Governance

The Operation Committee is the executive committee of IDRA, chaired by the President with composition defined by the constitution:
The Operations Committee shall be composed of eight Directors, including the President, First Vice President, Second Vice President, and Secretary General.

The Treasurer is the Chair of the Finance committee. The mandate is to review the association’s finances; prepare quarterly financial reports based on data supplied by the Secretary General and Accountant.

The Constitution Committee reviews the Association’s Constitution and Bylaws and, as needed, makes motions to amend the constitution or bylaws following the procedures outlined in the constitution requiring a membership vote. They are also responsible for updating changes and structuring any membership voting for revisions or updates to the Constitution and Bylaws.

The publications committee reports to the Editor and assists the SG. Together with the Editor, the publications committee reviews new and existing IDRA publications and makes recommendations to the board on updating existing publications.

The Membership and Election Committee is responsible for reviewing all new members and regularly submitting the names to the Board for acceptance. The committee is also responsible for recommending any dues increase and new membership categories for review. The committee also develops new membership development campaigns to increase and retain membership. The other function of the committee is to prepare a slate of directors once every two years and provide this to the office to ensure that the ballot for new directors is adequately populated.
The membership committee must have at least one General Member for each region.

This committee administers the IDRA Scholarship, Education, and Fellowship programs. They recommend candidates for the programs, review applications, and make appropriate awards according to the criteria. They also assist the office team in fundraising to offset the grants and locate agencies for the fellowship program.

This committee includes the Comptroller as Chairman, and the remaining committee members may not be Directors. They should have avoided business dealings with the Association during the past year. IDRA conducts an audit in the first year of the term and a financial review in the second year.

The mandate of this committee is to determine the technical program panels and peer-reviewed technical program themes on municipal and industrial water needs.

The mandate of this committee is to work with the SG to determine themes for the Opening Ceremony and Leader’s Summit.

This committee nominates and selects the best paper awards at the World Congress and also nominates and selects candidates for special categories i.e. Lifetime Achievements, and others.

The objective of the Environmental Stewardship Committee is to encourage the industry to implement best practices on environment and energy efficiency in all desalination and water reuse projects using the best available and most appropriate technologies according to the location of the plants. This committee will facilitate discussion of environmental issues associated with desalination and water reuse.

The IDRA Public and Private Utility Special Advisory Committee will determine public and private sector utilities in all regions that need or already use desalination and water reuse solutions to offset water scarcity and engage with them in knowledge-sharing activities and forums. This committee is led by H.E. Khalid Al Qureshi, CEO, Saudi Water Partnership Company.

The committee aim is to establish IDRA as a resource to industrial sectors about desalination and water reuse policy, economics, water positive certification programs, and technology solutions.