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Strategic Plan

IUTOX Executive Committee Strategic Plan for 2007–2010

IUTOX 2007-2010 Executive Committee Members

Kai Savolainen (President), Linda Birnbaum (President-elect), Tohru Inoue (Vice President), A. Wallace Hayes (Secretary-General), Alexander Buerkle (Treasurer), Silvia Barros (Director), Elaine Faustman (Director), Barbara Hales (Director), Mumtaz Iscan (Director), Lewis Smith (Director).

Background

IUTOX was founded in 1980, and is currently is composed of 52 affiliated regional and national societies representing all six continents. IUTOX has official status as a non-governmental organization (NGO), is affiliated with the World Health Organization and is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU), the premier international body that represents all scientific disciplines. Overall, IUTOX seeks to increase the knowledge base of toxicological issues facing humankind and to extend this knowledge to developing societies and nations. Over 24,000 toxicologists from academia, government agencies and industry are presently associated with IUTOX.

IUTOX organizes both the “International Congress of Toxicology" (ICT), the largest and most prestigious international meeting of toxicology, and the “Congress of Toxicology in Developing Countries" (CTDC) that promotes toxicology in developing countries. Both congresses are held every three years. IUTOX also organizes continuing education courses at these Congresses where participants obtain basic and advanced knowledge in specific areas of toxicology. Between international congresses, IUTOX sponsors various scientific training activities including the Risk Assessment Summer Schools (RASS).

In the future, the importance of such activities, in addition to organizing international congresses and congresses e.g. for capacity building in developing countries, will increase. It will become increasingly important for IUTOX to justify its importance to different societies and parties globally by assuring an impact on issues related to the promotion of safety both in developing and industrialized countries. Examples of such activities could include promotion of children’s health in developing countries or contributing to the scientific assessment of the safety of engineered nanoparticles and nanotechnologies, or safe utilization of such technologies in the developing world to alleviate such threats as a shortage of clean water. These undertakings are not possible by using resources of IUTOX alone but require active and careful outreach to suitable partners willing to support the missions and goals of IUTOX. In this context, IUTOX must also assure a healthy budget along with sound fiscal policies. Developing new institutional members must also be a high priority.

The leadership of IUTOX is vested in the Executive Committee (EC) for which elections are held every three years. The EC reviews and redefines its mission, every three years, to develop and establish objectives and tasks that will ensure that IUTOX continues to be the voice for toxicology on the global stage. IUTOX will also continue serving as a channel through which new ideas and existing knowledge can be disseminated throughout the international toxicological community.

Mission

The purpose of IUTOX is to foster international scientific cooperation among toxicologists and to promote global acquisition, dissemination and utilization of knowledge in the science of toxicology as well as to ensure continued training and development of toxicologists worldwide.

Objectives and Tasks for 2007–2010

To further its mission, IUTOX has established objectives and tasks to guide the activities of the EC. A number of general and specific objectives, tasks and activities have been formulated to assist in achieving its goals.

General Objectives

  1. IUTOX will serve as the scientific voice of toxicology, globally.
  2. IUTOX will provide leadership as a worldwide scientific organization that objectively addresses global issues involving the toxicological sciences.
  3. IUTOX will generate an action plan for assuring impact on important global issues related to chemical safety and will define such areas together with suitable partners.
  4. IUTOX will broaden the geographical base of toxicology as a discipline and a profession to all the countries of the world.
  5. IUTOX will pursue capacity building in toxicology, particularly in developing countries. IUTOX will also utilize its global perspective and network to contribute to the enhancement of toxicology education and the career development of young toxicologists.
  6. IUTOX will coordinate efforts to harmonize the international process for accreditation/ registration of toxicologists and determine if compiling a worldwide list of certified toxicologist is feasible.
  7. IUTOX will contribute to the enhancement of the public appreciation and the image of toxicology.

