As Chair of the Committee on Petitions, Member of Parliament Andreas Kugler, on 26 May 2011 presented the report on the activities of the Committee in 2010 to the Plenary.

On 1 June 2011, during a Public Lecture at the University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, Western Cape, Public Protector Advocate Thuli Madonsela delivered his speech about the Role of the Public Protector in ensuring accountability and integrity within state affairs.

The annual meeting of the I.O.I. Board of Directors will be held in Livingstone, Zambia from 30 October to 2 November 2011. The I.O.I. is looking forward to the fruitfull discussions and upcoming decisions and would like to thank Ms Caroline Sokoni, Investigator General of Zambia, for hosting this event.

As of 1 July Ombudswoman Dr. Gertrude Brinek has taken over the chairmanship of the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) from Dr. Peter Kostelka who held the position since July 2010.

The I.O.I. Board of Directors meets on an annual basis not only to perform the necessary officer elections but to take strategic decisions on future I.O.I. priorities and projects. Following a decision made by the Board in October 2010, the annual meeting of the I.O.I. Board of Directors 2011 will be held in Livingstone, Zambia.

Seven of Austria's nine provinces have mandated the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) with monitoring the entire provincial and municipal administration. The AOB therefore submits an annual report to the National and the Federal Council on the Federal administration but also reports regularly to those seven provincial parliaments in which it also controls the provincial and municipal authorities.

On 22 June 2011, the Council of Ministers appointed Mr Dominique Baudis for a period of six years to the post of Défenseur des droits (Defender of Rights) of France. He takes office in the newly created Ombudsman institution in France, as successor of the Médiateur de la République.

On 19 May 2011, the Greek Parliament elected Ms Calliope Spanou as the new Greek Ombudsman. Ms Spanou who was Deputy Ombudsman for state - citizen relations since 2003, has been acting Ombudsman since September 2010, following the resignation of the former Greek Ombudsman, Mr Yorgos Kaminis, who was elected Mayor of Athens in November 2010.