IOI | Board of Directors holds annual meeting in Rabat

The IOI Board of Directors held its annual meeting from 11 – 15 May 2025 in Rabat (Morocco). The meeting was generously hosted by the office of the Mediator of the Kingdom of Morocco and the IOI Board took numerous decisions during the three days of fruitful exchange and productive meetings.

New training initiatives will be offered to IOI members in the next membership year and updated versions of IOI Best Practice Papers will be published on the IOI Website soon. The Board agreed that the IOI’s regional subsidies program, through which members can apply for IOI funding to implement Ombudsman-related projects in their respective countries or regions, will be continued in 2025/2026.

New members from Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, Europe, and North America were welcomed to the IOI family and the Board endorsed the IOI’s strategic plan for the period 2024-2028. The Board also heard presentations from the different Committees and Working Groups, which work towards implementing reforms in relation to the IOI’s By-laws and the travel policy for IOI Directors, and towards strengthening the IOI’s relation with international organizations and the visibility of Ombudsman institutions around the world.

The Board left Rabat knowing that the IOI will continue to offer its members a broad variety of interesting services, activities and support in the next membership year.

Source: IOI General Secretariat