About CDC

Established in 2011 the CDC is a commission of the International Mathematical Union (IMU).

Since the early 1970s, the International Mathematical Union (IMU) has maintained a program of cooperation with and in support of mathematical institutions and individual mathematicians in the developing world. Support activities include research travel and conference grants, as well as volunteer lectures, joint research projects and donations. In the past years, these activities were managed by the IMU's Commission for Development and Exchanges (CDE) and the Developing Countries Strategy Group (DCSG).

Within the last decade IMU has increased its attention to the mathematical needs of developing and economically disadvantaged countries. As part of this increased attention IMU and its adhering organizations decided in August 2009 to merge the CDE and the DCSG into one commission, the Commission for Developing Countries (CDC). At the meeting of the General Assembly in Bangalore 2010 the CDC Terms of Reference were approved and the CDC leadership 2011-2014 was elected, which activated the CDC on 1st January 2011 and led it to hold its first meeting on the 30th and 31st January 2011 in Berlin, Germany.

Since January 2011, the Secretariat of the International Mathematical Union is permanently based in Berlin, Germany. The IMU Secretariat is hosted by the Weierstrass Institute in Berlin, Germany (WIAS).