The Board of Directors of the International Ombudsman Institute-European Region, held a meeting on Saturday, March 10th at the Catalan Ombudsman's headquarters. The meeting attendants dealt with organisation internal issues and how to improve the ombudsman co-operation with the European Court of Human Rights.
The meeting was attended by the Austrian Ombudsman, Peter Kostelka; the Swedish Ombudsman, Mats Melin; the Northern Ireland Ombudsman, Tom Frawley and the Catalan Ombudsman, Rafael Ribó, who was hosting the session. The Finnish Ombudsman, Ritta-Lena Paumio, was not be able to attend the reunion.