Educational planners go back to school - Unesco's International Institute for Educational Planning

All these studies are reviewed and evaluated by the IIEP in preparation for the Institute's third main activity-the dissemination of new concepts, methods and techniques in educational planning to individuals and institutions in all Member States.

A constant effort is made to take account of the needs of different categories of clientele. IIEP's traditional public, which includes decision-makers, planners and administrators, researchers, trainers and teachers, is continually changing and expanding to include development economists, sociologists, political scientists and other specialists in the many branches of the social sciences.

The broad objective of the dissemination programme is to ensure that this clientele is informed of the evolution of ideas, concepts, practices and techniques of planning and administration; that practitioners are kept up to date on important research concerned with their specialities; and that the results of significant national experiences in the field are brought to their attention. Special care is taken to satisfy the needs of the Institute's clientele in developing countries, who are very often starved of relevant publications and information.