Specific Objectives for 2007–2010

  1. Evaluate how well IUTOX fulfils its general objectives.
  2. Make ICT XII the best International Congress of Toxicology ever with record attendance and state-of-the-art science, in cooperation with the Spanish Association of Toxicology (AETOX).
  3. Organize the 7th CTDC as an integrated meeting with the Toxicology Society of South Africa (TOXSA), and determine the venue for 8th CTDC to be held in 2012.
  4. Develop an action plan to promote the practical impact of IUTOX on a global scene to further justify the existence of IUTOX and the importance of its activities for the well-being of vulnerable groups especially in developing countries; promote in this context collaboration e.g. with the World Health Organization, International Council for Science (ICSU) and e.g. World Bank.
  5. Organize and sponsor activities, under the leadership of the Developing Counties Committee that will help develop toxicology in countries where toxicology is not sufficiently developed as a scientific discipline and as a profession.
  6. Establish guidelines to move toward a worldwide harmonization of the certification and registration of toxicologists.
  7. Develop, in cooperation with member societies, an effective program for the enhancement of the appreciation and image of toxicology in the scientific community, and with funding agencies and the public at large.
  8. Increase membership by inviting non-member national societies of toxicology to join IUTOX.
  9. Actively recruit “institutional members” to support IUTOX.

General Tasks

  1. Govern IUTOX, with the help of designated commissions/committees/ task forces.
  2. Report to the General Assembly and communicate with the Member Societies
  3. Represent IUTOX at various events, particularly at ICSU

Specific Tasks

  1. Collaborate with the Spanish Association of Toxicology regarding the organization of ICTXII.
  2. Collaborate with TOXSA in the organization of 7th CTDC CONGRESS.
  3. Actively support RASS XI.
  4. Develop an action plan to promote concrete impact of IUTOX at a global level regarding issues relevant to chemical safety. Identify partners for joint execution of these goals
  5. Support Continuing Education Courses in Developing Countries.
  6. Prepare a detailed plan for fund-raising to support scheduled IUTOX activities.
  7. Prepare guidelines delineating the educational activities IUTOX will support and the conditions for such support.
  8. Assist in the development of new societies in areas of the world where toxicology is under-represented and work with existing societies to nurture continued development.
  9. Assist young scientists, particularly from developing countries, to interact at the international level with travel grants to CTDC, SOT, ICT and RASS meetings.
  10. Produce and distribute the IUTOX Newsletters via the internet.
  11. Foster communication and information from the EC to the member societies by establishing direct links with the member societies, possibly on a regional basis.
  12. Update the IUTOX website and IUTOX brochures as needed.
  13. Provide incentives to developing countries member societies that do not yet have a website, so that they may design one and, if need be, provide technical assistance to this end.
  14. Maintain IUTOX booths at appropriate scientific meetings.

Timeline and Budget

Timing of various activities and budgets are made in accordance with Commission/Committee/ Task Force plans. The full EC will meet for the first time in Seattle in March 2008. Additional plans will be formed and reported on at the conclusion of the meeting.

IUTOX Executive Committee Strategic Plan for 2004–2007

Members

Ali Esat Karakaya (President), Robert Kroes (President-elect), Tohru Inoue (Vice President), A. Wallace Hayes (Secretary-General), Alexander Buerkle (Treasurer), Silvia Barros (Director), Barbara Hales (Director), Konrad Rydzynski (Director), Corrado L. Galli (Director), J. Kevin Chipman (Director).

Background

IUTOX was founded in 1980, with over 47 affiliated regional and national societies representing all six continents, IUTOX has official status as a non-governmental organization (NGO) affiliated with the World Health Organization and is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU), the premier international body that represents all scientific disciplines. Overall, IUTOX seeks to increase the knowledge base of toxicological issues facing humankind and to extend this knowledge to developing societies and nations. Over 20 000 toxicologists from academia, government agencies and industry are presently associated with IUTOX.
IUTOX organizes both the “International Congress of Toxicology" (ICT), the largest and most prestigious international meeting of toxicology, and the “Congress of Toxicology in Developing Countries" (CTDC) that promotes toxicology in developing countries. Both congresses are held every three years. IUTOX also organizes continuing education courses at these Congresses where participants obtain basic and advanced knowledge in specific areas of toxicology. Between international congresses, IUTOX sponsors various scientific training activities including the Risk Assessment Summer Schools (RASS).

