INDIAN OCEAN RIM ASSOCIATION (IORA)

About:

• IORA is an inter-governmental organisation to strengthen regional cooperation and sustainable development within the Indian Ocean Region.
  
  
• IORA has identified six priority areas, namely: (1) maritime security, (2) trade and investment facilitation, (3) fisheries management, (4) disaster risk reduction, (5) academic and scientific cooperation and (6) tourism promotion and cultural exchanges.
  
  
• Established in: 1997.
  
  
• Membership: IORA has 22 Member States and 9 Dialogue Partners.
  
  
• Secretariat: Mauritius. 
  
  
• IORA’s apex body is the Council of Foreign Ministers (COM) which meets annually.