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2010-10-22I.O.I. elects new Executive Committee
The I.O.I. Board elected a new Executive Committee in October 2010: New Zealand Chief Ombudsman Beverley WAKEM was elected President. Northern Ireland Ombudsman Tom FRAWLEY will serve as Vice-President and Hong Kong Ombudsman Alan LAI was elected I.O.I. Treasurer.
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Ararteko - Ombudsman for the Basque Country
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2011-10-27
Argentinian General Defender visits the Austrian Ombudsman Board
On October 19th 2011, the Austrian Ombudsman Board was visited by a delegation of the Argentinian General Defender institution (Defensoría del Pueblo de la Nación Argentina).
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Ombudsman of the Autonomous Province Bolzano (South Tyrol)
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Ombudsman of the Israeli Judiciary
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Médiateur de la Wallonie et de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
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2011-11-09
New admissions to the I.O.I.
At its 2011 meeting in Zambia, the Board of Directors unanimously approved the applications for institutional membership from a total of six ombudsman institutions from the Asian, the Caribbean & Latin American and the European Region.
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2011-03-08
Report on persons entering Greece irregularly
The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) published a report about the fundamental rights situation of persons entering Greece irregularly at its land border with Turkey. This report is based on field research in the Evros region in January 2011.
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2010-10-07
Arne Fliflet new on the European Board
The Norwegian Ombudsman Arne Fliflet recently became member of the European Board by a vote in the General Assembly of the European region of the I.O.I. Arne Fliflet replaces the Greek Ombudsman Yorgos Kaminis in this function. Fliflet was elected Norwegian Ombudsman for the first time in 1990. He has subsequently been re-elected five times, the last appointment being in 2009.
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2011-10-27
New People´s Advocate appointed
The I.O.I. congratulates the new incumbent of its Romanian member institution. On 27 September 2011, Prof. Gheorghe Iancu was appointed as the People´s Advocate of Romania for a five year term by the Romanian Parliament.
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Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia
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2010-10-29
New Provincial Ombudsman of Vojvodina
The Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina elected Mrs. Anikó Muskinja Heinrich as Provincial Ombudswoman on 11 October 2010.
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2011-11-12
English version of Annual Report 2010 available
The annual Report 2010 of Portuguese Ombudsman Alfredo José de Sousa was delivered to the President of the Parliament on 6th July 2011 and is now available in English.
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2010-11-30
New EU twinning project with France
The first stage of an EU Twinning project regarding the protection of family, woman and child rights has been launched by the State Committee on Family, Women and Child Issues and the European Union. France is the cooperation partner.
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2013-07-01
Alberta Ombudsman begins duties as Public Interest Commissioner
Mr. Peter Hourihan, Ombudsman for the Canadian province of Alberta, was recently appointed the province’s first Public Interest Commissioner. The office was formally launched 1 June, 2013 after new legislation, the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower) Act, came into force.
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2010-11-15
First "Sharpening Your Teeth"-Training in the I.O.I. General Secretariat
A first round of training for staff members of ombudsman institutions has started today at the I.O.I. General Secretariat in Vienna. The educational program is based on the format “Sharpening Your Teeth” that was successfully invented by the Ontario Ombudsman André Marin in 2005. The specific I.O.I. edition is held in English and offers a three-day training on systemic investigations. It brings together administrative watchdogs from 18 different countries from all over the world.
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The IOI
The International Ombudsman Institute (IOI), established in 1978, is the only global organisation for the cooperation and information exchange of Ombudsman institutions and currently includes 150 Members from over 75 different countries.
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2011-01-13
Ontario Ombudsman investigates non-emergency medical transfers
Ontario Ombudsman André Marin announced an investigation into whether the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the Ministry of Transportation are ensuring that adequate measures are in place to protect the public amidst serious concerns raised about non-emergency medical transportation services.
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2011-01-17
SYT II Training in Vienna in June 2011 - now open for registration
Following the successful first I.O.I. edition of the “Sharpening Your Teeth”-Training that was attended by 38 participants from 17 different states, the I.O.I. is organising a second SYT training which will be held from 5 to 8 June 2011 at the I.O.I. General Secretariat in Vienna, Austria. This three-day training on systemic investigations for staff members of Ombudsman institutions is based on the format “Sharpening Your Teeth” that was successfully invented by the Ontario Ombudsman.
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2011-01-18
Chancellor of Justice started preparatory work for fulfilling the tasks of Children's Ombudsman
The Estonian Chancellor of Justice has, as of 1 January 2011, formed a new division in his office dealing only with children's rights. This is done in the framework of preparatory activities for becoming Children's Ombudsman.
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