Chair: Teresa Oliveira, ITB, University of Lisbon

Contributors:

Learning Together for Local Cooperation in the 'Learning Region'

Barry Nyhan, CEDEFOP

Education and Knowledge Economies. An Opportunity for the Declining Sub-Regions of Hungary

Magdolna Benke, National Institute for Adult Education

Examining the Link between Skill Shortages, Training Composition and Productivity Levels in the Northern Ireland Construction Industry

Jessica Doyle, Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland; Seamus McGuinness, Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland

Vocational Education and Training: An Australian Perspective

Margaret Malloch, Victoria University