Acronyms and Abbreviations (work in progress)

ADEA Association for the Development of Education in Africa
APL Adjustable Program Loan
AU: African Union
AVU African Virtual University

BREDA: Regional Office for Education in Africa

CIFFAD Consortium international francophone de formation a distance
CITS The Center for Information Technology and Systems of the University of Mauritius
COL Commonwealth of Learning
COMESA The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

DESD: Decade on Education for Sustainable Development

ESD: Education for Sustainable Development
EFA: Education For All
Ere: Environment related Education
ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States
ECCAS: Economic Community of Central African States

FLE/PE: Family Life Education and Population Education
FVU Francophone Virtual University

GDLN The Global Development Learning Education Network

HDNED World Bank's Human Development Network-Education

ICDE International Council for Distance Education
ICT Information and communication technologies
InfoDev Information for Development Program
INRAP Institute for Research and Pedagogical Support (Guinea)
IRI Interactive radio instruction
ISP Internet service provider
ITEK Institute of Teacher Education in Kyambogo

LIL Learning and Innovation Loans
LDCs: Least Developed Countries

MDGs: Millennium Development Goals

NEPAD: New Partnership for Africa's Development
NGO: Non-Governmental Organization
NSSD: National Strategy for Sustainable Development

OCS: Organization of the Civil Society

PANAFTEL Pan Africa Telecommunications Network
PATU Pan African Telecommunications Union
PRSP: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
PTO African Post and Telecommunications Operators

REC: Regional Economic Community
REFER Reseau electroniquefrancophone pour l'education et la recherche
RESAFED Reseau africain pour la Formation a Distance

SADC: Southern Africa Development Community
SLIDE Sri Lanka Institute for Distance
SOPT Special Orientation of the Primary School Teachers
SSA: Sub-Saharan Africa

TIPE: Training and Information Programme on Environment
TTL Task Team Leader

UEMOA: West African Economic and Monetary Union
UNDL: United Nations Decade for Literacy
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNISA University of South Africa (formerly University of the Cape of Good Hope)
UPE Universal Primary Education

VITA Volunteers in Technical Assistance

WFP: World Food Programme
WGDE Working Group on Distance Education
WorLD World Links for Development
ZINTEC Zimbabwe Integrated National Teacher Education Course