The leadership of IUTOX is vested in the Executive Committee (EC) for which elections are held every three years. The EC reviews and redefines its mission, ever three years, to develop and establish objectives and tasks that will ensure that IUTOX continues to be the voice for toxicology on the global stage and a channel through which new ideas and existing knowledge can be disseminated throughout the international toxicological community.


Mission

The purpose of IUTOX is to foster international scientific cooperation among toxicologists and to promote global acquisition, dissemination and utilization of knowledge in the science of toxicology as well as to ensure continued training and development of toxicologists worldwide.


Objectives and Tasks for 2004-2007

To further its mission, IUTOX has established objectives and tasks to guide the activities of the EC. A number of general and specific objectives, tasks and activities have been formulated to assist in achieving its goals.

General Objectives

  1. IUTOX will serve as the scientific voice of toxicology in the world.
  2. IUTOX will provide leadership as a worldwide scientific organization that objectively addresses global issues involving the toxicological sciences.
  3. IUTOX will broaden the geographical base of toxicology as a discipline and a profession to all the countries of the world.
  4. IUTOX will pursue capacity building in toxicology, particularly in developing countries.
  5. IUTOX will utilize its global perspective and network to contribute to the enhancement of toxicology education and the career development of young toxicologists.
  6. IUTOX will coordinate efforts to harmonize the international process for accreditation/ registration of toxicologists and determine if compiling a worldwide list of certified toxicologist is feasible.
  7. IUTOX will contribute to the enhancement of the public appreciation and image of toxicology


Specific Objectives for 2004-2007

  1. Evaluate how well IUTOX fulfils its general objectives.
  2. Make ICT XI the best International Congress of Toxicology ever with record attendance and state-of-the-art science, in cooperation with the Society of Toxicology Canada.
  3. Organize the 6th CTDC as a fully integrated meeting with EUROTOX 2006, in cooperation with EUROTOX and the Croatian Toxicological Society, and determine the venue for 7th CTDC to be held in 2009.
  4. Organize and sponsor activities, under the leadership of the Developing Counties Committee, that will help develop toxicology in countries where toxicology is not sufficiently developed as a scientific discipline and as a profession.
  5. Establish guidelines to move toward a worldwide harmonization of the certification/ registration of toxicologists.
  6. Develop, in cooperation with SOT, EUROTOX, ASIATOX and other member societies, an effective program for the enhancement of the appreciation and image of toxicology in the scientific community, with funding agencies and by the public at large.
  7. Increase membership by inviting non-member national societies of toxicology to join IUTOX.
  8. Actively recruit “institutional members” to support IUTOX.


General Tasks

  1. Govern IUTOX, with the help of designated commissions/committees/ task forces.
  2. Report to the General Assembly and communicate with the Member Societies
  3. Represent IUTOX at various occasions, particularly at ICSU


Specific Tasks

  1. Collaborate with the Society of Toxicology, Canada regarding the organization of ICTXI.
  2. Collaborate with EUROTOX and the Croatian Toxicological Society in the
    organization of EUROTOX 2006/ 6 CTDC CONGRESS.
  3. Actively support RASS XI.
  4. Organize Continuing Education Courses in Developing Countries.
  5. Prepare a detailed plan for fund-raising to support scheduled IUTOX activities.
  6. Prepare guidelines delineating the educational activities IUTOX will support and the conditions for such support.
  7. Assist in the development of new societies in areas of the world where toxicology is under-represented and work with existing societies to nurture continued development.
  8. Assist young scientist, particularly from developing countries, to interact at the international level with travel grants to EUROTOX/CTDC, SOT, ICT and RASS meetings.
  9. Produce and distribute the IUTOX Newsletters via the internet during 2004-2007.
  10. Foster communication and information from the EC to the member societies by establishing direct links with the member societies, possibly on a regional basis.
  11. Update the IUTOX website and IUTOX brochures as needed.
  12. Provide incentives to developing countries member societies that do not yet have a website, so that they may design one and, if need be, provide technical assistance to this end.
  13. Maintain IUTOX booths at appropriate scientific meetings.


