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EDITORIAL

I have two fliers stating that the aim of the European Distance Education
Network (EDEN) is: "to foster developments in distance education through
the provision of a platform for co-operation and collaboration between
institutions, networks and other agencies in this field in Europe. Particu-
larly, it has an important challenge to assist in the development of
collaboration between Western Europe and the new initiatives in Central and
Eastern Europe. EDEN will also strengthen ties with non-European associ-
ations and institutions in close co-operation with the International
Council for Distance Education (ICDE)."
     With the help of Kerry Mann, DEOSNEWS now distributes the first issue
of the EDEN Newsletter. If you have any questions arising from articles in
this newsletter, would like to contribute to the next issue of the EDEN
newsletter due out in March 1993, or wish to receive more information about
EDEN, please contact Ms Kerry Mann, Executive Secretary, EDEN, PO Box 92,
Milton Keynes, MK7 6DX, United Kingdom. Tel: (44) 908 652468, Fax: (44) 908
654374, E-mail: K.A.MANN@OPEN.AC.UK

     This issue includes the following contributions:

* Creating links: A word from the President, Erling Ljosa
* The 1992 EDEN Conference: A report from the Executive Secretary, Kerry
  Mann
* EDEN's Academic and Professional Section, Alan Tait
* The 1993 EDEN Conferences
* The SAIDE launching conference: A report by Zofia Sokolewicz
* Distance education in Hungary, Andr`s Szucs
* SATURN: Working together for a better trained Europe
* The University of London external MA/Diploma in Distance Education: A
  report from Chris Yates
* Assistance and project in education for Poland: Report from Christian
  Ladesou
* Dates for the diary
* The EDEN Executive


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EDEN NEWSLETTER 1
NOVEMBER, 1992

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CREATING LINKS

* A word from the President, Erling Ljosa *

I sometimes ask myself who we are, we who have been grasped by a
lasting interest in this strange thing,  distance education.  Are we a
gang of outcasts, people who for some accidental reason have stepped
outside the more firmly established educational society?  Are we
technological wizards who think learning is oozing out of machines
and cables?  Or are we the true visionaries looking into and trying to
create the future structures of education?

Perhaps it doesn't matter.  I know we represent a huge variety of
competencies, interests and experience.  We are working in very
different settings of society and organization, and we often tend to
cluster accordingly in particular interest groups and specialized
networks; this is only natural.  On the other hand it may reduce the
range of impulses we receive, limit our fantasy and our repertoire of
action.

The very existence of a network as broad and as open as EDEN
attempts to be, seems to me to be a great achievement.  Creativity and
development need a variety of impulses and a combination of
different perspectives.  This is the first rationale for a broad network.
The second important thing is that it may create links: between
individuals, between institutions and between various kinds of other
networks.  Links will develop through contacts, and may be
spontaneous or become permanent.  They depend on the mutual
benefits of the relations that are established.

The future of EDEN will grow from our ability to create links across
national and regional boundaries, and between people and institutions
with either similar or quite different experience, but with common
interests and aims in the field of distance learning.  Europe is a fragile
and complex mixture of societies and people.  I hope that by creating
new and stronger links in one of the growing fields of education and
training, EDEN will contribute significantly to the development of
educational opportunities within the whole of Europe.


1992 EDEN CONFERENCE

* A report from the Executive Secretary, Kerry Mann *

The first annual EDEN Conference was held at the Academy of
Mining and Metallurgy in Krakow, Poland on 15-17 June, 1992.  The
event was hosted by the Rector of the Academy, Professor Jan
Janowski, and organised by the EDEN Secretariat in close cooperation
with members of the Geology Faculty in Krakow.  The Conference
was seen to be a great success and achieved its main aim in bringing
together distance educators and those interested in distance teaching
from both Eastern and Western Europe.

The event attracted almost 120 delegates representing both countries
across Europe and a wide range of interests in the private sectors.
Special guests included Professor Andrzej Stelmahowski, the Polish
Minister of Education, Mr Tadeusz Mateusz, from the Municipal
Government of Krakow and Dr Tadeusz Zoltowski, from the Bureau
of Cabinet in the Polish Government.

