ICDE has run and been involved in a vast number of research and collaborative projects during its long history.

Forthcoming initiatives include projects to study intra-regional collaboration, excellence and accreditation strategies, comparative issues of quality, and how successfully to overcome the digital divide. 

Current projects:

• Regulatory Framework of Distance Education

• The Open Educational Quality Initiative

• World Statistics on Distance Education 

Some recent projects:

• The ICDE Task Force on Open Educational Resources

• Distance education and the right to education 

• Capacity Building in South East Asia: CAE eLEARNProject

• Capacity Building in Africa: cooperation with the World Bank

• Capacity building in Latin America: agreement with the OAS

• The DEC eLearn Project in China