Working with the Open Society Institute and the Soros Foundation since 1995, iEARN has established an iEARN-Latvia Center in Latvia, which is based in Riga. Latvian schools participate actively in both national and international projects. iEARN-Latvia works closely with the Ministry of Education to integrate project work into the curriculum.

Working with the Open Society Institute and the Soros Foundation, since 1995 iEARN has established an iEARN Center in Lithuania, involving 20 schools in Vilnius, Kaunas and other cities. Lithuanian students and teachers are active in many international projects. Lithuania also hosts the current iEARN Coordinator for Central and Eastern Europe.

Macedonia

iEARN in Macedonia (IMOR “Interactivna mreza za obrazovanie i resursi”) is an independent NGO. On-line programs were created in 1998. Training workshops on local and national level have been held to prepare teachers for on-line project work. iEARN-Macedonia hosted the 1999 Second Balkan Conference. It has a national presence, permanently networking and partnering with other governmental organisation and NGOs. As a result, IMOR is a member of national and international formal networks: UNESCO’s InfoYouth, It's Enough!, Balkan Youth Network (leading organization). Also, IMOR is one of the founders of – “Sega” (“Now”). Invited and hired by other national and/or international organisations to organize and provide training in the frame of their project activities. iEARN-Macedonia and its teachers have received numerous international awards for classroom project work. IMOR works in close cooperation with World Computer Exchange - WCE and USAID. A container of computers was secured in autumn 2005 for Macedonian education.

Moldova

Teachers and students in Moldova started working on iEARN projects in 1999, in part through an iEARN project to provide professional development workshops which were financially supported by the U.S. State Department. 

The iEARN -Netherlands Centre has been active since 1990 and finds its grass-roots level at the Onderwijs Computer Centrum ABC in Amsterdam. Ten years later, June 2000, the iEARN-Netherland foundation was officially established and is now rapidly expanding it's activities in order to include schools of all grade levels. iEARN-Netherlands works closely with Ministry of Education and Kennisnet, our national educational portal. iEARN-Netherlands co-operates with the International Institute for Communications and Development (IICD) in The Hague and SchoolNet Africa (SNA) on the "Global Teenagers Project," enabling students from 34 countries to work in rich and well facilitated Learning Circles. From July 3 – 7 2006 iEARN-Netherlands organises the 13th iEARN World Conference in Enschede, Netherlands.

Poland

Working with the Open Society Institute and the Soros Foundation since 1995, iEARN has established an iEARN Center in Warsaw, Poland, within the "Internet for Schools" initiative, involving hundreds of schools throughout the country

Portugal

iEARN involves schools in Lisbon, as well as other cities in Portugal. These schools have created a Portuguese language discussion group in iEARN for interaction with schools in Brazil and Mozambique. In addition, a German-language school in Faro is very active in iEARN.

Romania -

Working with the Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation), iEARN created iEARN-Romania in 1995, involving many schools in Dej, Calarasi, Eforie Sud and other cities. Teachers and students are some of the most active in the iEARN network and are engaged in many projects.

Russia

Russia was one of the founding members of iEARN. Schools in Moscow and New York State first established educational links in 1988. Participating iEARN schools are in the Moscow area, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, as well as elsewhere in the country. Russian schools have engaged in many iEARN projects since 1990. Teachers in Russia have created an iEARN Russia center; this process is supported by the Assembly and Executive Council of iEARN International. For more information about iEARN in Russia, please contact: russia@iearn.org 

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