World Council for Comparative Education Societies
The World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) is an international organization of comparative education societies created in 1970. It is organized as an NGO in operational relations with UNESCO. WCCESS issues a Bulletin in Innovation, the publication of the International Bureau of Education in Geneva, Switzerland, and the CERCular, published by the Comparative Education Research Centre (University of Hong Kong). The current president is Crain Soudien.
Conferences
WCCES organizes a conference every three years.
| Number | Location | Year |
|---|---|---|
| I | Ottawa (Canada) | 1970 |
| II | Geneva (Switzerland) | 1974 |
| III | London (UK) | 1977 |
| IV | Tokyo (Japan) | 1980 |
| V | Paris (France) | 1984 |
| VI | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) | 1987 |
| VII | Montreal (Canada) | 1989 |
| VIII | Prague (Czech Republic) | 1992 |
| IX | Sydney (Australia) | 1996 |
| X | Cape Town (South Africa) | 1998 |
| XI | Chungbuk (Korea) | 2001 |
| XII | Havana (Cuba) | 2004 |
| XIII | Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | 2007 |
| XIV | Istanbul (Turkey) | 2010 |
The next conference will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 24–28 June 2013, with the theme "NEW TIMES, NEW VOICES. COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES FOR EDUCATION".
Member societies
- Asociación de Pedagogos de Cuba (Sección de Educación Comparada) (APC-SEC)
- Association Française pour le Développement de I'Éducation Comparée et des Échanges (AFDECE)
- Association Francophone d’Éducation Comparée (AFEC)
- Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society (ANZCIES)
- British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE)
- Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES)
- China Comparative Education Society (CCES)
- Chinese Comparative Education Society - Taipei (CCES-T)
- Comparative Education Society of Asia (CESA)
- Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE)
- Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong (CESHK)
- Comparative Education Society of India (CESI)
- Comparative Education Society of the Philippines (CESP)
- Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
- Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC)
- Council on Comparative Education of Kazakhstan (CCEK)
- Czech Pedagogical Society (Comparative Education Section) (CPS-CES)
- Egyptian Comparative Education & Educational Administration Society (ECEEAS)
- Greek Comparative Education Society (GCES)
- Hungarian Pedagogic Society (Comparative Education Section) (HPS-CES)
- Israel Comparative Education Society (ICES)
- Japan Comparative Education Society (JCES)
- Korean Comparative Education Society (KCES)
- Mediterranean Society of Comparative Education (MESCE)
- Nederlandstalig Genootschap voor Vergelijkende Studie van Opvoeding en Onderwijs (NGVO)
- Nordic Comparative and International Education Society (NOCIES)
- Polish Comparative Education Society (PCES)
- Russian Council of Comparative Education (RCCE)
- Sektion International und Interkulturell Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (SIIVEDGE)
- Sezione Italiana della CESE (SICESE)
- Sociedad Argentina de Estudios Comparados en Educación (SAECE)
- Sociedad Española de Educación Comparada (SEEC)
- Sociedad Mexicana de Educación Comparada (SOMEC)
- Sociedade Brasileira de Educação Comparada (SBEC)
- Southern African Comparative and History of Education Society (SACHES)
- Turkish Comparative Education Society (TUCES)