Addis Ababa,July 31(ENA)--The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Associated Schools Project (ASPnet) will hold an international congress from August 3 to 8 in Auckland, New Zealand to celebrate ASPnet's half century.

More than 160 delegates from over 80 countries will attend the sixday international congress.

The participants will review the successes and challenges facing the network, look at how to reinforce its contribution to quality education for all, examine the role of information and communication technologies, which have greatly facilitated the network's growth, and chart future directions, according to a UNESCO press release sent to ENA on Thursday.

ASPnet is one of UNESCO's long-running programmes and involves the students and pupils attending over 7,500 member schools and educational institutions spread throughout more than 170 countries, the release said.

The 50th anniversary will be celebrated under the title: Navigators for Peace Congress.

The number of schools participating in the network has more than doubled over the past decade, the release said.