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Asia Education Foundation  
URL:http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/
Category:Studies of Asia teaching units  General Asian Studies resources  Studies of Asia Learning Quests  Key Education and Training Links 

The Asia Education Foundation provides resources for the study of Asia and Asian life - for teachers and students. Specific sites for China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines. Cross-cultural and interactive sites, with an emphasis on Asian-Australian linkages. Online tutorials, discussion group, product catalogue and lesson plans. Produced by Curriculum Corporation, Australia, as a program of the Asia Education Foundation.

Asia Pacific Network for International Education and Values Education (APNIEVE)  
URL:http://www.unesco-apnieve.edu.au/
Category:Key Education and Training Links 

APNIEVE is a chapter of Unesco for Australia. The principal objectives of APNIEVE are to develop values education for peace, human rights and sustainable human centered development. The Australian Chapter does this by conducting teacher training workshops, seminars and conferences throughout the Asia Pacific region and by developing teaching resources.

Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID)  
URL:http://www.unescobkk.org/index.php?id=595
Category:Ethical behaviour  Key Education and Training Links 

APEID has evolved into a 'network of networks', which combine and interact in order to maximize UNESCO's important work in the Asia-Pacific Region. Links are provided to Asia-Pacific Network for International Education and Values Education (APNIEVE), Associated Schools Project (ASP), Global University Network for Innovation - Asia and the Pacific (GUNIAP), Management of Curriculum Change Network, Science and Technology Education Networks, UNESCO International Network on Technical and Vocational Education (UNEVOC), and UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme.

Australian Education International (AEI)  
URL:http://www.aei.gov.au/Aei/Default.aspx
Category:Key Organisations  International Collaboration  Key Government Priorities and Activities  Key Education and Training Links 

AEI - The Australian Government International Education Network, is part of the Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). AEI integrates the development of international government relations with support for the commercial activities of Australia's education community. To do this, AEI liaises with all sectors of the education and training industry and all levels of government. This site includes information about government activities, market information, events, offshore support, publications and research and qualifications recognition.

Australian Education Union (AEU)  
URL:http://www.aeufederal.org.au/
Category:Key Education and Training Links  Education Sector Unions 

The AEU represents teachers and allied educators in public sector schools, TAFE colleges and early childhood centres. The site provides information about a range of activities, policies and campaigns. Also included are publications, such as discussion papers, research reports, budget documents and more.

Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLR)  
URL:http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/flx/go
Category:Educational improvement  ICT strategic planning  NCIS  Australian Higher Education initiatives  Initiatives  National Projects  National VET governance bodies  Key Education and Training Links 

The Australian Flexible Learning Framework provides the vocational and technical education (VTE) system with e-learning skills, professional development opportunities, products, resources and support networks to meet today's increasingly technology-driven learning environment. The site houses the flexible learning projects and activities developed within the AFL Framework. It also acts as a repository for resources and products and provides access to services developed under the Framework.

Australian ICT in Education Committee (AICTEC)  
URL:http://www.aictec.edu.au/aictec/go
Category:ICT strategic planning  Committees, Advisory Bodies  Key Education and Training Links  Educational co-operation in ICT policy  edna related sites  Key Government Priorities and Activities 

The Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee (AICTEC) is a cross-sectoral, national committee responsible for providing advice to all Australian Ministers of Education and Training on the economic and effective utilization of online technologies in Australian education and training. The Committee, known as the Education Network Australia Reference Committee (ERC) before 2001, has been endorsed by the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) as the national forum for advice on issues relating to the educational use of information and communications technology. AICTEC is also accepted as a national forum by the Commonwealth Government's Ministerial Council for the Information Economy. AICTEC has representation from the schools, vocational education and training and higher education sectors, and includes both public and private education and training sector interests. Through its broad membership, the Committee represents the information and communication technology interests of each State and Territory school and VET system, the non-government school sector, higher education, and the Commonwealth.

Australian Qualifications Framework - AQF Register  
URL:http://www.aqf.edu.au/RegisterAccreditation/AQFRegister/tabid/174/Default.aspx
Category:Key Education and Training Links 

The Australian Qualifications Framework website has the AQF Register of Recognised Education Institutions and Authorised Accreditation Authorities in Australia. The register facilitates verification of AQF qualifications. The 5 subcategories, with links where available, are: Government Accreditation Authorities (all sectors); Universities and Other Self-Accrediting Higher Education Institutions; Non Self-Accrediting Higher Education Institutions and their AQF-approved qualifications; Registered Training Organisations and their AQF-approved qualifications (VET sector) and Overseas Higher Education Institutions and their AQF-comparable approved qualifications.

Australian Research Alliance For Children And Youth  
URL:http://www.aracy.org.au/index.cfm
Category:Early childhood organisations  Key Education and Training Links 

The Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth (ARACY) is a national collaboration of researchers, policy makers and practitioners from a broad range of disciplines who are together building a better future for Australia's children and young people.

Australian Research Council (ARC)  
URL:http://www.arc.gov.au/
Category:Key Education and Training Links  Organisations  Australian research organisations  Research organisations 

The ARC provides advice to the Government on research funding and research policy, and promotes high quality research. The Council has a special responsibility for basic research, and research in the Higher Education and Vocational Education & Training (VET) sectors.