The Latin American Youth Travel Forum has existed since the year 2000. Its objective is to maximize opportunities in the region by strengthening the collaboration between its members (18 organizations, all of which are ISIC issuers), the ISIC Association and the WYSE Travel Confederation.

This yearly opportunity to network, share ideas and projects, and do business together plays an important role on the development of the Youth Travel sector in the region.

The 15th of March will be fully dedicated to ISIC, and will count on the participation of the ISIC General Manager Martijn van de Veen.

Manager Martijn van de Veen was interviewed for the CNN of Latin America – in Spanish.

This interview was broadcasted a number of times in different schedules, giving fantastic visibility to ISIC across all Spanish speaking countries.

Le Pôle a ainsi souhaité affirmer sa dimension internationale auprès de ses confrères tout en favorisant la mobilité de ses étudiants. Les cartes sont équipées d'une technologies RFID pour continuer à utiliser les applicatifs internes comme le contrôle d'accès.

Les premières cartes viennent d'être émises par ISIC France qui se charge de la personnalisation des cartes pour le Pôle.

 The International Student Identity Card (ISIC) issued to students in Taiwan has now become a multi-purpose card, an official of a cultural and education foundation said Thursday.

The card, which previously was mainly used by students intending to travel abroad to obtain cheaper flights and other savings, can now be used as a student ID, an Easy Card for public transport travel and an I-cash card, for making small purchases.

"Five schools in Taiwan have so far signed up to use the ISIC, " said James Tsai, director of the Kang Wen Culture and Education Foundation, adding that additional schools are also planning to adopt the cards.

The ISIC is issued by the ISIC Association, the only internationally accepted proof of full-time student status. According to the association, the card is endorsed by organizations such as UNESCO), the European Council on Culture and the Andean Community of Nations.

The card is recognized by universities, academic institutions, student organizations, national governments and ministries of education around the world. "More than 70 million students from 163 countries are using the cards for access to cheap flights and other travel fees," Tsai said.

"As colleges and universities seek to become more international in Taiwan, we believe more schools will consider adopting the cards," he said.