BAOL aims at promoting quality and best practice in open, flexible and distance forms of learning throughout the education and training sectors of the UK, Europe and internationally.

Since 1976, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) has been involved in promoting and developing vocational training of young people, and the continuing training of adults, primarily through European-wide co-ordination of analysis and research activities. Today, the Centre represents the principal knowledge base on this subject having published hundreds of reports and sponsored research in all Community member states.

The European Association of Distance Teaching Universities is a strategic level organization whose European activities and projects support and advance goals towards achieving its mission: to promote and support the creation of a European network for high level distance education.

A network for the open and distance learning community in Europe, open to institutions and individuals.

The Educational Multimedia Task Force was set in order to study and develop educational and cultural products and services accessible via television sets, computers and networks in Europe. It provides the latest EU information on the European markets for multimedia content and electronic information.

EITO is an authoritative source of market information and forecasts about the sales and use of computers and telecommunications in Europe. Yearly reports are available through European Telework Online.

European and International focal point for information, news and discussion on telework, teletrade and teleco-operation.

It is the statistical office of the European Union. Statistical data and research on European issues.

Information on programmes and strategic initiatives financed by Directorate General Education and Culture.

EURYDICE, the education information network in Europe, produces reliable, readily comparable information on national education systems and policies.

The Finnish Association for Distance Education, is an association for institutions or organisations which offer higher education at a distance, and includes ten universities and university colleges. FADE was founded to coordinate cooperation at a national level and to promote international cooperation, research work and training in areas of distance education.

The International Council for Open and Distance Education is the global membership organisation of educational institutions, national and regional associations, corporations, educational authorities and agencies in the fields of open learning, distance education, and flexible lifelong learning.

The International Distance Learning Course Finder is the world's largest one-stop and truly independent distance education directory online, with information on over 50,000 distance learning courses offered by universities, colleges and companies from 65 countries.

The Information Society Technologies Programme (IST) is a major theme of research and technological development within the European Union's Fifth RTD Framework Programme, (1998-2002). ISTweb is intended to be the primary information source and support environment for all interested in the programme.

NADE aims to spread knowledge of distance education, to heighten its professional and pedagogical standards and to strengthen the position of distance education within the Norwegian educational system. NADE is a consultative and co-operating body for the Ministry of Education, Research and Church Affairs in matters concerning distance education.

The ObservETory on Educational Technology is a virtual information and communication platform. The ObservETory on Educational Technology aims to provide a quality access point to educational technology resources and new developments in technology supported education and training systems throughout the world.

The Telematics Application Pogramme, one of the European Commission's research programmes, is aimed at stimulating RTD on applications of information and/or communications technologies in areas of general interest.

ODL QC was founded in 1969 as the Council for the Accreditation of Correspondence Colleges. It is an independent body, though it was set up at the request of government, and has continued to benefit from governmental support and cooperation.

List of Greek and other sites with informative material on issues of Distance Learning and ODL projects.

This site provides information on distance learning, as well as on the courses offered at a distance by the University.

EDUnet is aiming at the delivery of a set of services to the educational community such as access to resources and databases in various sites on the Internet, use of  synchronous communication ( e-mail, teleconferencing, etc). The goal is to enhance learning and teaching within the traditional educational settings by enabling activity based learning and collaboration over distance.

This text is the draft of the government White Paper for the development of the Information Society in Greece in the coming years.

This site discuss the pros and cons of distance learning, and provides a collection of sites on distance learning issues.

The Hellenic Pedagogical Institute taking advantage of the possibilities of the new technologies has established the Distance Learning Center, which offers in-service training to school teachers via the Internet.

The most successful educational applications on Geographical Information Systems (G.I.S.).