Country reports

This is an index page for the reports on the countries of interest to Re.ViCa team and its International Advisory Committee.

Disclaimer

The concept of a "country" is a complex and sometimes contested issue. Inclusion of a country in any of our lists does not imply recognition of the country by any particular nation (or the EU) or approval of its regime by the Re.ViCa project or its advisors or funders.

Use the Country template for authors

The Re.ViCa Country Reports

European

1. Austria (OECD) and EU - country editor FernUni Hagen -
2. Belgium' (OECD) - country editors ATiT and AVNet -
3. Czech Republic(OECD) and EU - country editor ATiT -
4. Denmark(OECD) and EU - country editor ATiT -
5. Estonia (EU) - country editor TKK
6. Finland (OECD) and EU - country editor TKK -
7. France (OECD) - country editor ULP
8. Germany (OECD) and EU - country editor FernUni Hagen -
9. Greece (OECD) - country editor UNINETTUNO -
10. Hungary (OECD) - country editor GEO -
11. Ireland (OECD) - country editor Matic Media -
12. Italy(OECD) - country editor UNINETTUNO -
13. Luxembourg (OECD) - country editor FernUni Hagen -
14. [Norway]](OECD) - country editor Matic Media -
15. Poland (OECD) - country editor EuroPACE
16. Portugal (OECD) - country editor AVNet
17. Spain (OECD) - country editor EuroPACE -
18. Sweden (OECD) - country editor TKK
19. The Netherlands (OECD) - country editor FernUni Hagen
20. Switzerland (OECD) - country editor FernUni Hagen -
21. United Kingdom(OECD) - country editor Matic Media -

Non-European

1. Australia (OECD) - country editor GEO -
2. Brazil - country editor EuroPACE -
3. Canada(OECD) - country editor Matic Media -
4. China'- a major player in e-learning - some information and see entities in China
5. Kenya - country editor ATiT -
6. [Mexico]](OECD) - country editor ULP
7. [[New Zealand]] (OECD) -
8. Russia - country editor TKK
9. South Africa - country editor ATiT -
10. United States (OECD) -

Re.ViCa's small collection of relevant country mini-reports

A country highlighted in bold has its report in the standard report template even if not all entries are complete. Typically there is a focus on universities and virtual initiatives where these are known.

1. Bahrain - has an important regional centre for the Arab Open University
2. Cape Verde - some information on the universities
3. Colombia - including information on Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
4. Costa Rica - including information on Universidad Estatal a Distancia
5. Egypt - some information on HEIs but not the virtual aspect except for Arab Open University
6. Ghana - some information on HEIs but not the virtual aspect - except for distance learning
7. Guernsey - adequate information (it is a tiny state)
8. Hong Kong - minimal information, needs to be better since it is relevant - see Open University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
9. India - minimal information, needs to be better - see NetVarsity and Indira Gandhi National Open University
10. Indonesia - some information on universities - see in particular Universitas Terbuka (the open university)
11. Isle of Man - adequate information (it is a tiny state)
12. Israel - summary coverage of most aspects including of the Open University of Israel and key agencies such as CHEI
13. Jersey - adequate information (it is a tiny state)
14. Kuwait - adequate information on universities including the Arab Open University headquartered in Kuwai
15. Latvia - adequate information building up
16. Malawi - a little information on universities including delivery from the University of Derby
17. Mozambique - some information on HEIs but not the virtual aspects
18. Nicaragua - a reasonably complete entry with a list of the universities, but little known about e-learning
19. Nigeria - a reasonably complete but telegraphic report with information on the National Open University of Nigeria
20. Northern Cyprus - no activity known except for that from Anadolu University in Turkey
21. Oman - there are no known virtual campus initiatives but the various national IT initiatives are described
22. Palestine - brief entry with focus on universities - with links to Al-Quds University and Al-Quds Open University
23. Qatar - a reasonably complete entry for a small country with information on the ictQATAR initiative
24. Saudi Arabia - with information on HEIs and some information on virtual initiatives including Knowledge International University and the Arab Open University
25. Syria - reasonable coverage including lists of public and private HEIs - and a link to the Syrian Virtual University
26. Tanzania - reasonable information on schools and HEIs but not much on the virtual aspect except for the Open University of Tanzania
27. United Arab Emirates - reasonably complete information, with material on virtual initiatives including e-TQM College and its successor Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University, as well as Education 2020

Other countries that might be considered

1. Chile
2. Iran
3. Korea
4. Singapore
5. Turkey

See also the "Category" entry on each country for institutions of relevance, e.g. Category:Canada.

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