The programme covered a large number of topics with keynote
speeches on Social change in society and special needs for distance
education in Eastern and Central Europe from Professor Tadeusz
Diem of the Polish Government, and Distance education and its
increasing importance from Professor Armando Rocha Trindade, of
the Universidade Aberta, Portugal.

Panel sessions covering topics including the TEMPUS programme,
private provision in distance education, the role of broadcasting in
distance learning and an exploration of the possibilities of
involvement for the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (ERBD) in distance education were interspersed with a
schedule of lively workshops.  These workshops covered topics
related to the main theme and explored, more closely, issues including
the management of distance education, the use of outside funding,
quality in open learning and the presentation of several case studies.
A report was also made to the conference of EDEN's first major
venture as a network which has been a TEMPUS feasibility study on
distance education in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.

The conference closed with the first Annual General Meeting.  At this
meeting approval was granted for the EDEN's Action Plan for 1992-
93, which included: the continued building and establishment of
EDEN as a network; creating a focus on Central and Eastern Europe;
following up the recommendations from the TEMPUS feasibility
study by discussion with national governments, other relevant
networks and member networks and institutions; and developing and
strengthening activities of the Academic and Professional Section of
EDEN, which was formally launched at the conference.


THE ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SECTION

* Alan Tait, The Open University *

EDEN's Academic and Professional Section held its inaugural
meeting during the EDEN conference in Krakow.  The Academic and
Professional Section aims to provide a vehicle for the professional
development of colleagues in open and distance learning across the
whole of Europe.  It will reflect the wide range of educational interest
in education at both secondary and tertiary levels, in training and
vocational development, in broadcasting, and in enterprises.  It was
agreed at the meeting in Krakow that the following range of activities
would be appropriate:

*  Conferences and seminars
*  Staff exchanges and secondments
*  Specialist grouping eg. research; management; student support,
course writing; evaluation etc.

The ideas were generated by the 50 or so people present at the
meeting, and it was resolved to work towards the first Academic and
Professional Section Conference which will take place in Cambridge
UK in September 1993 (see below)

The Academic and Professional Section of EDEN will complement
EDEN's main work.  It will be open to all practitioners on the
European regional basis.  Those interested in finding out more about
the Academic and Professional Section are invited to contact Ms
Kerry Mann, Executive Secretary, EDEN (address supplied on the
back page)


1993 EDEN CONFERENCES

* * * *

QUALITY AND TECHNOLOGY IN DISTANCE EDUCATION:
THE EAST/WEST DIALOGUE

10-12 May, 1993 the Logenhaus Conference Centre, Berlin, Germany

The second annual EDEN Conference will be devoted to the
combined themes of Quality and Technology.  Open and Distance
learning is presently mediated through a wide variety of media and
methods of support.  The relationship between the quality of student
experience and the systems used to deliver and support it will be
explored in plenary and workshops.  Workshop sessions will explore
the uses and impact of media such as Television/Video, CD-ROM,
Radio/Audio Cassette, Computers (Standalone, Network, and
Computer-Mediated-Communication) and Interactive Video, with on-
line demonstrations.  Follow-up sessions, both in workshop and
plenary mode, will explore the quality issues related to the use and
evaluation of these media in distance and open learning, as well as the
distribution and student services associated with distance learning
systems.

The conference will share a combined day with the AECS Annual
Conference, whose theme covers issues of quality, advertising and
marketing.  It will provide a balance of plenary and workshop
sessions; numbers will be limited to 150 by the size of the conference
accommodation.

The conference will be organised by the Conference Programme
Committee and the EDEN Secretariat in the UK.  For further details
please contact: Ms Kerry Mann, Executive Secretary, EDEN (address
supplied on back page)


* * * *

QUALITY ASSURANCE IN OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING:
EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

28-30 September 1993 Downing College Cambridge

The first EDEN Academic and Professional Section Conference will
be particularly interesting to colleagues wishing to discover and
contribute to the professional community in open and distance
learning in the wider Europe.  The conference will address the issues
for open and distance learning of Quality Assurance.  Quality
Assurance has been adopted in many educational and training
institutions, and there is wide interest in the processes and methods
which aim to ensure that learners' needs are met.  Challenging and
critical perspectives will be encouraged as well as the contribution of
practical experience from leading experts from a number of countries.

