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COSEC was established at the Second International Student Conference as the administrates agency of the Conference, to implement with the co-operation of the National Unions the programme of activities planned by the Conference, which establishes all policy. The Secretariat offices are in Leiden, Netherlands.

The primary achievements of the Conference have been in promoting practical co-operation among students all over the world. Particularly fruitful results have come about in such fields as student travel, where many thousands of students each year are able to travel abroad at greatly reduced costs; publications, with a new international student magazine, "The Student," just launched, and other publications for student leaders and the student press; specialist conferences annually held on student travel and the student press and seminars, where students from many different countries meet in smaller groups to exchange ideas and viewpoints.