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Former Secretariats

The global IWG Secretariat – the administrative function – shifts every four years.

Since 1994, IWG Conference cities and Secretariat host nations have included:

  • Brighton, UK (1994 – 1998) with World Conference staged in Windhoek, Namibia (1998)
  • Montreal, Canada (1998 – 2002)
  • Kumamoto, Japan (2002 – 2006)
  • Sydney, Australia (2006 – 2010)
  • Helsinki, Finland (2010 – 2014)
  • Gabarone, Botswana (2014 – 2018)
  • CURRENT – Auckland, New Zealand (2018 – 2022)

Shortly we will be uploading information about our Former Secretariats 1994 – 2018.

In the meantime, you can view the legacies of previous Secretariats here.

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