The Indian Ocean Research Group (IORG) became an observer of IORA in August 2010. IORG encourages research, promotes dialogue, fosters interstate cooperation, ensures a holistic discourse on the human and environmental security.
The JIOR was approved as an IORA Journal by the IORA Council of Ministers Meeting (COM) in Perth, Australia, on 9 October 2014. Through the generous support of the previous Chairs of IORA (Australia, Indonesia, South Africa, UAE and Bangladesh) all IORA Member States and their interested parties have had access to the Journal (hard copy and online) free of charge since 2015, along with IORA’s logo reflected on the Journal. The Secretariat is responsible for the management of the annual subscriptions of the Secretariat and Member States. Sri Lanka is currently offering to fund the subscriptions for IORA Member State and Secretariat during its Chairship.
The WIOMSA is dedicated to promoting the educational, scientific and technological development of all aspects of marine sciences throughout the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region, with a view toward sustaining the use and conservation of its marine resources. WIOMSA has a particular interest in linking the knowledge that emerges from research to the management and governance issues that affect marine and coastal ecosystems in the region.
