International mathematical union

2. ICMEs
The latest of the quadriennial International Congress on Mathematical Education, ICME-8, was held at Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), Reina Mercedes campus, 14-21 July, 1996, with Professor Claudi Alsina, Barcelona (Spain), as the Chair of the International Programme Committee. The congress had an attendance of about 3500 delegates from almost a hundred different countries. The programme was very rich and intensive. Proceedings of the Congress are expected to appear in the second half of 1998. A novel feature in the ICME series was instigated at ICME-8. A 10% solidarity tax was imposed on all registration fees in order to provide (partial) financial support of the attendance of about 250 delegates from about 55 different non-affluent countries. The amount thus generated was distributed by a specially appointed Grants Committee which worked incognito.
The next International Congress on Mathematical Education, ICME-9, will be held in Makuhari, Chiba, Japan, in 2000, 31 July to 6 August. An International Programme Committee was appointed in 1996. It is chaired by Professor Hiroshi Fujita, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. The list of members was published in the ICMI Bulletin No. 42, June 1997, p. 17. The IPC had its first meeting, in Makuhari, 2 -3 March 1998.
No official bids have been received by the Executive Committee with respect to ICME-10 in 2004. However, Brazil has produced a declaration of intent to let ICMI know that it is preparing a bid to host this Congress.