After two years of online meetings due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the IOI Board of Directors finally was able to meet in person at its 2022 Board Meeting from 11 to 12 May 2022 in New York, USA.

On 12 May 2022 the IOI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in a virtual signing ceremony in New York. Within the framework of this MoU, both organizations seek to develop and implement training and capacity building activities to empower Ombudsman institutions.

The IOI is pleased to inform you, that the next IOI World Conference and General Assembly will be hosted by the Office of the National Ombudsman of the Netherlands and held in The Hague in May 2024.