IRSPM will consist of public management and policy implementation scholars and researchers from different countries. This organization will have the status of a non-profit society to be registered under the laws of Switzerland.
To develop and support research about public management and public policy implementation amongst the international research community and to facilitate the creation and dissemination of new knowledge and understanding across this community. The primary focus of IRSPM will be the research community.
The Society will achieve its mission by accomplishing the following objectives:
The first Annual General Meeting of the Society shall delegate power to the EB to pursue the successful achievement of these objectives.
The organization of IRSPM will consist of an elected Executive Board (EB) and individual members.
The affairs of IRSPM shall be governed by an Executive Board (EB) whose role will be to guide the strategic and operational policies and direction of the Society. As such it will manage, control, and direct all activities of the Society, including its committees, the disbursement of its funds, organization of international conferences as well as the determination and implementation of the Board’s decisions.
The EB of IRSPM will comprise the following twenty office bearers:
The President of IRSPM shall be the Chairperson of the Society and will be primarily responsible for the strategic direction of the Society, in conjunction with the EB. The President may also carry out other duties assigned by the EB and/or enumerated in the bylaws. The President calls and presides at meetings of the Society and will delegate appropriately in his/her absence to one of the Vice-Presidents of the Society.
The President will ensure that all reporting responsibilities of the other EB members are performed in accordance with Bylaws; and will at all times seek to promote the welfare of the Society.
The Treasurer shall provide the statement of annual accounts to the President and other members of the EB and also to the AGM of the Society.
(a) immediately in the case of a poll which relates to the election of the chairperson of the meeting or to the question of an adjournment; or
(b) in any other case, in such manner and at such time before the close of the meeting as the chairperson directs, and the resolution of the poll on the matter is taken to be the resolution of the meeting on that matter.