Activity report

The report includes a message from the Secretary-General, a review by mission, a financial chapter validated by the finance and audit committee, and a statistical annex. The figures come from the Organization's systems and are verified by the directorates.

It is published in French, English and Spanish, after review by the General Assembly.

In 2024, the Organization coordinated twenty-three operations with the customs and police services of its Member States. The BIOP database holds 48,200 works, and 847 works have been returned since its inception.

Alerts published by the database are processed within 24 hours. They enable auction houses and authorities to quickly block a reported work.

The Desk issued 12,847 certifications: 8,420 certificates of authenticity, 2,180 of provenance, 1,247 digital certificates and 640 conservation reports. Processing times are tracked by type of service.

The report stresses the simplification of online procedures and the possibility of verifying a certificate by QR code or OIMAP number.

The seven directives of 2019, including No. 2019-07 on authentication, continued to apply. The mediation and arbitration system resolved 342 disputes. The Academy trained 8,940 officials from customs, police forces and museums.

These results are compared with the objectives set the previous year, with an explanation of the differences.

The financial chapter presents the contributions of States, revenue from services and expenditure by directorate. It is examined by the finance and audit committee before the General Assembly.

The report also describes governance actions: declarations of interest, the code of conduct and the handling of reports. It is supplemented by the Transparency section.