The conference will be participative in style, and numbers will be
limited in order to ensure this aspect.  There will be a particular
emphasis on the pan-European dimension.

The conference will be organised for EDEN by the UK Open
University's Cambridge Centre, in association with Empire State
College, New York and Laurentian University, Canada.

Colleagues in countries eligible for support from TEMPUS funding
are invited to apply to TEMPUS national offices.

For further details please contact: Alan Tait or Roger Mills, EDEN
A&P Conference, Open University, 12 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2
1PF, UK.  Tel: +44 223 64721  Fax: +44 223 355207


* * * *

SAIDE LAUNCHING CONFERENCE

* Report by Professor Zofia Sokolewicz, University of Warsaw *

Professor Sokolewicz was invited to attend the SAIDE Conference as
a representative of EDEN.  She presented a report, on the nature of
distance education in Poland, to the delegates in Johannesburg.

The South African Institute of Distance Education was created as the
result of extensive consultations within South Africa as a result of an
initiative by John Samuel, Head of Education of African National
Congress and Lord Michael Young of the International Extension
College.

The Institute was set up as a resource centre, a provider of specialised
advice, support and training and with the purpose of promoting
coordination and sharing between institutions.  It will promote
educational innovation through distance and open learning methods in
an attempt to "add value" to current educational provision, according
to David Adler, consultant director of SAIDE.

The rapid transformation underway in the Republic of South Africa
was the reason the SAIDE decided to launch the conference, which
was carefully designed by Professor Don Swift, previously the Pro-
Vice-Chancellor of the Open University UK and the founding
Director of the Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong, and David
Alder consultant director of the SAIDE.

The conference was held from 7-9 September, 1992 in Johannesburg,
South Africa and its aim was to consider "the part that distance
learning can play in addressing educational needs for the new South
Africa.  Education was regarded by most of the participants as central
field both for politics, economics, self government and civic society".
Minister of National Education, Mr P G. Marais, has described the
establishment of a sound learning culture as one of the most crucial
facets in any education system.  The essential element, according to
Mr Marais, is the support and involvement of all role-players and
groups of interest.  The change of the education system in South
Africa depends, however, upon political changes, mainly changes in
the Constitution; representatives of Government, of the House of
Delegates and the House of Representatives were present.

The political parties (the African National Congress, and the
Democratic Party) through their very presence and active participation
in discussion, stressed the significance of education in the framework
of their respective political programmes; the idea of "the lost
generation" was identified.  It seems to be the one of most urgent
problems needing to be solved.

The very special characteristics of the planned education system is the
possible numbers of students.  Dr J. G. Garbers, director General of
National Education, said there is the demand from approximately two
million children to be incorporated into the formal education system.
Between five and eight million people fall under the category of
marginalized youth.  How many adults?

These numbers explain why the organisers are trying to build up the
system of distance learning, which to some extent exists in South
Africa with UNISA, TECHNIKON RSA, TECHNISA, private
colleges etc.  The challenge is much greater these days.  Experienced
institutions, representing the third generation of distance education,
were asked to organise an exhibition of new medias and technologies
used in distance education systems all over the world.  University
exhibitors such as the  UK Open University through to International
institutions (International Extension College, International Centre for
Distance Learning UK) were present.  Delegates could also learn from
Athabasca University (Canada), Deakin University (Australia), the
University of Southern Queensland (Australia), the Open Polytechnic
of New Zealand and New Zealand Correspondence School, the
Allama Iqbal Open University (Pakistan), the Open Learning Institute
of Hong Kong, the Indira Ghandi National Open University (India),
Tafe Distance Learning (Australia), Wisconsin (USA) and the African
organisations of distance education including the  University of
Nairobi, Unisa, Technikon RSA, Technisa, and the University of
Zimbabwe.

The opening speeches were delivered by politicians, two of whom
have already been mentioned, the third was Mr S. Macozoma, NEC
Member, African National Congress.  Keynote speeches were
presented by Mr F.A. Sonn, Rector of Penisula Technikon: The Future
of Education in a Democratic South Africa, and Dr J Daniel, Vice
Chancellor of the Open University UK: A worldwide perspective on
Open Learning.

