Dear IOV-Members, dear friends,
Greetings! you will find attached the announcements of WGA 2023 (click here to read and download it).
The 2023 IOV World General Assembly will take place in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Participants should arrive in Sharjah at 2023 March 8th and plan to depart on March 12th.
The General Assembly will start on the morning of March 9th. A more detailed meeting agenda will be placed at the IOV website as soon as possible.
A registration fee of 20 USD / 20 EURO will be charged from each participant and must by paid in advance following Instructions on the web site www.iov.world,
The local organizer IOV MENA, regional headquarters in Sharjah, will be responsible for all meetings, local transportation and hotel accommodations for free.
Participants must fill out their wishes about hotel-accommodation (single- or double room) on the application form online.
After submitting your registration form online, you will receive an acknowledgment from the organizing committee.
The Official Invitation letter will be sent by the IOV Secretary General Office only to IOV members in good standing and follow once they have submitted all of the required information and paid the WGA registration fee.
Send your bill payment copy by email to info@iov.world, your application will not be considered until the fee has been received.
The booking confirmation will be only after sent to General Secretary copy of confirmed air fly ticket to Dubai.
You have taken knowledge about the following aspects:
* you are willing to accept the payment fees for this meeting
* you are personally responsible for insurances against unforeseen travel-costs, medical care, (including hospitalizing) loss of luggage etc. (IOV never will take any responsibility in these matters)
* you are ready for paying your travel costs to and back from the airport of Dubai
* IOV will have no liability and no refund in case of cancellation
I hope to meet all members in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
On behalf of the IOV Board, we would like to extend to the members and friends of IOV throughout the world a message of peace.
How to partecipate:
1- Fill in WGA application form (you can find the botton in the footer at the bottom of this page)
2- Pay to IOV 20 USD / 20 EURO and save the bill (How to pay? Look all the details in the BECOME A MEMBER section)
3- After verification of the participation requirements by the secretariat office, you will receive an email looking for passport copy, personal picture with white background, Filled VISA form and copy of payment fee bill
4- Return the requested documents by email
5- As soon as possible, please communicate to IOV flight data, departure and arrival times and airports.
How to pay 20 USD / 20 EURO
Chair of National Section
Membership fees should be paid in local currency to the Chair of your National Section. Where no national section exists, fees should be paid directly to the Treasurer. See options 2, 3,or 4.
Pay Pal
You can pay for your membership fees via Paypal. The safer, easier way to pay online!
(This payment is called ‘Donate’ but it’s a normal way of payment. We cannot change the title of this button.)
Bank transfert Sparkasse
Use sparkasse only if you pay in Euro’s €
Name of bank: Alg. Sparkasse Oberosterreich
Bank Website: www.sparkasse.at
IBAN: AT 30 2032 0321 0040 2191
bic: ASPKAT2LXXX
NAME OF ACCOUNT: IOV THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF FOLK ART
Bank Address:
SPARKASSE Oberosterreich
Rathausstrasse 1
4770 Andorf
Bank transfert Unicredit Italy
Use UNICREDIT only if you pay in Euro’s €
Name of bank: UNICREDIT ITALY
IBAN: IT 54 A 02008 11108 000104157045
bic SWIFT : UNCRITM1H51
NAME OF ACCOUNT : IOV THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF FOLK ART
Western Union Money Transfer
to: Fabrizio Cattaneo
via Spino Pietro 102
24126 Bergamo – Italy
Western Union will give you a Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN)*.
to confirm your payment send Email with attached copy of bill to: info@iov.world
specifying your personal details: nationality, Name. Surname, Address, Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN)
NOTE: Payments received without the MTCN may not be credited to your account.