Annual reports of the IAU Commission 46 Program Group Teaching for Astronomy Development (TAD) for the years 2006 and 2007 have been published in IAU Information Bulletin 100, 47; and 101, 40. Here the 2008 report is presented.

The IAU Commission 46 Program Group International Schools for Young Astronomers (ISYA) was created in 1967 (Gerbaldi 2008). During the period 2006 till August 2008 two ISYAs took place, one in Malaysia and a second one in Turkey.

The working group is pursuing activities co-organized and/or co-sponsored by UN, ESA, NASA, JAXA, UNESCO, COSPAR, IAU and others for the world-wide development of basic space science.

The Commission 46 Program Group Exchange of Astronomers (PG-EA) provides travel grants to astronomers and advanced students for research or study trips of at least three months duration. Highest priority is given to applicants from developing countries whose visits will benefit them, their institution and country, and the institution visited. This program, if used strategically, has the potential to support other Commission 46 programs such as Teaching for Astronomical Development (PG-TAD) and World Wide Development of Astronomy (PG-WWDA). Complete information about the program, and the application procedure, can be found at <physics.open.ac.uk/IAU46/travel.html>.

The activities of the Commission have continued to focus on controlling unwanted light and radio emissions at observatory sites, monitoring of conditions at observatory sites, and education and outreach. Commission members have been active in securing new legislation in several locations to further the protection of observatory sites.

Commission 55 was approved at the IAU XXVI General Assembly in Prague, 2006, following the great success of the Working Group Communicating Astronomy, which had been set up in 2003.

While expecting a huge increase of interest in the IAU as a result of the planet definition issue on the agenda of the IAU XXVI General Assembly, Prague, Czech Republic, August 2006, the Executive Committee appointed Lars Lindberg Christensen as Press Officer in June 2006. He will stay on the job till at least the IAU XXVII General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2009.