Partners and Sponsors


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The governments of Brazil,  China, France, Germany, the Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sweden and Switzerland have generously provided assistance to enable the participation of high-level delegates from Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and developing countries in WCHE 2009.

The Commonwealth of Learning and The World Bank are providing in-kind support.

The principal partners in WCHE 2009 from the private sector are Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft.

University World News , is the WCHE media partner, is a high-quality international newspaper and website.

Other Partners

AAU – Association of African Universities

ACU – Association of Commonwealth Universities

ADEA - Association for the Development of Education in Africa                       

AfDB – African Development Bank

AU – African Union

AUF – Agence universitaire de la Francophonie 

EI - Education International

ESU – European Students’ Union

IAU – International Association of Universities

IFUW – International Federation of University Women

OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development                   

SIDA- The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency                     

UNU – United Nations University