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Report of the Technical
Committee Working Group
Chair: Valerie Cockerell
ISTA Annual Meeting, Sapporo, 14 June 2018
Members of the Working
Group
Name Position
Valerie Cockerell Chair
Chair of Method Validation Sub Group
Leena Pietilä Member
Chair of TCOM Functioning Sub Group
Craig McGill ISTA President
Andreas Wais Secretary General
Nadine Ettel TCOM Co-ordinator
Andrea Militaru Administrator
Technical Commitees
ISTA’s technical committees are at the heart
of the Association providing:
• the majority of Rules development
• extension of technical knowledge through
workshops, training courses, seminars and
symposia, and
• publication activity through Handbooks.
TCOM Challenges
TCOM work can be challenging and across the Committees each deals with its own issues or similar issues to other TCOMs.
A few examples:
– Resources (including funding)
– Too reliant on too few people
– High workload
– Communications/processes
Purpose and Aims of TCOM
Working Group
Purpose
• Define Technical Committee policy
Aims
• To identify ways in which the Technical
Committees can operate more effectively,
• and identify the means needed to enable
this.
Facilitated Workshop TCOM
Chairs & ECOM
• 15 February 2017, Zurich
• Questionnaire sent to all TCOM members
• Focus on question
What could we do differently?
• Key questions from suggestions
in answer to this question were
explored at the workshop
ECOM Decisions
• ECOM agreed to action a range of
proposals at the end of the workshop
• Action plan for the TCOM Working
Group
Triennium 2016 -2019
TCOM Working Group
TCOM Function
Sub Working Group
Method Validation
Sub Working Group
TCOM Support
TCOM Support
• TCOM Budget Framework
• TCOM Special Projects
TCOM Budget Framework
• 3000 CHF (Annual)
• More flexibility in how to spend allocated
money
• Removes need for ECOM approval
• Also applies to any surplus from
committee planned events e.g. workshops
TCOM Budget Framework
Process
TCOM identifies funding proposal (s) that
meet work programme needs
discuss and vote on proposal (s)
TCOM Chair
Checks proposal within Budget
Framework scope
(TCOM D-01)
Informs TCOM co-ordinator of
decision
(Form F-22)
TCOM co-ordinator
Checks no ECOM approval required
Records TCOM vote and tracks budget spend
TCOM Special Project Fund (1)
• 100,000 CHF (Annual)
• Allows TCOMs to access additional funds
to take forward projects that add value for
ISTA and its stakeholders.
• Open call for project proposals
• Expectation spend spread across more
than one project
TCOM Special Project Fund (2)
• Project proposal must align with current
ISTA Strategy
• Project length, 1 year up to 2 years
maximum
• Encourages collaborations across multiple
TCOM’s and co-funding with external
organisations
TCOM Special Project Fund (3)
• Start 2019
• Applications requested by 15 January
2019
• ECOM discuss at February Meeting
• Decision by end of February
Thank You
for your Attention!