29 - 30 January 2025, Muscat, Oman
Agenda and documentation
This first batch of documentation includes all the required statutory documentation, while some discussion documents and technical information documents will follow by 16 December.
| Item | Aim/decision | Documentation | Doc. status |
| 1. Opening and welcome | NA | NA | NA |
| 2. Adoption of the agenda | Adoption | Doc. 1: Draft agenda | Available 29/11/24 |
| 3. Adoption of the report of previous General Assembly | Adoption | Doc. 2: Draft report of the 2021 General Assembly | Available 29/11/24 |
| 4. Appointment of Resolutions Committee | Approval | NA | NA |
| 5. Voting procedures | Noting | Doc. 3: Extracts from Statutes and Rules of Procedure | Expected 16/12/24 |
| 6. Introductions to incoming, continuing and outgoing Governing Board members | NA | Doc. 4: List of Governing Board members | Expected 20/12/24 |
| 7. Report, President and CEO | Noting | Doc. 5: Draft Three-Year Activity Report | Available 29/11/24 |
| 8. Report, Vice-President Science & Society | Noting | Refer to Doc. 5 | |
| Doc. 6: Report of Consultative Group on Science Education | Expected 16/12/24 | ||
| 9. Report, Vice-President Outreach & Engagement | Noting | Refer to Doc. 5 | |
| 10. Report, Vice-President Freedom & Responsibility in Science | Noting | Refer to Doc. 5 | |
| 11. Progress on resolutions of the 2021 GA | |||
| 11.1 Scientific publishing | Noting | Refer to Doc. 5 (Section 4.7) | |
| 11.2 ISC and the multilateral system | Discussion | Refer to Doc. 5 (Section 6) | |
| Doc. 7: Discussion paper on Science Diplomacy for the ISC General Assembly | Expected 16/12/24 | ||
| 12. Draft Strategic Plan | Discussion | Doc. 8: Draft Strategic Plan 2025–2028 | Available 29/11/24 |
| 13. ISC Statutes and Rules of Procedure | |||
| 13.1 Implications of the 2024 revisions for advisory bodies | Noting | Doc. 9: Plan for staggering standing committee mandates | Available 29/11/24 |
| 13.2 Proposed further modifications to the Statutes and RoP | Decision | Doc. 10: Proposed modifications of Statutes and Rules of Procedure | Available 29/11/24 |
| 14. Membership matters | |||
| 14.1 Reports from membership fora | Noting | NA | NA |
| 14.2 Implications of 2024 revisions of Statutes and RoP for ISC membership | Discussion | Doc. 11: Discussion paper | Expected 16/12/24 |
| 15. ISC regional presence | Discussion | Doc. 12a: Note on ISC regional structures | Available 29/11/24 |
| Doc. 12b: Report from Regional Focal Point for Latin America and the Caribbean | Available 29/11/24 | ||
| Doc. 12c: Report from Regional Focal Point for Asia and the Pacific | Available 29/11/24 | ||
| Doc. 12d: Report from Future Africa | Available 29/11/24 | ||
| Doc. 12e: Report on activity in SIDS region | Available 29/11/24 | ||
| 16. Report, Vice-President for Finance, Compliance & Risk | Noting | Doc. 13: Report of Vice-President for Finance, Compliance and Risk 2022–2024 | Available 29/11/24 |
| 17. 2025–2026 budget | Approval | Doc. 14a: Provisional 2025–2026 budget and cover note | Available 29/11/24 |
| Doc. 14b: Membership dues scale 2025 | Available 29/11/24 | ||
| 18. Adjustment of membership dues for inflation | Approval | Doc. 15: Proposal for annual adjustment of membership dues for inflation | Available 29/11/24 |
| 19. Appointment of auditor | Approval | Doc. 16: Proposal for auditor of ISC accounts from 2023 to 2028 | Available 29/11/24 |
| 20. Revision of ISC membership dues structure | Discussion | Doc. 17: Interim report from Working Group | Expected January 2025 |
| 21. Adoption of resolutions | Adoption | NA | NA |
| 22. Date and place of next meetings | NA | NA | |
| 22.1 Membership Meeting 2026 | Noting | NA | NA |
| 22.2 General Assembly 2028 | Noting | NA | NA |
| 23. Any other business | NA | NA | NA |
| 24. Presidential address | NA | NA | NA |
| 25. Close of General Assembly | NA | NA | NA |