At its 2011 meeting in Zambia, the Board of Directors of the International Ombudsman Institution (I.O.I.) unanimously approved the applications for institutional membership of the Ombudsman Institution of Sint Maarten.
Sint Maarten was among a total of six ombudsman institutions; the other institutions are : the newly admitted members are the Jordanian Ombudsman Bureau (Asia), the Complaints Commission / British Virgin Islands from the Caribbean and Latin American Region, the Síndica de Greuges de Barcelona / Spain, the Procurador del Común de Castilla y León / Spain and the Ombudsman of the German-speaking Community / Belgium (the latter three joining the European Region). Comprehensive contact information of the new members is available on the I.O.I. website. Sint Maarten along with the British Virgin Islands hails from the Caribbean and Latin American Region.
During the conference in Vienna from June 4th -9th 2011, Dr.Nilda Arduin was privileged to meet with the Secretary General of the International Ombudsman Institute Dr. Peter Kostelka. During that conference the membership of the Ombudsman Institute of Sint Maarten to the I.O.I. was discussed.