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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
SYOPT	South Yorkshire Outdoor Pursuits Trust
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)

Acronym not listed? Then try one of these acronym dictionaries:
Outdoor Acronyms List (pdf file) published by the UK Institute for Outdoor Learning
The Ultimate Acronym Tool | Acronym Finder at InterScience

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