International Hydrographic Organization
The IHO was established in 1921 as the International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB). The present name was adopted in 1970 as part of a new international Convention on the IHO adopted by the then member nations. The former name International Hydrographic Bureau was retained to describe the IHO secretariat until 8 November 2016, when a revision to the Convention on the IHO entered into force. Thereafter the IHB became known as the "IHO Secretariat", comprising an elected Secretary-General and two supporting Directors, together with a small staff of 17, at the Organization's headquarters in Monaco.
Agua Imara AS
The headquarters is located in Oslo and regional branch offices have been established in San José, Costa Rica and Johannesburg, South Africa. A holding company has also been set up in Singapore. Panama was the first market to be entered through the Bajo Frio hydropower project, a 58 MW run-off river scheme. Agua Imara owns 50.1% and will be the industrial developer of the project. In May 2011, the company signed an acquisition agreement for a 51% shareholding in Lunsemfwa Hydropower Company Ltd (LHPC) located in Zambia.