Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 1.0Four offices, four regions
Around the Paris headquarters, four offices ensure proximity with the regions: Geneva for liaison with the UN, the WTO and the Middle East, New York for the Americas, Singapore for Asia-Pacific and Nairobi for Africa.
Each office has its own page in the institutional section: Geneva, New York, Singapore and Nairobi.
Regional offices in figures
Source: OIMAP General Secretariat.
Why regional offices
A regional office knows the administrations, time zones and languages of its area. It facilitates relations with Member States, welcomes professionals and relays the Desk's services.
It does not handle cases in place of headquarters, but it helps to build and follow them.
Geneva: multilateral liaison
The Geneva office, rue des Nations 8, ensures liaison with the United Nations and the World Trade Organization. It also follows the States of the Middle East.
Reach it at geneve@oimap.example or on +41 22 000 00 00 for a question of multilateral diplomacy or a request from its area.
New York, Singapore, Nairobi
New York covers the Americas and hosts relations with the continent's institutions: newyork@oimap.example, +1 212 000 0000. Singapore covers Asia-Pacific, and hosted the preparation of the 19th General Assembly: singapour@oimap.example, +65 6000 0000.
Nairobi is the Africa office, located near a major museum: nairobi@oimap.example, +254 20 000 0000.
What an office can do
The offices guide, inform, organise local meetings and relay training. They can help prepare a certification file, or identify the right national authority for a report.
They do not replace the Desk for the issuing of certificates, which remains centralised at headquarters.
Four offices at a glance
| Office | Area | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geneva | UN, WTO, Middle East | geneve@oimap.example | +41 22 000 00 00 |
| New York | The Americas | newyork@oimap.example | +1 212 000 0000 |
| Singapore | Asia-Pacific | singapour@oimap.example | +65 6000 0000 |
| Nairobi | Africa | nairobi@oimap.example | +254 20 000 0000 |
Milestones
- Headquarters
Establishment in Paris.
- First offices
Gradual opening (indicative).
- Complete network
Four regional offices (indicative).
- Singapore
Host of the 19th General Assembly.
Which office should I choose?
Headquarters or office
Paris headquarters
Management and services- Issuing of certificates
- Processing of cases
- Institutions
For the most part.
Regional office
Proximity- Local guidance
- Meetings
- Training relay
For the region.
Contacting an office
- Identify the area
According to the country concerned.
- Choose the office
Geneva, New York, Singapore or Nairobi.
- Write
In your language.
- Receive the acknowledgement
Within two working days.
- Continue
With the service indicated.
Before writing
A museum director
« The regional office was able to direct me to the national authority that could handle my report: a valuable time-saver. »
Glossary
- Liaison
- Relationship between the Organization and other institutions.
- Area of responsibility
- Region entrusted to an office.
- Time zone
- Time difference between sites.
- National authority
- Competent administration of a State.
Opening hours and time zones
Each office is open Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., local time. Public holidays in each country apply. A message sent on a Friday evening in Europe may be read in New York a few hours later.
For an emergency, use the online form, which directs the request to the team on duty.
Frequently asked questions
Do the offices issue certificates?
No, issuing remains at headquarters.
May I visit an office?
By appointment.
Which language should I write in?
French, English or Spanish.
Where can I see each office's page?
See About.
Useful documents
Contacts
Related pages
Contact usContact details of the General Secretariat, the regional offices and the online contact form.›
Contact the General SecretariatAddress, email, telephone and services of the General Secretariat at the Paris headquarters.›
Geneva OfficeOIMAP's liaison outpost to international organizations, also responsible for monitoring the Middle East.›
Nairobi OfficeThe OIMAP regional office for Africa: missions, contacts and access.›
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Image credits (17)
- The Apotheosis of Romulus: Design for a Ceiling, Domenico Maria Canuti (c. 1675–76) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Qur'an Manuscript Folio (recto; verso); Left side of Bifolio (800s) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Nowshera, Kashmir (number 1000), Samuel Bourne (1864) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Portrait of a Man, Italian Painter — The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Maharaja of Kotah Listening to Music and Watching Dancers (c. 1820) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Missale: Fol. 185v: Crucifixion with borders (full page), Bartolommeo Caporali (1469) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Pair of Drawings: Sketch of the Labyrinth of the Villa Pisani and Piazza San Marco with Doges' Palace, Francesco Guardi (1773–1778(?)) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Self-Portrait, John I Smart (1802) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: The Great Temple of Aboo-Simble, Nubia, Louis Haghe (1846) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain, Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (c. 1500) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- The Pyramid of Cestius, Rome, Michiel van Overbeek (c. 1650–80) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- View of the Gulf of Pozzuoli from Solfatara, Philipp Hackert (1803) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Roman Ruins, Villa Pamfili, Hubert Robert (1774) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- The Old Market, Cleveland, Frank Wilcox (1920) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Eighteen Views of Rome: The Piazza Farnese (recto); Cartouche (verso), Lievin Cruyl (1664) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Power figure (nkisi) (late 1800s-early 1900s) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Portrait Bust of a Man (27 BCE–14 CE) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0