The UNESCO Chair program is being developed in close corporation with the partners in the UNESCO Chair Network.
The network partners are:
Open and distance teaching universities:
- Athabasca University, Canada
- Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
- Open University, United Kingdom
- Universidade Aberta, Portugal
- Open University of Tanzania, Tanzania
- National Open University of Nigeria, Nigeria
- Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
- Shanghai TV University, China
- Indira Ghandi National Open University, India
- Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador
Regional and global consortia:
- UNESCO
- UNESCO Netherlands
- European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU)
- Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
- Open Courseware Consortium (OCWC)
- International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)

