The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) seeks to build peace through international cooperation in education, the sciences, and culture.
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Founded in 1987, the Asian Association of Open Universities Conference (AAOU) is a non-profit academic organisation for open and distance education institutions in Asia. As of October 2010, AAOU has 48 full members, 22 associate members and 2 individual members. The full membership is for dedicated open and distance learning institution located within the Asian continent and whose primary instructional delivery is through distance mode. The associate membership is for those who are active in promoting or delivering education by the distance mode. The AAOU has become one of the most influential open and distance education alliances in Asia.
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The International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), formerly known as the International Council of Correspondence Education, was founded in 1938 and changed its name to ICDE in 1982. The ICDE established its permanent secretariat in Oslo, Norway in 1988 and now has over 190 institutional members from over 70 countries.
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Founded in 1991, the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) is the most influential non-profit organisation in the field of distance and e-learning education in Europe. The organisation exists to share knowledge and improve understanding among professionals in distance and e-learning, and promote policy and practice across Europe and beyond. EDEN holds an annual meeting every year to provide a platform for academic exchanges and discussions between distance open education professionals from all over the world.
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The International Association for Continuing Engineering Education (IACEE) is an international non-profit and non-governmental organization.