The ISDUE - International Social Democratic Union for Education

was founded on July 27th in 1951, Versailles (France), as International Union of Social Democratic Teachers (IUSDT) -- Union internationale des enseignants socialistes -- Unión Internacional de Profesores Socialistas Demócratas -- Internationale Union Sozialistischer Demokratischer Erzieher (IUSDE) .

ISDUE has a worldwide network of national organisations. The members are either social-democratic / socialist Parties, affiliated to the Socialist International, or educational organisations associated to the Parties.

Our aims are to:

• unite all socialist educational organisations sharing a political responsibility and an affiliation to a section of the Socialist International;

• link internationally all groups of teachers and professors affiliated to the Socialist International and other persons having official educational responsibility;

• coordinate efforts of member organizations to use teaching in all countries to promote social justice, respect of human rights, peace and international understanding;

• focus educational discussion and work on the new world dimension, including the situation in Europe and problems of developing countries.

• advocate optimum education of the individual and improvement in society's standard of education;

• prepare the individual for life in society on the basis of equal opportunity;