Most of the time was spent on group discussion.  The introductory
speeches were delivered by Professor G.S. Harley, UNISA (on Higher
education), Mr J Gultig, University of Natal (on teacher education),
Dr Z Vandyk rector of the Technikon RSA (on technical and
vocational education) and Ms J Glennie from SACHED Trust (on
primary/secondary adult education).  The role of experts, among them
Gottfried Leibbrandt from the Dutch National Commission for
UNESCO, must also be emphasised.  There was a panel discussion on
distance education's institutions and programmes, course production
and mass media as well as a further keynote speech by Dr. Seligman,
chief technical adviser from UNESCO Distance Education project for
the Indonesian Open Junior Secondary School on Third Generation
Distance Education,  The challenge of New Technology.  The results
of group discussions were presented during the final session with a
closing speech of thanks given by Mr R Ramokgopa from the
Development Bank of South Africa.

Due to the precise, careful planning of conference, the participants
had the opportunity to learn what distance education means and how it
is presented around the world.  However, the question of how to use
distance education in order to solve South African problems of
restructuring both the economy and society seemed to be answerable.
The difficulty of securing a clear solution was undoubtedly due to the
immensely complex character of the South African problem both the
economic crisis and the social unrest.


DISTANCE EDUCATION IN HUNGARY

* Andr`s Szucs, Hungarian National Council for Distance Education *


In order to promote and co-ordinate the development of distance
education, the National Council of Distance Education was
established by the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture in
December 1991.  The Council consists of delegated members of the
other governmental bodies, for example, the Ministry of Labour,
Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the
Chamber of Commerce, Hungarian Radio and Television etc.  The
President of the National Council is the Secretary of State of the
Ministry of Education and Culture, Dr. Elemir Biszterszky, while the
post of the Vice-President, responsible for international affairs, is held
by Professor Tamas Lajos, Vice-President of EDEN.

The activity of the Council is supported by the National Board of
Experts in Distance Education, in which the higher education
institutions and the private distance education companies are equally
represented.  According to the strategy of the National Council, the
development of the distance education in Hungary should be carried
out on the basis of the higher education institutions, relying on the
available, and only partly used, intellectual capacity concentrated in
the universities.

The National Council of Distance Education has established in
Hungary, the network of the regional distance education centres.
Such centres, based on the evaluation of a tender advertised for the
higher education institutions, have been established in the cities of
Gvdvllv, Debrecen, Gysr, Veszprim, Szolnok and Pics.  The
TEMPUS Distance Education Joint European Project  "PANNONIA",
approved for 1992-95, to be carried out in co-operation with Italian,
UK, Dutch, French, Portuguese and Finnish institutions, including
SATURN, SCIENTER, CAMPO, FernUniversitat Hagen, and
Cambridge Learning Systems UK, is also targeted on the development
of the above regional centres of distance education in Hungary, by the
training of 25 managers and 125 teachers of distance education.

The development of distance education in Hungary will be continued
using the experience of the feasibility studies completed in the last
year by the experts of the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK as
well as a study prepared by EDEN under the TEMPUS programme.


SATURN

* Working together for a better trained Europe *

Since its very first days, SATURN has been involved in the Budapest
Platform and EDEN activities.  Referring to its overall objectives and
based on its expertise as an active player within the European
infrastructure for open and distance learning, SATURN wants to make
sure that there is no unfruitful competition but prosperous
complementarity between the different networks in this field.  Thus,
Friedhelm (Fred) Nicholmann, SATURN President from January 1991
to September 1992, agreed to become a member of the EDEN
Executive Committee as a representative from the networks already
existing in Europe.  The following article describes in brief
SATURN's objectives and activities and it outlines SATURN's main
lines of contribution to EDEN and TEMPUS.

SATURN, Europe's Open Learning Network, founded in 1986/87, is
an independent European association of enterprises and
education/training, producers, distributors and users in the field of
open, distance and flexible, multimedia supported learning, with
about eighty member institutions and an ever growing number of
partners and clients from most European countries.

SATURN and its member institutions have an involvement both as
major contractors and supporters of a large number of European,
national and local training initiatives, in particular under the EC-
initiatives COMETT, DELTA and TEMPUS;  SATURN is recognised
as a sectoral University Enterprise Training partnership (UETP) and is
providing services and support to its member institutions, partners and
clients and is active as an international network of organisations and
experts.

