Structure
The bodies of the Association are:
- the General Assembly (GA): composed by all the Association Members, plus the Individual Members and Honorary Members (the two latter without right of vote), it decides the guidelines of the Association, it elects the other Bodies and decides on new Association Members requests of admission;
- the Executive Committee (ExCom): composed by six members of at least three different nationalities (Chairperson, three Vice-Chairpersons, Secretary General and Treasurer) who have the duty to stay at the Permanent Seat, plus up to four "Non-Permanent Residing Members" (NPRM), is the executive body of the Association, it manages IAPSS projects and initiatives, and makes operative all the GA resolutions and decisions;
- the Supervisory Committee (SupCom): composed by three members of different nationalities, monitors the work of ExCom and recommend acceptance or non-acceptance of the ExCom Reports;
- the Editorial Board (EB): composed by eight members, of which seven elected by the General Assembly, it cures the publication of the reviews of the Association.
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