

Following the footsteps of the United States, the United Kingdom and many European countries, the Netherlands government is implementing Public Finance Constructions (PFC) as a means of financing and realizing public infrastructures. Being preceded by the Ministry of Traffic, Public Works and Water Management, …

This paper proposes a framework for designing human resource development interventions that facilitate change in professional organizations through promoting learning at the individual and group level. The framework proposed is based on a theory of organizational learning developed by Etienne Wenger …

The decrease of the number of personnel employed in the western defence sector since 1990 can truly be called spectacular. But even before that year there was an unmistakably downward trend. Cooperation, therefore, is the buzz word for the military. This cooperation in the defence sector happens jointly …