International Olive Council

The website of the International Olive Council

IOC News

See all the news

See agenda 2021
Tunisian minister visits the IOC
Madrid / 19.01.2022
Tunisian Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts pays courtesy visit to IOC headquarters. Mr Mohamed Moez Belhassine, Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts of Tunisia, paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Director, Abdellatif Ghedira, on 18 January 2021. The Tunisian Minister was accompanied by Ms Fatma Omrani Chargui, Tunisian Ambassador to Spain, and her...

Info
MARIO SOLINAS competition 2022
MADRID/ 18.01.2022
New rules of the Mario Solinas Quality Award 2022 and of national competitions with IOC institutional...

Info
WORLD TRADE IN OLIVE OIL
MADRID/ 17.01.2022
OLIVE OIL – 2020/21 CROP YEAR. The table below shows trade in olive oil and olive pomace oil in...

Info
LABORATORIES AND PANELS UPDATE LIST
MADRID / 16.01.2022
The IOC Executive Secretariat, through the Standardisation and Research Unit, has updated the lists...

Info
IOC TRAINEESHIP, LAST CALL ON JANUARY 22
Madrid/ 15.01.2022
The deadline to send in applications for the latest round of traineeships at the IOC is 22 January 2022. The scheduled start date is...

Info
THE WORLD OF TABLE OLIVES
MADRID/ 14.01.2022
Table olives – Provisional figures for the 2020/21 crop year and estimates for 2021/22 The...

Info
THE WORLD OF OLIVE OIL
Madrid / 13.01.2022
Olive oil production has tripled in the last 60 years to reach 3 266 500t in the 2019/20 crop year....

Info
New Chair Jordan and the Executive Secretariat get to work
Madrid /Amman/ 12.01.2022
Madrid – The first official meeting was held between the new Chair of the Council of Members, Dr...

Info

Agenda

Upcoming events

See upcoming events

Observatory

Section under construction.

We are coming soon.

Coming soon

Who

we are

The International Olive Council is the world’s only international intergovernmental organisation in the field of olive oil and table olives. It was set up in Madrid, Spain, in 1959, under the auspices of the United Nations.

+Info
Welcome Message
Mission & Basic text
Structure
List of IOC members
Where we are

What

we do

The International Olive Council is an intergovernmental organisation of states that produce olives or products derived from olives, such as olive oil.

+Info
Chemistry & Standardisation Unit
Technology Unit
Financial Management Unit
Economic Affairs Promotion Unit
Human Resources Unit

Olive world

Here you can find  information related to the olive and its oil, from history about this plant to benefits of consuming them and how it can improves our health passing by recipes and museums where you can find more information locally

Know the Olive World
The Olive Tree
Table Olives
Olive Oil
Olive Oil & Health
Home-cured Olive
Olive Museum Routes
World day of the Olive Tree
Recipes
Glossary

IOC

publications

Here you can find the showcase for the publications of the official magazine of the International Olive Council, “Olivae”

See all the publications
Olivae 128 French edition cover

Olivae 128 French edition

Author: IOC
Price: Free

Info
Olivae 128 Spanish edition cover

Olivae 128 Spanish edition

Author: IOC
Price: Free

Info
Olivae 128 English edition cover

Olivae 128 English edition

Author: IOC
Price: Free

Info

Contract, grants and vacancies

Here you can find more information about all the grants, contracts and vacancies related to the olive world

Info

Mario Solinas
Quality Award

Every year the International Olive Council organises the competition for the Mario Solinas Quality Award

Info

Carbon footprint
Software

The application developed by the International Olive Council for estimating the carbon balance of olive oil

Info

We use cookies to give you the best online experience. By agreeing you accept the use of cookies in accordance with our cookie policy.

I accept I decline
Privacy Settings
Privacy Settings saved!
Privacy Settings

When you visit any web site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Control your personal Cookie Services here.

Necessary Statistics
The necessary cookies are essential for the website to work properly and cannot be disabled. Usually, they are only set up in response to your actions taken when requesting services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling out forms. You can configure your browser to block or alert about these cookies, but if you do this it is possible that the website does not work completely correctly. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Technical cookies
These cookies are necessary for the operation of the website and cannot be deactivated.
  • wordpress_gdpr_allowed_services
  • wordpress_gdpr_cookies_allowed
  • wordpress_gdpr_cookies_declined
  • _icl_current_language
Decline all Services
Accept all Services
X