ICMI participants in the International Day of Mathematics.

The International Day of Mathematics (IDM) is a worldwide celebration. Each year on March 14 all countries are invited to participate through activities for both students and the general public in schools, museums, libraries and other spaces. The website of the IDM is idm314.org.

Since January 2011, the Secretariat of the International Mathematical Union is permanently based in Berlin, Germany. Under the supervision of the IMU Executive Committee, the Secretariat runs IMU’s day-to-day business and provides support for many IMU operations, including administrative assistance for the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) and the Commission for Developing Countries (CDC). The IMU Secretariat also hosts the IMU archive.

The ICMI Archive is a part of the IMU Archive. The aim of the ICMI Archive is to record and reflect the activity and history of the ICMI while the IMU Archive aims to record and reflect the activity and history of the IMU, to keep records of all aspects of the International Congresses of Mathematicians (ICM), and to keep record of, and reflect the activity and history of the commissions and committees of the IMU.

In order to foster international collaboration and exchanges in mathematics education, the ICMI organizational outreach has for many years included international and multi-national organizations with interest in mathematics education, each operating in ways consistent with the aims and values of the Commission. Opportunities have evolved over time for organizations to formalize their links with ICMI. Before 2009, ICMI recognized links with International Study Groups and ICMI regional conferences.

An ICMI Study follows a series of steps:

First, the Executive Committee of ICMI decides upon a theme, either on its own initiative or after considering proposals submitted by individuals or teams of leading scholars. Proposals may be submitted to the EC at any time, or in response to a call for proposals issued via the ICMI Newsletter or other means. (Further details may be found in the ICMI Study Guidelines.)

Terms of Reference of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI), a commission of the International Mathematical Union (IMU).

Since 1952, ICMI as a Commission of IMU is ruled by IMU Statutes, but also by its own terms of reference, whose first version was adopted at the second IMU GA in 1954 and have evolved since.

Previous versions of the ICMI Terms of Reference were adopted in

Devoted to the development of mathematics education at all levels, the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) is an international non-governmental and non-profit scientific organization whose purpose is to promote international cooperation in mathematics education.