IIW History 1990-2015

LINKING PEOPLE, JOINING NATIONS

The meeting was arranged by Mr André Charbonnier who had taken up the role

of CEO of the IIW Secretariat on the retirement of Mr Daniel Beaufils in February 2008.

Charbonnier had held a senior position in the Institut de Soudure and was to work closely

with the IIW President, in particular assisting Member Countries to implement the IIW

Manufacturer Certification Scheme. Within a year, Charbonnier was offered another

very senior position within the French institute and unfortunately resigned from the IIW

Secretariat to take up this new role. The position of IIW CEO was then filled by Dr-Ing.

Cécile Mayer in 2009. She had been working as Manager International Standardization

at the Institut de Soudure, responsible for the strategic orientation of the standardisation

programme and representing France during meetings, as well as successfully chairing the

IIWWG-COM&MARK since 2005.

The discussions at theTG-GOV, given the people attending themeeting,

did centre on governance with respect to IAB issues and the operation of the

IIW/EWF scheme. In the closing stages of the discussion, von Hofe did ask

a pertinent question that was difficult to foresee. ‘If there is competition

between IIW and one of its members, or between ANBs, is it a legal issue or

an internal one?’

The initial work of TG-GOV was to establish a draft governance manual in line with

the French Governance Association Scheme, including the structure, manual, and the terms

A COLLAbORATIVE MODEL

IIWhasbeenanot-for-profitAssociationunderFrench lawsince1996.

The current governance scheme shown above ensures that the

powers are owned by the Members; the governing tasks being

under the control of the Board of Directors and operation

aspects managed by the CEO.

Integrity

Ensuring straightforward dealing and completeness, based on

honesty,selflessnessandobjectivity,andensuringhighstandardsof

probityandpropriety in theconductof theassociationandcomplaint

decision making.

arity of purpose

suring that stakeholders know why the IIW exists and what it

FrenchAssociationregistered to thePublicAuthority (Préfecture); IIWConstitution2013

Stakeholders:countries,companies,universities,schools,students,governments,researchgroups,ANB,ANBCCs,ATBs

Mission: Act as the worldwide network for knowledge exchange of joining technologies to improve the global quality of life

IIW Governance Structure

Ownership

Control

Governance

Management

Operations

Committees

Duty toact ingood

faithwithcareand

diligence in

organisation’sbest

interest

Dealswith

governancematters:

Setsstrategy,makes

policy,monitors

performance

Appoints,delegates

authority to,directs

andmonitors the

CEO

Hierarchical link:

Setsobjectivesand

monitorsperformance

Functional link:

Monitorsandensures

correctprocedures

*IABoperational

management isperformed

by the IABSecretariat

Accountable for

operational

performance,

achievementand

conduct

Appoints

theBoardof

Directors

GENERALASSEMbLY

(Articles9 to14)

(all Member Country

Representatives)

bOARDOfDIRECTORS

(Articles15 to21)

GENERALSECRETARIAT

(Article22)

CEO

bOARDOfDIRECTORS

WORkINGGROuPS

RegionalActivities

Standardisation

Communications&Marketing

TECHNICAL

MANAGEMENT

bOARD (TMb)

TMBChairman

INTERNATIONAL

AuTHORISATION

bOARD* (IAb)

IABChairman

GovernanceAdvisorybodies

(e.g.Audit,RiskandCompliance)

formedbyandaccountable to

theBoardofDirectorsprovide

recommendationsongovernance

mattersonly.Thesearenot

operationaldecisionmaking

bodies.

IIW governance str cture