It is a declared aim of IOS to encourage international co-operation amongst scientists and seriously interested amateurs working with succulent plants. Over the past years, IOS has been actively pursuing this aim by improving communication and facilitating co-operation amongst individuals interested in research and conservation aspects of succulent plants. The IOS Blackboard is intended to further support this process by offering an overview of running and planned projects in the international community. We hope for the willingness of scientists to provide information about their activities and to support the idea of bringing proper partners together in due time. On the Blackboard, the interested individual can identify suitable opportunities to coordinate or collaborate. The Blackboard should also encourage the amateur with profound knowledge of particular plant groups and environmental conditions of their habitats to get into contact with respective project managers.