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- ICO meets every two years
- Board of Trustees is the Executive of ICO
- Composition of the Board of Trustees
- Advisory Committee to the ICO
- Operating responsibility
ICO meets every two years
The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) represents and serves societies of ophthalmologists around the world.
Representatives from ICO member societies meet once every two years to set policy and direction for the organization. (See the Statutes for more details.)
Board of Trustees is the Executive of ICO
As the executive and operational arm of the ICO, the Board of Trustees meets once a year, often in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis.
See the Regulations of the ICO for more details.
Composition of the Board of Trustees
The Board is composed of:
- Officers = Executive Committee (4 members)
- Ex Officio members:
- Presidents of supranational societies (5)
- Presidents of other ophthalmologic and vision organizations (maximum of 10)
- Ordinary members: (maximum of 20)
- ICO Program Directors (currently 6)
- Ophthalmologists selected based on geography and contributions to ophthalmology
See the Board of Trustees Members.
Advisory Committee to the ICO
The Advisory Committee to the ICO meets just before each Council meeting to evaluate issues relevant to international ophthalmology and vision and make recommendations to the Council.
The Advisory Committee was reorganized in 2003 to include representatives of international subspecialty organizations in ophthalmology.
See the Members of the Advisory Committee.
Operating responsibility
The operation of the ICO is overseen by the Executive Committee, which acts on behalf of the Board of Trustees between Board meetings, and directed by the Secretary General.
Major programs of the ICO are led and managed by Program Directors, who are members of the Council.
The Directors chair Committees and Task Forces, which report through them to the Council.
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