Gilles Vincent was recently elected president of the board of directors of the International Association of Botanic Gardens (IABG) for the next three years. This council includes 12 members, from 11 countries and 5 continents.

Founded in 1954, one of the aims of the IABG is to promote international cooperation between botanical gardens and arboretums and other similar organizations managing collections of living plants as well as cooperation between the staff of these institutes.