国际远程教育理事会（ICDE）是全球开放远程教育界的主要会员组织，对所有组织，教育机构，商业机构和个人开放。
ICDE与联合国教科文组织（UNESCO）有正式咨询关系的非政府组织，并与UNESCO分享共同的价值观---全民教育的普遍权利。ICDE的地位更是来自其世界各地成员在开发和利用新方法和新技术过程中的独特的知识和经验。
1938年ICDE成立于在加拿大，当时称为国际函授教育理事会，如今拥有来自全球50多个国家的成员。
ICDE的常设秘书处设在挪威奥斯陆，并自1988年以来一直设在此地。
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