Chemistry International
Vol. 24, No. 5
September 2002
IUPAC Projects
Information
for Task Group Chairmen
The project-based
structure of IUPAC makes Task Groups a key mode for implementation of
the IUPAC mandate to enhance and improve communication worldwide among
scientists in the chemical sciences. The Task Group chairman, in turn,
is responsible for the implementation of the project and, subject to
approval by the Division Committee, for the appointment of the Task
Group Members. He/she also decides how the budget will be spent and
reports periodically to the monitoring body as to progress toward the
stated goals. A new, comprehensive online document is now available
on the IUPAC web site that will help chairmen navigate their Task Groups
through issues of accountability, budgeting, outcomes, dissemination
of findings, and evaluations. The document describes in detail what
is expected in terms of publications and workshops and it tells how
to compile a Standard Measures Report and a Final Status Report. The
report is available in either HTML or Adobe Acrobat PDF at the address
below.
www.iupac.org/projects/TGC-info.html