Timeline and Budget

Timing of various activities and budgets are in accordance with Commission/Committee/ Task Forces plans.

IUTOX Executive Committee Strategic Plan for 2001–2004

Members

Erik Dybing (President), Ali Esat Karakaya (President Elect), Yuji Kurokawa (Vice President), Meryl H. Karol (Secretary-General), Torbjorn Malmfors (Treasurer), Glenn Sipes (Past President), Judith MacGregor (Director), Konrad Rydzynski (Director), Corrado L. Galli (Director), J. Kevin Chipman (Director), Paul Wright (Director)

Background

The International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX) represents more than 19,000 toxicologists world-wide. IUTOX has official status as a non-governmental organisation and is a member of the International Council of Science (ICSU), the premier international body that represents all scientific disciplines. Overall, IUTOX seeks to increase the knowledge base of toxicological issues facing humankind and to extend this knowledge to developing societies and nations.

IUTOX organises the largest and most prestigious international meeting of toxicology, the International Congress on Toxicology (ICT), which is held every three years. In addition, through continuing education courses at these Congresses, participants obtain basic and advanced knowledge in specific areas of toxicology. IUTOX has provided support and seeks closer collaboration with future Congresses of Toxicology in Developing Countries (CTOX-DC). Between international congresses, IUTOX sponsors several scientific training activities that include the Risk Assessment Summer Schools (RASS).

The leadership of IUTOX is held by the Executive Committee (EC), which changes every three years. The EC reviews and redefines its mission to develop and establish objectives and tasks that will ensure that IUTOX continues to be the voice for toxicology on the global stage and a channel through which new ideas and existing knowledge can be spread throughout the international toxicological community.

Mission

The purpose of IUTOX is to foster international scientific cooperation among toxicologists and to promote global acquisition, dissemination and utilization of knowledge in the science of toxicology and to ensure continued training and development of toxicologists world-wide.

Objectives and Tasks for 2001-2004

To further its mission, IUTOX has established objectives and tasks to guide the activities of the EC. A number of general and specific objectives, tasks and activities have been formulated to assist in achieving its goals.

General Objectives

1. IUTOX shall be the leading international organisation in providing toxicologists world-wide with the latest and complete account of global issues in the toxicological sciences

2. IUTOX shall broaden the geographical base of toxicology as a discipline and a profession to all countries of the world

3. IUTOX shall assist in education and career development of young toxicologists

4. IUTOX shall pursue capacity building in toxicology, particularly in developing countries

 

Specific Objectives for 2001-2004

1. Evaluate how well IUTOX fulfils it general objectives

2. Together with the Finnish Society of Toxicology make ICT X the best International Congress of Toxicology ever with record attendance and state-of-the-art science

3. Establish a long-lasting collaboration with CTOX-DC

4. Increase the number of member societies by 3

 

General Tasks

1. Govern IUTOX, partly with the help of designated commissions

2. Report to the General Assembly and communication with the Member Societies

3. Represent IUTOX at various occasions, particularly at ICSU

Specific Tasks

1. Design and disseminate a questionnaire to the Member Societies

2. Collaborate with the Finnish Society of Toxicology regarding ICT X

3. Support RASS IX

4. Appoint a task force for negotiation with representatives of CTOX-DC

5.  Collaborate with the Chinese Society of Toxicology regarding the 5th CTOX-DC in 2003

6. Discuss and plan the future administration of IUTOX

7.  Discuss and implement the future communication and information from the EC to the Member Societies

8. Assist in development of new societies in areas of the world where toxicology is underrepresented and work with existing societies to nurture continued development

9. Assist young scientist international interactions

 

Activities

1. EC meetings

2. Communication, primarily by electronic means

3. Work by individual EC members

 

Timeline

In accordance with Commission plans

 

Budget

In accordance with items specified by the budget drawn up by the Treasurer and the Finance Commission

 

 

 
 

 

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