URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Community/Rural/Urban Development,

Examining Stakeholder Perspectives: Process, Performance and Progress of the Age-Friendly Taiwan Program.

Since Taiwans age-friendly city (AFC) program was launched in 2012, the central government has provided various resources to the countrys 22 local authorities, including budgetary support, policy advocacy, and consultation from a team of experts. This study examines stakeholder perspectives on the process, performance, and outcome of the AFC program. A 53-item questionnaire was developed based on the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline, including mechanisms and processes (20 items), outcome evaluations (23 items), and resource integration (10 items). There was a great difference found among scores between facilitators and experts for inter-exchange experience with local and international cities (40%) and monitor and revise indicators (37%) in mechanisms and processes, evaluate performance of indicators and action plans (37%) in outcome evaluations, and interaction between government and community (46%) and interaction between civil organization and senior society (39%) in resource integration. Clearly, facilitators showed overly optimistic assessments in AFC mechanisms and processes, outcome evaluation, and resource integration. The results showed disconnect between experts expectations versus actual practice conducted by facilitators. Implications of these findings are to integrate top down expectations with the realities of bottom up practice to design more realistic evaluations; continue to educate stakeholders about design, implementation and evaluation; and further integrate resources from government, civil organizations, and community

From certain minimal surfaces in the 5-sphere to minimal Lagrangian submanifolds of the 3-dimensional complex projective space

In a previous paper it was shown how to associate with a Lagrangian submanifold satisfying Chen's equality in 3-dimensional complex projective space, a minimal surface in the 5-sphere with ellipse of curvature is a circle. In this paper we focus on the reverse construction

Integration model for migrants to mitigate the shortage of skilled labour

Die Ziele des in diesem Artikel vorgestellten Modells bestehen darin, ein Grundkonzept relevanter Prozesse für die Integration von Migrant:innen zur Abfederung des Fachkräftemangels (IMAF) für eine klientelspezifische Berufsvorbereitung und Berufsausübung bereitzustellen. Dabei handelt es sich um einen pragmatischen, auf die Handlungsebene bezogenen Ansatz. Ausgehend von den die Integrationstiefe bestimmenden Motiven und Grundkonditionierungen der Migrant:innen wird sich dem Verhältnis von Assimilation in die Arbeitswelt und Integration in die Aufnahmegesellschaft zugewandt. Dabei wird Integration als ein Prozess verstanden, für beide Seiten durch wechselseitige Abhängigkeit einen bereichernden Mehrwert für ein friedliches Zusammenleben im ganzheitlichen Gesellschaftssystem der Aufnahmegesellschaft zu generieren. Es werden Anforderungen für die Implementation von Migrant:innen in Ausbildungs- bzw. Arbeitsprozesse benannt sowie Integrationsvoraussetzungen und Teilprozesse des Integrationsmanagements aufgezeigt bis hin zu Methoden der Aneignung und Stabilisierung neuer Handlungs- und Verhaltensmuster. (Autor)The objectives of the model presented in this article are to provide a basic concept of relevant processes for the integration of migrants to mitigate the shortage of skilled labour (IMAF) for client-specific vocational preparation and practice. This is a pragmatic, action-based approach. Based on the motives and basic conditioning of migrants that determine the depth of integration, the relationship between assimilation into the world of work and integration into the host society is addressed. Integration is understood as a process of generating an enriching added value for both sides through mutual dependence for peaceful coexistence in the holistic social system of the host society. Requirements for the implementation of migrants in training and work processes are identified as well as integration requirements and sub-processes of integration management, including methods of acquiring and stabilising new patterns of action and behaviour. (Author