EKONOMINIO BENDRADARBIAVIMO IR PLĖTROS ORGANIZACIJAEBPO -tai išskirtinis forumas, kuriame bendradarbiauja 30 demokratinių valstybių vyriausybės ir sprendžia globalizacijos sukeltas ekonomines, socialines ir aplinkosaugines problemas. EBPO taip pat labai daug dėmesio skiria tam, kad suprastų naujus įvykius ir susirūpinimą keliančius klausimus, tokius kaip bendrovių valdymas, informacijos ekonomika ir senstančios visuomenės problema, ir padėtų vyriausybėms juos įveikti. Organizacija sudaro sąlygas vyriausybėms palyginti politikų įgyvendinimo patirtį, ieškoti bendrų problemų sprendimo būdų, nustatyti gerąją praktiką ir bendradarbiauti derinant nacionalines ir tarptautines politikas.

Glossary of Terms Elementary school: compulsory basic education for children age 6-15 Upper secondary school: vocational, technical professional and general secondary schools (age 15-18 or 15-19) FE (further education): post-secondary professional, vocational schools HE: university study, being in accordance with Bologna processes or the still existing traditional system. Professional worker: the term embraces profiles like psychologist, social worker, speech therapist, pedagogue, and librarian. They usually don't have teaching load but help students on individual basis and also provide support and addeputy to teachers, head teachers and deputy head teachers. Elective subject: National curriculum consists of required, compulsory subjects, elective or optional subjects, based on choice of students, and compulsory elective subjects. Compulsory elective subjects: it is a group of subjects from which students must take e.g. one, but they can choose among many of them.

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