for Higher Education (CEPES), Bucharest, Romania. – Promoting cooperation and reform in higher education in Central and Eastern Europe. Latin America and Caribbean International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC), (website in Spanish), Caracas, Venezuela. – Developing and transforming higher education in the region. Centres under the auspices of UNESCO The five centres under the auspices of UNESCO (category 2) complement and expand UNESCO's education programme. Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU), Icheon, Republic of Korea. International Centre for Girls and Women's Education in Africa (CIEFFA), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Guidance, Counselling and Youth Development Centre for Africa (GCYDCA), Lilongwe, Malawi. International Research and Training Center for Rural Education (INRULED), Beijing, China. Regional Centre for Educational Planning (RCEP), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. New centres and institutes to be established The South-East Asian Centre for Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development (SEACLLSD), Manila, Philippines The Regional Centre for Early Childhood Care and Education in the Arab States Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic Partner and Support Organisations Partner International Governmental and Non-governmental Organizations Operating in the Field of (Higher) Education Reform and Policy Development Center for Higher Education Development (CHE) Council of Europe (CE) German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Education International (EI) Elias Foundation European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) European Centre for Strategic Management of Universities (ESMU) European Students' Union (ESU) European University Association (EUA) European Union (EU) European Commission – Eurydice International Association of Universities (IAU) Observatory of the Magna Charta Universitatum UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) UNESCO National Commissions University of Cambridge World University Service (WUS) Support Organizations of UNESCO – CEPES Activities British Council Romania Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Deutsche Telekom Hertie Foundation Microsoft Romania National Bank of Romania Okian Publishing Romania RAO Publishing Samsung Romania See also UNESCO 2009 UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education Bologna Process UNITWIN/UNESCO Chains Programme UNESCO Headquarters UNESCO in Romania External links Official CEPES website Recent Events at CEPES Educational organizations based in Romania UNESCO Education in Bucharest University organizations International educational organizations