ISC Dues Revision Working Group
Following the adoption of revised ISC Statutes and Rules of Procedure in March 2024, the Governing Board mandated the Committee for Finance, Compliance and Risk to establish a Dues Revision Working Group to review the ISC membership dues structure and the work of the previous Ad hoc Dues Committee (2019–2021), and to propose a unified and appropriate dues structure for the ISC for consideration by the membership in 2025.
Composition
- Sawako Shirahase, ISC Vice-President for Finance, Compliance and Risk (Chair of the Working Group).
- Magdalena Stoeva, Secretary General, International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM).
- Ehud Keinan, President, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
- Irasema Coronado, International Political Science Association (IPSA) Executive Committee.
- Ourania Kosti, US National Academies, Director of Board on International Scientific Organizations.
- Lai Meng Looi, Academy of Sciences of Malaysia, Chair of International Committee.
- Jones Fairfax Agwata, Kenya National Academy of Sciences.
- Silvia L. Vilches, International Consortium of Research Staff Associations (ICoRSA).
Further information
At the 2017 joint meeting of the ISSC and ICSU in Taipei in preparation for the merger of the two organizations in 2018, it was decided that the dues of founding ISC Members would remain the same until a new dues structure was adopted, and that a new, unified dues structure should be developed under the leadership of the first ISC Governing Board, for adoption in 2021.
An ad hoc Dues Committee was tasked in 2019 with developing a proposal for a unified dues structure for the ISC. The committee produced a report containing sound analysis and viable options but concluded that a new dues structure should not be developed in isolation from strategic considerations around membership matters.
With the adoption of revised Statutes and Rules of Procedure in March 2024, which dealt with some of the outstanding membership issues, the time is ripe to revise the dues structure.
The Dues Committee will:
- Review the findings of the Ad hoc Dues Committee of 2019–2021 and, as appropriate and in consultation with the membership, adapt them or develop a new approach to the revision of dues and related policies in the context of the revised Statutes and Rules of Procedure and perennial or emerging issues relating to dues.
- Offer concrete proposals for a single, fair and sustainable dues structure, as well as an associated dues scale and related policies.
The Working Group may invite expert input from outside the group, as appropriate.
See the Terms of Reference.
Timeline
The Working Group convenes for the first time in mid-October 2024, and aims to present interim proposals at the ISC’s General Assembly in January 2025 as part of the consultative process with Members.
The aim is for a new dues structure could be adopted by the membership (via electronic vote) in mid-2025, for introduction in 2026.
Contact
For any queries, please contact Sarah Moore [email protected].