SATURN is working with a European, multinational, multilingual
staff based at its Head Office in Amsterdam and at its members'
locations.

SATURN's main lines of contribution in the scope of the EDEN
association and the TEMPUS programme would be

- information on existing infrastructures, services, products and
  experts
- advice on implementation of innovative approaches
- support with design of activities and projects
- management of activities and projects
- consultancy on marketing of products and services
  consultancy on quality in open and distance education and training.

SATURN is a partner/supporter in TEMPUS projects as follows:
FSZB:  Joint European Study Centre Budapest (FernUniversitat
Hagen/Germany)
IADET:  Improving Activities for Distance Education and Training in
Romania (IRID Bucharest/Romania)
PANNONIA:  Open and Distance Learning in Higher Education in
Hungary

During EDEN Conferences in Prague (1991) and Krakow (1992)
SATURN has organised workshops on quality aspects in open and
distance learning and given presentations on the European
infrastructure for open and distance learning.

A full list of SATURN's publications is available;  if you would like
to receive a copy please contact the UK EDEN Secretariat Office.

For future information about SATURN, please contact the main office
at the following address, SATURN Keizersgracht 756, NL - 1017 EZ
Amsterdam. Tel: +31-20-6382441. Fax: +31-20-6382879. E-mail:  Y-
NET: BE: RTT: Y-NET/SP1/SATURN (X400 address) Y-NET:
saturn@sp1.y-net.be (RFC.822 address) GEONET:
saturn@dcfmc1.das.net


THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON EXTERNAL MA/DIPLOMA IN
DISTANCE EDUCATION

* Report from Chris Yates of International Extension College *

With the recent expansion of distance education has come an
increasing need for professional education and training in distance
education.  The International Extension College (IEC) bases in
London and Cambridge have been offering a variety of training
programmes in distance education since 1977.  In 1990 the IEC, in
collaboration with the University of London, launched a combined
MA/Diploma programme in Distance Education.  The programme is
aimed at people currently working in distance education, or hoping to,
and is available worldwide.  It has been produced by an international
team of more than 50 authors working in five continents.

The programme is in two parts.  Part I consists of four compulsory full
credit courses:

- Education and Development
- The Development of Distance Education
- Adult Learning and Communication in Distance Education
- The Organisation of Distance Education

After completing the four Part I courses students can choose to stop
and be awarded the Diploma in Distance Education by the University
of London;  or they can go on to Part II and study for the Master of
Arts degree.

Part II requires students to obtain three credits, of which one must be
a project of 10,000 words.  The remaining two credits are selected
from the following half and full credit courses.

- The Management of Distance Education
- Electronic Media
- Distance Education for Non-formal Education
- The Design and Production of Print Materials
- English Language Teaching at a Distance
- Student Support Services
- Research and Evaluation

Candidates may also enrol as an Occasional Student and study just
one or two courses as they wish.  At present this option is restricted to
courses from part I.

For further details about the International Extension College please
contact, Lesley Duncan, Training Programmes Manager, International
Extension College (1), 10 Woburn Square, London WC1H 0NS


ASSISTANCE AND PROJECT IN EDUCATION FOR POLAND

* Report from Christian Ladesou, CUEEP *

(Universiti des Sciences et Techniques de Lille Flandres-Artois)

The region Nord-Pas-de-Calais decided one year ago to help (1) two
regions of Poland, Krakow and Katowice.  This assistance consists of
training education for firm managers and local government officers.
It was decided that the CUEEP (2) would be the organiser of several
regional partners who had volunteered for the project (high schools,
chambers of commerce, departments of the University and other
training centres).  Our main idea was to succeed in transferring our
knowledge to Polish people in order to "polonize" this knowledge,
which is why we have partners in Poland in universities, firms and
local governments.

How do we work?  First, either professors or specialists go to Poland
and give conferences in French.  The teaching is organized in one-
week-periods (3).  Among the learners there are Polish training
officers or managers who will have to operate the transfer of
knowledge in the years to come.  Secondly the learners will come to
France to visit firms, administrations of local government and to meet
managers and local government officers.  Today, as we approach the
second (and last) year of this project  it seems possible to plan another
kind of teaching based on using advanced technologies and Distance
Education.  The CUEEP has already experienced several schemes in
that field.  An experiment may be carried out geared to the firms by a
Distance Educational Package (4) which could be called "How to
introduce Quality in a firm?" and would take into account these two
years of teaching.

