List of UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks in the field of Distance Education:

Botswana

• UNESCO Chair in Open and Distance Learning (563) - the University of Botswana, Gaborone - established in 2001.

Brazil

• UNESCO Chair in Teacher Training through Distance Education (34) - Federal University of Minas Gerais - established in 1996.

• UNESCO Chair in Sciences and Technologies of Education (35) - Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT) - established in 1994.

• UNESCO Chair in Education Sciences (43) - Catholic University of Goias, Goiânia - established in 1997.

• UNESCO Chair in Distance Education (32) - University of Brasilia - established in 1994.

Canada

• UNESCO–COL Chair in Open Educational Resources (903) Athabasca University- established in 2010.

China

• UNITWIN Network in Distance and Open Learning (337)-Shanghai TV University-established in 1997.

Finland

• UNESCO Chair in Global E-Learning with applications to multiple domains (571) - University of Tampere - established in 2002.

Georgia

• UNESCO - INCORVUZ Chair for the Development of Non-Governmental Organizations in Countries in Transition (513) - Tbilissi State University - established in 2000.

India

• UNESCO Chair in Teacher Education through Distance Mode (107) - Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) - established in 1996.

Japan

• A.P.D.E.M. Asia-Pacific Distance and Multimedia Education Network (350) - established in 1999.

Malawi

• UNESCO-COL Chair in Open and Distance Learning (733) - Mzuzu University, Mzuzu - established in 2006.

Mexico

• UNESCO Chair on Regional Integration and University (139) - National Autonomous University of Mexico - established in 1995.

Netherlands

• UNESCO Chair in knowledge transfer for sustainable development supported by ICTs (861) -Open University of the Netherlands - established in 2009.

• UNESCO Chair in Open Educational Resources (906)-Open University of the Netherlands- established in 2010.

Nigeria

• UNESCO Chair on the Use of New Technologies in Adult and Non-Formal Education (160) - University of Ibadan - established in 1999.

• UNESCO-COL Chair in Open and Distance Learning (611) -  Open University of Nigeria - established in 2002.

Pakistan

• UNESCO Chair in Distance Education (161) - Allama Iqbal Open University - established in 1995.

Russian Federation

• UNESCO Chair on Distance Education in Engineering (420) - St Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation -  established in 1999.

• UNESCO Chair in Innovative and Information Technologies in Higher Professional Education (893)-All Russian State Tax Academy of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation-established in 2010.

South Africa

• UNESCO Chair in Open Distance Learning (732) - University of South Africa - established in 2006.

Spain

• UNESCO Chair in Distance Education (241) - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia  - established in 1997.

• UNESCO Chair on new information technologies for e-learning education (593) - Open University of Catalonia - established in 2002.

Sri Lanka

• UNESCO-COL Chair in Distance Education (920) - the Open University of Sri Lanka and  the Commonwealth of Learning  (COL)-established in 2011.

Tanzania

• UNESCO-COL Chair in Distance Education (250) - Open University of Tanzania - established in 1994.

Thailand

• UNITWIN Network in Distance Education for Development (Greater Mekong Subregional and South-Eastern Asia) (30) - Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University - established in 1998.

Togo

• UNESCO Chair in distance education (257) - Centre of Distance Education of the University of Benin in Togo, Lomé - established in 1997.

United States of America

• UNITWIN Network for Improving Biological Sciences Education through the Development and Use of Information Technologies in some Arab States Universities (318) - Purdue University - established in 1997.

Venezuela

• UNAMAZ Amazonian Universities Association (319) - Central University of Venezuela - established in 1993.

Zimbabwe

• UNESCO Chair in Distance Education (291) - University of Zimbabwe - established in 1996.