IGC - International Group of Controlling

Articles

§ 1 NAME AND LOCATION

(1) This interest group is run in the form of a non-registered association with the name
IGC - International Group of Controlling.
(2) The interest group is located in St. Gallen / Switzerland.
(3) The interest group can maintain branches.

§ 2 OBJECTIVES

(1) The IGC is an international co-operation of institutions doing training, research and development in the field of controlling.
Its purpose is:

To promote the function and the role of controllers.
To be a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences.
To serve as a platform for harmonising and developing the concept of controlling and the controlling terminology as well.
To maintain the interfaces with science and related fields of study.
To define the quality standards for the members of the IGC combined with providing a "quality label".

(2) The IGC neither intends a complete standardisation of the training pro-grammes of their member institutions nor a loss in the diversity of the intellectual competition (monopolisation in controller-trainings).

§ 3 MAIN ASSIGNMENTS

The most important tasks are:

To strengthen the understanding for controller’s role through public relations.
Elaboration of standards of performance, ethics and quality for controller education (quality label).
Creation and development of a harmonised terminology.
Organising workgroup meetings.
Initiation of joint research tasks (combination of practitioners and scientists).
Joint publications.

§ 4 CONDITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP

(1) Members of the IGC commit themselves to contribute in a proactive way to the objectives of the IGC.
(2) Who can become IGC-member?

Controller-institutions
Training companies with offerings in the field of controlling
Consultancies
Software developers with a complete offering of controlling software
Research bodies in the field of controllership
Companies contributing to the development of new controlling concepts
Other supporters of the IGC objectives
Members shall be institutions.

(3) Members may indicate their IGC membership in their own communication.

A violation of these articles can lead to expulsion from the IGC.

§ 5 BODIES

Bodies of the IGC are:

The general assembly
The managing committee
The auditor

§6 THE MANAGING COMMITTEE

(1) The managing committee consists of five members.

(2) Head of the committee is the chairman of the International Controller Verein eV in Munich. Deputy Chairman is the representative of the Austrian Controller Institute in Vienna. After a period of 3 years, respectively, the additional members are to be elected. One of them should be a Swiss member of the IGC.

§7 WORK GROUP

The managing committee can install work groups for research and development issues as well as for supporting other activities of the IGC. The work group members normally are employees of the member institutions.
All terms are meant for both, ladies and gentlemen, where appropriate.
Updated at the general assembly 2005 in Prague.