Notes:

1.  Later the foundation "France-Pologne" decided to participate in
that project.

2.  Centre Universiti-Economie d'Education Permanente, further
education department of Liddle University of Sciences and Technologies

In brief, the CUEEP is in charge of several missions:  further
education for adults, research in educational engineering, transfers of
knowledge within the context of new technologies in education.

The CUEEP has set up an open learning system based on advanced
technologies including teaching at distance.  Our laboratory is already
working with the Open University on the co-learn Project about the
concept of third generation distance learning.

3.  For example management, marketing, communication, local
development, human resources, environment ...

4.  Using paper, tape, videotape for instance

For further information concerning this project, please contact
Christian Ladesou, CUEEP, 11 rue Auguste, Angellier 59046 LILLE,
CEDEX, France, Telephone: (33) 20 581111, Fax: (33) 20 581110


** DATES FOR THE DIARY **

* CONFERENCES *

** 18-20 November, 1992, Turin, Italy

The Education and Training Potential of Interactive Multimedia
putting them into practice, is organised by SATURN in collaboration
with the International Training Centre of the International Labour
organisation.
Further details from  SATURN, Keizersgracht 756, NL - 1017 EZ
Amsterdam, Tel: +31-20-6382441, Fax: +31-20-6382879

** 10-12 May, 1993, Berlin, Germany

Quality and Technology in Distance Education: the East/West
dialogue is the second annual EDEN Conference is organised by the
UK EDEN Secretariat.  Further details from Ms Kerry Mann,
Executive Secretary, EDEN, PO Box 92, Milton Keynes, MK7 6DX,
United Kingdom Telephone: (44) 908 652468, Fax: (44) 908 654374

** 12-14 May, 1993, Berlin, Germany

How to sell distance education is organised by the Association of
European Correspondence Schools (AECS).  Further details from Mr
Michael Lammersdorf, Axel Andersson Akademie, Neumann-
Reichardt Str 27-33, D 2000, Hamburg 70, Telephone: (49) 40
6580933, Fax: (49) 40 6580933

** 20-25 August, 1993, Trondheim, Norway

TeleTeaching 93: Learning and Working independent of time and
distance, is organised by the Norwegian Computer Society.  The
ICDE, EDEN, SATURN and others are co-sponsors of the
Conference.  Further details from Kersti Larsen, Norwegian Computer
Society, PO Box 6714 Rodelokka, N-0503 Oslo, Norway, Telephone:
(47) 2 370213, Fax: (47) 2 354669, E-mail: TELETEACH@AVH.UNIT.NO

** 28-30 September, 1993, Cambridge, UK

Quality Assurance in Open and Distance Learning: European and
International Perspectives is organised by Open University's
Cambridge Regional Centre on behalf of the Academic and
Professional Section of EDEN.  Further details from Alan Tait or
Roger Mills, EDEN A & P Conference, Open University, 12 Hills
Road, Cambridge, CB2 1PF, UK, Telephone (44) 223 64721, Fax:
(44) 223 355207


** OTHER **

Deadlines for the submission of TEMPUS applications

31 January, 1993 for Joint European Projects
15 December, 1992 and 15 June, 1993 for Individual Grants and
Complementary measures


THE EDEN EXECUTIVE

President: Dr Erling Ljosa, Managing Director, NKS Ernst G. Mortensen
Foundation.

Vice Presidents: Professor Armando Rocha Trindade, Rector, Universidade
Aberta. Professor Tamas Lajos, Technical University of Budapest.

Members: Dr John Daniel, Vice Chancellor, The Open University. Mr Fred
Nickolmann, FernUniversitat. Mr Bernard Loing, Recteur d'Academie, Centre
National d'Enseignement ` Distance.

Observer: Reidar Roll, Secretary General, ICDE Permanent Secretariat

Secretariat - UK: Ms Kerry Mann, Executive Secretary, EDEN

Secretariat - Hungary: Dr Szucs, TEMPUS Hungarian Office

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