In accordance with Unesco rules, IOV works according to 7 regional divisions. Therefore, each continent has a regional manager to handle the general administrative duties. After that, each continent is divided into provinces, with a manager and then each provinces includes a collection of countries, each with their own chair, who is elected locally.
Each region is coordinated by a Regional Executive Director (RED), which is a member of the Board of Directors.
The regions are:
East and South Africa
EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA – Regional Executive Director
Eman Aly Mahran Othman
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ALGERIA – National Section Chair
Mohammed Kazouz
kaz_beniameur@yahoo.fr
EGYPT – National Section Chair
Eman Aly Mahran Othman
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SENAGAL – National Section Chair
Malal Ndiaye
mbouldy@hotmail.com
SIERRA LEONE – National Section Chair
Sulaiman Kondo Sesay B.A.
sulkonse@yahoo.co.uk
West Africa
WEST AFRICA – Regional Executive Director
Mohamed Joudat
docteur.jawdate@hotmail.com
GHANA – National Section Chair
Stephen Kwame Awuku
info@iovghanachapter.com
America
AMERICA – Regional Executive Director
Antonio Clerton Vieira da Silva
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clertonvieira@hotmail.com
ARGENTINA – National Section Chair
Graciela Pons
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info@balleteltrebol.com.ar
BOLIVIA – National Section Chair
Pablo Marcelo Bautista Chuquimia
fundacioneucas@gmail.com
BRAZIL – National Section Chair
Antonio Clerton Vieira da Silva
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clertonvieira@hotmail.com
CANADA – National Section Chair
Jorge Humberto Zarate Tristan
zaratetristan@hotmail.com
CHILE – National Section Chair
Cristian Yáñez
cyanezaguilar@gmail.com
COSTA RICA – National Section Chair
Guadalupe Delgado Socatelli
gdelgadosocatelli@gmail.com
ECUADOR – National Section Chair
Augstin Dario Llumiquinga Fernandez
agustinllf@gmail.com
MEXICO – National Section Chair
Juan Francisco Magaña Aguilar
festivals.iov.mx@gmail.com
PANAMA – National Section Chair
Lisbeth Batista
iovworld.panama@gmail.com
PARAGUAY – National Section Chair
Reina Cáceres
reinacacerespy@hotmail.com
PUERTO RICO – National Section Chair
Olvin Valentin
olvin@ovalpr.com
Asia
ASIA – Regional Executive Director
Dunguu Munkhnasan
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nassa_d@yahoo.com / iov@magicnet.mn
BANGLADESH – National Section Chair
Dr. Saifur Rashid
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saifur@du.ac.bd
CHINA – National Section Chair
Emma Chen Ping
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emmacp2012@hotmail.com
INDIA – National Section Chair
Dr. Manish Jangra
info@iovworld.in
JAPAN – National Section Chair
Ryu Jae Jung
info@kmc-g.com
KAZAKHSTAN – National Section Chair
Aigul Zhanserikova
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aigul@aigulline.kz
KYRGYZSTAN – National Section Chair
Roza Amanova
international.affairs@imu.edu.kg
MONGOLIA – National Section Chair
Dunguu Munkhnasan
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nassa_d@yahoo.com
NEPAL – National Section Chair
Seetal Acharya
acharyaseetal@gmail.com
SRI LANKA – National Section Chair
Tharindu Dananjaya
tharindu1989823@gmail.com
Europe east
EUROPE EAST – Regional Executive Director
Lidiia Vernygor
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lidiia.vernygor@gmail.com
ALBANIA – National Section Chair
Gëzim Alimehmeti
iov.albania68@gmail.com
ARMENIA – National Section Chair
Tigran Noratyan
iov.armenia.ngo@gmail.com
AZERBAIJAN – National Section Chair
Tahir Amiraslanov
kulina-58@mail.ru
GEORGIA – National Section Chair
George Pilishvili
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iov.georgia@gmail.com
KOSOVO – National Section Chair
Besnik Rustemi
iovkosova@gmail.com
MOLDOVA – National Section Chair
Ion Bencheci
bencheciion7@gmail.com
MONTENEGRO – National Section Chair
Marijana Dakić
dakicmaja@yahoo.com
ROMANIA – National Section Chair
Andrei Gabor
andgabor@yahoo.com
SERBIA – National Section Chair
Vladan Tesanovic
vladan.tesanovic@tvfolk.rs
TURKEY – National Section Chair
Murat Erdem
merdem_65@hotmail.com
UKRAINE – National Section Chair
Lidiia Vernyhor
lidiia.vernygor@gmail.com
Europe west
EUROPE WEST – Regional Executive Director
Javier Rodrigo-Ilarri
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jrodrigoilarri@gmail.com
AUSTRIA – National Section Chair
Zoran Sijakovic
sijakoviczoran@hotmail.com
CYPRUS – National Section Chair
Michalis Lanitis
m.lanitis.dancer@cytanet.com.cy
CZECH REPUBLIC – National Section Chair
Tomas Simek
simek@mksck.cz
FRANCE – National Section Chair
Bernard Capet
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iovfrance@gmail.com
GREECE – National Section Chair
Asimakis Stavropoulos
info@iones-eliki.gr
HUNGARY – National Section Chair
Miklós Teszáry
office@iovhungary.org
www.iovhungary.org
www.facebook.com/iovhungary/
ITALIA – National Section Chair
Fabrizio Cattaneo
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fabrizio@iov-italia.it / iov.italia@geo.it
LATVIA – National Section Chair
Dr. Aija Jansone
jansone.a@gmail.com
LITUANIA – National Section Chair
Rimantas Astrauskas
astram527@gmail.com
POLAND – National Section Chair
Anna Brzozowska-Krajka
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an_bikay@wp.pl
PORTUGAL – National Section Chair
Francisco Madelino
Francisco.Madelino@inatel.pt
SLOVAKIA – National Section Chair
Mgr.Art Stefan Zima
zimastefan@gmail.com
THE NETHERLANDS – National Section Chair
Geert Nijhof
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impresario@geertnijhof.nl
Middle east and north africa
MENA – Regional Executive Director
Abdulaziz Al Musallam
az@sih.gov.ae
BAHRAIN – National Section Chair
Hanady Essa Al.Jowde
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layalialshoug@hotmail.com
IRAN – National Section Chair
Fazel Jamshidi
fazeljamshidi@gmail.com
SAUDI ARABIA – National Section Chair
Prof. Laila Al Bassam
dlbassam@yahoo.com
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – National Section Chair
Abdulaziz Al Musallam
az@sih.gov.ae
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