INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION - Denkstatt

4.2. Scientific and Technical Committee
Chair: Antonis Mavropoulos, Greece
Vice-Chair: Maarten Goorhuis, Netherlands
The Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) is governed
by its Chair and the current Chairs of the ISWA Working
Groups. The STC represents ISWA’s technical expertise.
Members meet 2-3 times a year, often in connection with
the Board meetings. The Chair of the STC is member of
the ISWA Board.
Main activities of the STC in 2009/2010 were:
• Development of ISWA’s technical profile, including
various workshop- and conference programs
• Support of ISWA Leadership initiatives and Multi
Annual Plan
• Development of Working Groups’ programs
2011 – 2012
• Development of the ISWA Knowledge Base
(see chapter 4.4.2.)
• Development of the Proposal for Procedures
regarding Vienna Grants
• Contributions to the ISWA Task Force
on Greenhouse Gases
• Support of the IWM certification procedure
• Establishment of a Task Force on Globalization
and Solid Waste Management
• Initiation of Position Papers on Waste
Prevention and on Waste Trafficking
The role of the STC is to conduct and coordinate the
technical work of ISWA. The actions of the STC are based
on its own objectives and annual work program, as well
as the work programs for the different Working Groups.
The Working Groups are functioning differently and this
difference is respected as far as possible. The input from
the Working Groups is based on voluntary work from
its members and ISWA recognizes the efforts made by
its large number of Working Group members. Working
Group Meetings are usually held 1 to 2 times a year.
Voluntary Time for ISWA
The progress of ISWA in promoting sustainable
waste management relies on the initiatives of its
members. All the members of the various bodies
of ISWA invest voluntary time for meetings.
The following statistics give an impression of
this commitment.
Voluntary Time in Meetings
(without time for preparation and travelling)
200.00
In 2009 the board convened four times, the total
number of voluntary person days amounted to
more than 50. In 2010 the board members had
already invested almost the same amount of time
by the end of September.
180.00
160.00
140.00
182.00
51.50
142.50
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The members of the various working groups
invest about 100 voluntary person days a year.
These meetings have an average duration of
about 1.5 days. The voluntary time within the
Scientific and Technical Committee amounted
to 32 days in 2009 and to 20 days in 2010 by the
end of October.
Voluntary Person Days
120.00
100.00
80.00
60.00
40.00
32.00
44.50
20.00
98.50 78.00
These numbers are even more impressive considering
the fact that they only represent the
time spent in meetings. Travelling time as well as
the time spent on preparing the meetings is not
included in these figures.
20.00
0.00
2009
2010
(until October 1st)
Board Meetings STC Meetings Working Groups