Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
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URL: http://www.col.org/
Founded
1988-09 London BC UK
History
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Help governments, institutions and organizations expand the scale, efficiency and quality of learning by using appropriate open, distance and technology-based approaches.
Events
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- Cooperates with: Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO)
- Cooperates with: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Observer status with: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- Supports: Bioversity International
- Instrumental in setting up: Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)
- Links with: African Development Bank (ADB)
- Links with: African Virtual University (AVU)
- Links with: Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Links with: Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD)
- Links with: Australian Aid
- Links with: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
- Links with: Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
- Links with: Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
- Links with: Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)
- Links with: CGIAR System Organization (CGIAR)
- Links with: Commonwealth Foundation (CF)
- Links with: Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC)
- Links with: Commonwealth Science Council (CSC)
- Links with: Commonwealth Secretariat
- Links with: Commonwealth Women's Affairs Ministers Meeting (WAMM)
- Links with: Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP)
- Links with: Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM)
- Links with: Department for International Development (DFID)
- Links with: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)(World Bank)
- Links with: International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
- Links with: International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)
- Links with: International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- Links with: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
- Links with: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade - New Zealand Aid Programme
- Links with: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
- Links with: SEAMEO Regional Open Learning Centre (SEAMOLEC)
- Links with: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- Links with: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Links with: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Links with: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- Links with: University of the South Pacific (USP)
- Links with: University of the West Indies (UWI)
- Links with: World Health Organization (WHO)
- Links with: World Bank Institute (WBI)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
- Member of: Open Education Global (OE Global)
- Instrumental in setting up: Association of Chief Education Officers in the Caribbean (ACCEO)
- Instrumental in setting up: Global Access Television Service (WETV Initiative)
- Instrumental in setting up: Pacific Islands Regional Association for Distance Education (PIRADE)
- Links with: Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN)
- Links with: Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU)
- Links with: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC)
- Links with: Asociación de las Televisiones Educativas y Culturales Iberoamericanas (ATEI)
- Links with: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)
- Links with: Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
- Links with: Association of African Universities (AAU)
- Links with: Association of Caribbean Tertiary Institutions (ACTI)
- Links with: Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE)
- Links with: Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU)
- Links with: CODE
- Links with: Association of Technical Universities and Polytechnics in Africa (ATUPA)
- Links with: Commonwealth Association of Science, Technology and Mathematics Educators (CASTME)
- Links with: Commonwealth Consortium for Education (CCfE)
- Links with: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA)
- Links with: Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC)
- Links with: Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA)
- Links with: Crops For the Future (CFF)
- Links with: Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM)
- Links with: Distance Education Association of Southern Africa (DEASA)
- Links with: European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA)
- Links with: Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation (GKPF)
- Links with: infoDev
- Links with: Inter-American Distance Education Consortium
- Links with: International Association of Universities (IAU)
- Links with: International Council for Adult Education (ICAE)
- Links with: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
- Links with: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- Links with: International Institute of Communications (IIC)
- Links with: Middle East e-Learning Association (MEEA)
- Links with: Open Educational Resources Africa (OER Africa)
- Links with: Public Media Alliance (PMA)
- Links with: Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS)
- Links with: The Commonwealth Association (COMASSOC)
Publications
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF1309
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** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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