The 41st Annual Conference of the United States Ombudsman Association (USOA) will be hosted by the Child and Family Ombudsman, Traci Shinabarger, and held in Helena, Montana from 16 – 18 September 2020. Save the date!

Voici quelques jours, la Médiatrice de la Communauté germanophone et le collaborateur germanophone du Médiateur de la Wallonie et de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, étaient présents sur le Marché de la Sainte-Catherine à Saint-Vith.

The Ombudsman Institution of Turkey was pleased to have successfully hosted the “2^nd Istanbul International Ombudsman Conference”, which took place from 18 – 19 November 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey, which brought together around 150 participants from 57 countries of different continents, representing various national and international Ombudsman institutions as well as Human Rights Commissions.

Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé today called on the Regional Municipality of Niagara to improve its practices after his investigation found its hiring of former Chief Administrative Officer Carmen D’Angelo was “compromised” by confidential information leaked by insiders in the former Regional Chair’s office.

L’Ombudsman de l’Ontario Paul Dubé a demandé aujourd’hui à la Municipalité régionale de Niagara d’améliorer ses pratiques, l’enquête menée par lui ayant conclu que le processus d’embauche de l’ancien directeur général, Carmen D’Angelo, avait été « compromis » en raison de fuites de renseignements confidentiels orchestrées de l’intérieur au bureau de l’ancien président régional.

For all delegates who travel to Dublin and may require a visa: Information about visa and passport requirements for travelling to Ireland are available on the conference website.

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Participantes que viajarán a Dublín podrían requerir de visa. Información y requisitos actuales de visa y pasaporte están disponible en la página web de la conferencia.

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Note pour tous les délégués qui voyageront à Dublin et qui auront besoin d’un visa : Retrouvez toutes les informations sur les exigences en matière de visa et de passeport pour entrer en Irlande sur le site internet de la Conférence.

Deputy Ombudsman Teresa Anjinho welcomed in Lisbon the second regional meeting of the European Ombudsman Network (ENO). The meeting, which took place on 9 and 10 December, focuses on the exchange of experiences on the handling of complaints and possible parallel inquiries between the European Ombudsman and national Ombudsmen on matters relating to the application of EU law.

The Ombudsman of Hong Kong, Ms Winnie Chiu, today (12 December) announced the completion of a direct investigation into the Allocation Mechanism of Ward Offices under the Housing Department (HD).