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ICG Members TWFP TNC Participating Non-participating

ICG/
NEAMTWS
(2005)

39 27 (69%) 29 (74%) 31 (79%) 5 (13%)

* Focal points of PTWS members were established prior to the creation of the TWFP/TNC defini-
tion in 2005, hence the apparently low number.

† 24 IOC member states including France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, which have
dependent territories, and excluding St Vincent and the Grenadines, which is not a member of the
IOC.

‡ Including dependent territories.

Source: IOC Secretariat (as of August 2012)

The active membership and engagement is highest in the most mature system (PTWS) and
in the one that has obtained most attention and resources in past years (IOTWS).