IOV governance
Structure, responsibility and the public record
This page connects IOV’s published leadership, governing bodies, commissions, regional structure and documents. It identifies what can be read online and what remains available only through the secretariat.
Governance structure
Follow responsibility through the organisation
Each route below opens the register that currently carries the relevant names, roles, meetings or areas of responsibility.
- Leadership registerWorld President and Executive CommitteeThe published leadership register identifies the World President, Vice Presidents, Secretary-General, Treasurer, commission appointments and Regional Executive Directors.Open the leadership register Open the leadership register
- Supreme governing bodyWorld General AssemblyThe Assembly archive records the published sequence of meetings, host places, available outcomes, sources and surviving minutes.Browse General Assemblies Browse General Assemblies
- Specialist structureInternational commissionsSeven published commission fields connect specialist work in youth, research, festivals, folk art, finance, education and communication.Explore the commissions Explore the commissions
- Regional responsibilitySeven regional networksThe regional directory identifies Regional Executive Directors and the countries currently listed in each administrative region.Open the regional directory Open the regional directory
Official documents
Published framework and policy index
Approval and modification dates identify the online versions. A listed policy title is not presented as a public file when that file is not published on this website.
- IOV BylawsPDF published onlineApproved 9 March 2023 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.Read the current bylaws
- Internal RulesPDF published onlineAdopted 12 November 2016 and modified 9 March 2023.Read the Internal Rules
- Governance policy registerTitles published · files by requestThe public index lists the policy records currently available through the IOV secretariat.View the policy register
Institutional record
What the public archive currently covers
The current website does not publish a complete annual-report series or a dedicated register of key resolutions. Specific unpublished records should be requested from IOV rather than reconstructed from news articles.
Ask about a governance record- Assembly and conference recordsDated meeting records with sources, record-status notes and available documents.
- Institutional historyA chronology of leadership, assemblies and IOV’s international relationships.
- UNESCO & UN statusCurrent UNESCO records and IOV’s separate historical ECOSOC relationship, linked to primary sources.
- Digital archiveThe public gateway to governance records, cultural documentation, events and institutional memory.