International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - Committees and Governance

Committees and Governance

IUPAC is governed by several committees that all have different responsibilities. The committees are as follows: Bureau, CHEMRAWN (Chem Research Applied to World Needs) Committee, Committee on Chemistry Education, Committee on Chemistry and Industry, Committee on Printed and Electronic Publications, Evaluation Committee, Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Interdivisional Committee on Terminology, Nomenclature and Symbols, Project Committee, Pure and Applied Chemistry Editorial Advisory Board. Each committee is made from members of different National Adhering Organizations from different countries.

The steering committee hierarchy for IUPAC is as follows:

  1. All committees have an allotted budget that they must adhere to
  2. Any committee may start a project.
  3. If a project's spending becomes too much for a committee to continue funding, it must take the issue to the Project Committee.
  4. The project committee either increases the budget or decides on an external funding plan.
  5. The Bureau and Executive Committee oversee operations of the other committees
Committees Table
Committee name (abbreviation) Responsibilities
Bureau
  • Discusses and makes changes to which committee has authority over a specific project
  • Controls finances for all other committees and IUPAC as a whole
  • Discusses general governance of IUPAC
CHEMRAWN Committee (Chem Research Applied to World Needs)
  • Discusses different ways chemistry can and should be used to help the world
Committee on Chemistry Education (CCE)
  • Coordinates IUPAC chemistry research with the educational systems of the world
Committee on Chemistry and Industry (COCI)
  • Coordinates IUPAC chemistry research with industrial chemistry needs
Committee on Electronic and Printed Publications (CPEP)
  • Designs and implements IUPAC publications
  • Heads the Subcommittee on Spectroscopic Data Standards
Evaluation Committee (EvC)
  • Evaluates every project
  • Reports back to Executive committee on every project
Executive Committee (EC)
  • Plans and discusses IUPAC events
  • Discusses IUPAC fundraising
  • Reviews other committees work

Current Officers of Executive Committee:

  • President: Moreau, Nicole J.
  • Vice President: Tatsumi, Kazuyuki
  • Treasurer: Corish, John
  • Secretary General: Black, David StC.
Finance Committee (FC)
  • Helps other committees properly manage their budget
  • Advises Union officers on investments
Interdivisional Committee on Terminology (ICTNS)
  • Manages IUPAC Nomenclature
  • Works through many projects to standardize nomenclature
  • Standardizes measurements
  • Discusses atomic weight standardization
Project Committee (PC)
  • Manages funds that are under the jurisdiction of multiple projects
  • Judges if a project is too large for its funding
  • Recommends sources of external funding for projects
  • Decides how to fund meetings in developing countries and countries in crisis
Pure and Applied Chemistry Editorial Advisory Board (PAC-EAB)
  • Helps to plan, implement, and publish Pure and Applied Chemistry

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