{"id":608,"date":"2017-03-29T09:52:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T09:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.icsu.org\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T06:32:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T06:32:52","slug":"committees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/council.science\/about-us\/governance\/committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Advisory bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Statutory and standing committees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/about-us\/governance\/committees\/committee-for-finance-and-fundraising\/\">Committee for Finance, Compliance and Risk (CFCR)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/about-us\/governance\/committees\/committee-for-freedom-and-responsibility-in-science\/\">Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science (CFRS)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/about-us\/governance\/committees\/committee-for-membership\/\">Committee for Membership (CM)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other statutory bodies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/about-us\/governance\/committees\/elections-committee\/\">Nominations and Elections Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ad hoc bodies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ad hoc committees may be established by the General Assembly or the Governing Board for a specific objective or mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/about-us\/governance\/committees\/dues-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dues Revision Working Group<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/about-us\/governance\/committees\/small-island-developing-states-liaison-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Small Island Developing States Liaison Committee<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/about-us\/governance\/committees\/working-group-on-action-in-the-area-of-inequality\/\">Working Group on action in the area of inequality<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/our-work\/forum-science-publishing-assessment\/\">Working Group on publishing and research assessment<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/our-work\/social-science-matters\/\">Working Group on social sciences<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Previous bodies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/about-us\/governance\/committees\/consultative-group-for-science-education\/\">Consultative Group for Science Education (2023-2024)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/about-us\/governance\/committees\/committee-for-outreach-and-engagement\/\">Committee for Outreach and Engagement (2019-2025)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/about-us\/governance\/committees\/committee-for-science-planning\/\">Committee for Science Planning (2019-2025)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/about-us\/governance\/committees\/working-group-on-constitutional-revision-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Working Group on Constitutional Revision (2023-2024)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@charlesdeluvio?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Charles Deluvio<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Various Committees advise the Governing Board on key aspects of the Council\u2019s work and the Governing Board\u2019s duties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31454,"parent":573,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-608","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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