Committees

CISAC's committees give guidance on the operational aspects of the organisation.

Executive Governance Committee (EGC)

The EGC is responsible for financial, governance and membership matters and is convened on an ad hoc basis.

Concerning its governance role, the EGC makes recommendations to the Board on membership application rules and standards, as well as on sanctions for Professional Rules and Binding Resolutions infringements. The Committee also develops the governance framework by monitoring adjustments to and the implementation of the CISAC Statutes.

The EGC aims to provide effective guidance to the Board on strategic business issues. The EGC has replaced a number of prior committees (Governance and Compliance Committee, Data Practices and Policy Committee, and Finance Committee), thus contributing to a simpler structure. An informal link between the EGC and the Global Policy Committee (GPC) exists to study strategic topics.

Legal & Policy Committee (LPC)

The Legal and Policy Committee (LPC) is a statutory body that coordinates and implements the legal and policy activities of CISAC. The LPC was created in 2022 as a result of the merge of the CJL (Legal Committee) and of the GPC (Global Policy Committee). The LPC identifies lobbying priorities and drives solution-oriented advocacy at local and global level; provides legal advice to CISAC members, conducts research on copyright issues, exchanges information on legal developments in the area of copyright and collective management and prepares the contractual documentation relating to the access and use of the identifiers and tools managed by CISAC. The LPC acts as an advisory body of the Board, available for consultation by other CISAC statutory bodies.

Communications Experts Group (CEG)

The CEG is an advisory committee supporting CISAC’s communications work. It assists the Global Policy Committee (GPC) and implements its decisions on communications priorities.

The remit of the CEG encompasses topics related to public affairs and communications. Among its priorities, the CEG is responsible for:

  • Defining the need for and then creating and orchestrating communications campaigns
  • Advising the GPC on public affairs and communications initiatives
  • Sharing best practices on public affairs and communications matters, and advising the GPC and CISAC members with regard to these practices
  • Assisting individual societies with responses to copyright initiatives or ongoing dialogue with governments
  • Discussing and providing its opinion on matters referred to it by the GPC
  • Determining its Internal Rules

Internal Audit Committee (IAC)

A statutory advisory body, the Internal Audit Committee provides the General Assembly with a summary of financial reporting and internal control. Its duties include:

  • Inspecting accounts
  • Ensuring the completeness and reliability of financial accounting
  • Verifying the use of the income
  • Submitting a detailed report setting out its observations to each General Assembly no later than 30 days before the first day of each such General Assembly.