The IODE Committee is responsible for the decision making (governance) of the IODE Programme. It generally meets every two years. During these meetings the Committee reviews progress during the past inter-sessional period and recommends necessary actions during the next inter-sessional period (workplan). The Committee can either make decisions by itself (if these decisions have no financial implication) which are called “resolutions” or it can make “recommendations” which need to be adopted by one of the IOC Governing Bodies (IOC Assembly or IOC Executive Council). Recommendations usually have financial implications. The output of an IODE Committee meeting (IODE SESSION) is the “Summary Report”, a comprehensive document that summarizes the discussions during the meeting and includes also the Resolutions and Recommendations. This document is adopted by the Committee during the last day of the meeting and can be found in each session documentation. The Committee also elects its two Co-Chairs.
overview of the IODE SESSIONS (dates and places) (info coming from https://iode.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=104)
- 27 session: March 2023, Paris-France (Chairs: Mr Sergey Belov (Russian Federation), Mr Taco De Bruin (The Netherlands))
- 26 session: April 2021, online (Chairs: Mr Sergey Belov (Russian Federation), Mr Taco De Bruin (The Netherlands))
- 25 session: February 2019, Tokyo-Japan (Chairs: Ms Cyndy Chandler (USA), Prof Yutaka Michida (Japan))
- 24 session: March 2017, Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia (Chairs: Ms Cyndy Chandler (USA), Prof Yutaka Michida (Japan))
- 23 session: March 2015, Bruges-Belgium (Chairs: Ms Sissy Iona (Greece), Mr Ariel Troisi (Argentina))
- 22 session: March 2013, Ensenada-Mexico (Chairs: Ms Sissy Iona (Greece), Mr Ariel Troisi (Argentina))
- 21 session: March 2011, Liège-Belgium (Chairs: Mr Greg Reed (Australia), Mr Malika Bel-Hassen Abid (Tunisia))
- 20 session: May 2009, Beijing-China (Chairs: Mr Greg Reed (Australia), Mr Malika Bel-Hassen Abid (Tunisia))
- 19 session: April 2007, Trieste-Italy (Chairs: Ms Lesley Richards (UK), Mr R.Rojas (Chile))
- 18 session: April 2005, Oostende-Belgium (Chairs: Ms Lesley Richards (UK), Mr R.Rojas(Chile))
- 17 session: March 2003, Paris-France (Chair: Dr Efstathios Balopoulos (Greece))
- 16 session: October 2000, Lisbon-Portugal (Chairs: Mr Ben Searle (Australia), Dr Efstathios Balopoulos (Greece))
- 15 session: January 1996, Athens-Greece (Chairs: Mr J.R. Wilson (Canada), Mr Vladimir Smirnov (Russia))
- 14 session: December 1992, Paris-France (Chairs: Nicolas Flemming (UK), Mr Vladimir Smirnov (Russia))
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