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AALA Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (lists licensed UK organisations)
AARCI Advisory Association of Rope Courses and Initiatives
	See Ropes Course Development or Adventure Rope
ABEE Adventure Based Experiential Educators
ACA American Canoe Association
ACCT Association for Challenge Course Technology.
See Ropes Course Development or Adventure Rope
ACI
ACIS Associate of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators
AEE Association for Experiential Education
AfOL Association for Outdoor Learning [was NAOE before Jan 99, is now IOL]
AHOEC Association of Heads of Outdoor Education Centres (UK)
AMI Association of Mountain Instructors (UK)
AOEC Australian Outdoor Education Council
ASTD American Society for Training and Development
BAC
BCRA
BCU British Canoe Union
BELA British Expedition Leaders Award from the Central Council for Physical Recreation
BMC British Mountaineering Council
BMF
BOF British Orienteering Federation
BTCV British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
BTO British Trust for Ornithology
CAEL The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning
CIPD Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
CCPR Central Council for Physical Receration (UK)
CLI The Corporate Learning Institute
CMA Countryside Management Association (formerly Association of Countryside Rangers)
DARE Derbyshire Association of Residential Education
DARE Drug Abuse Resistance Education
DTAG Development Training Advisory Group (UK) is a member of IOL (see below)
EAC RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre
EBL Experience Based Learning Title of the organisation found at www.ebl.org
EBTD Experience-Based Training and Development is a professional group of AEE for
	practitioners using experiential and adventure training and development methods
	with organizations and businesses.
EIOAEE European Institute of Outdoor Adventure and Experiential Learning
EML European Mountain Leader ?
EOC English Outdoor Council
ESC English Ski Council
ETD The ETD Alliance aims to encourage the use of ETD (Experiential Training and
	Development) promote the development and use of best practices within the field,
	and educate clients and other practitioners.
FIPD Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
FOA Foundation for Outdoor Adventure (UK)
FITOL Fellow of the Institute of Training and Occupational Learning
FRGS Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
FSC Field Studies Council (UK)
IAF International Association of Facilitators
ICEL The International Consortium for Experiential Learning
IMBA International Mountain Biking Association
IOL Institute for Outdoor Learning (UK)
	[arose from convergence of AfOL and other outdoor organisations in 2001]
MAML M.A. in Management Learning
MCS Mountaineering Club of Scotland
M.I.Mgt.Member of the Institute of Management
MLTB The Mountain Leader Training Board (UK)
NAFSO National Association of Field Studies Officers (UK)
NAOE National Association for Outdoor Education (UK)
	[then AfOL until Jan 1999, now IOL]
NASW National Association for Social Work (UK)
NCA National Caving Association (UK)
NCOETR Northern Council for Outdoor Education Training and Recreation (UK)
NNAS National Navigation Award Scheme (UK)
NSEE The National Society for Experiential Education (USA)
NT National Trust (UK)
OB Outward Bound
ODNET
OEAP Outdoor Education Advisers Panel (UK)
OLS Outdoor Learning Scotland
PA Project Adventure
QED QED Training
RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (UK)
SAPOE Scottish Advisory Panel for Outdoor Education
SCOETR Scottish Council for Outdoor Eduaction Training and Recreation
SPA Single Pitch Award from the The Mountain Leader Training Board
SYL Scottish Youth Lobby
TAHRA
TERA
UKOI United Kingdom Outdoor Institute
UKOLG United Kingdom Outdoor Liaison Group
WEA Wilderness Education Association
WGL Walking Group Leader Award from the The Mountain Leader Training Board (UK)

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Outdoor Acronyms List (pdf file) [now at archive.org] published by the UK Institute for Outdoor Learning
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