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.)

ICMI Members are neither individuals nor organizations, but countries. In the following, we use the notion of “country” as defined in the IMU Statutes (Article 4): “The term ‘country’ is to be understood as including diplomatic protectorates and any territory in which independent scientific activity in mathematics has been developed, and in general shall be construed as to secure the broadest and most effective participation of mathematicians in the scientific work of the Union.”

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.

Editors:
Jean-Luc Dorier (ICMI Secretary-General)
Jinfa Cai (ICMI Vice President)
Lena Koch (ICMI Administrative Manager)

Technical support:
Vanessa Chung, IMU Secretariat

Publishing dates:
March 15, June 15, September 15, December 15

ADiMA (Association des Didacticiens des Mathématiques d’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Nord, and in English the Western and North African Association for Researchers in Mathematics Education) was created as a regional network for mathematics education within Western and North Africa. 

ADiMA aims to promote mathematics education in Western and North African countries, to meet the challenges facing the African continent in terms of research and to bring their communities closer together.

The Africa ICMI Association (AFRICMA) is a regional organization affiliated to the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI).

EMF – Espace Mathématique Francophone

The Espace Mathématique Francophone (EMF) was created to promote reflection and exchanges within the French-speaking world on the lively issues of mathematics teaching in our current societies, at the primary, secondary and higher education levels, as well as on issues related to the initial and in-service training of teachers.