Agenda and supporting documents, 583rd Standing Committee Meeting

The 583rd meeting of the Standing Committee on 12 March 2025 will start at 10:00 am EST and will be held in person at the office of the ICAC (1629 K Street NW, Suite 702, Washington, DC 20006) and virtually at the Zoom meeting link below.

Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet, or smartphone. When you are joining the meeting, please log-in with the country/government you are representing followed by your last name to facilitate minute-taking.

Agenda :

1. Adoption of the Agenda

2. Matters Arising from Previous SC Meetings (Attachment 2)

3. Report from the Secretariat

a. Report from CSITC (Attachment 3a)

b. Report from SEEP (Attachment 3b)

4. Report from the Subcommittee on Budget

a. Quarterly financial report as of 31 December 2024 (including the Business Plan). (Attachment 4a)

b. Uncollected Assessments  – As of February 26, 2025. (Attachment 4b)

c. Proposed Budget for the Financial Year 2025-2026. (Attachment 4c)

d. Proposed Scale of Assessments for the Financial Year 2025-2026. (Attachment 4d)

6. Administrative Items/Operations

a. Update on the Research Associate Program (Verbal)

b. Proposed PSAC Changes and Global Cotton Leaders Roundtable (Attachment 6b)

c. Update on Staff Changes (Verbal)

d. ICAC Researcher of the Year Award (Attachment 6d)

e. Voting Procedure Proposal (Attachment 6e)

f. Proposal for the amendment of the ICAC Staff Regulations concerning tax reimbursement provisions (Attachment 6f)

g. Plenary Meeting proposed dates, location, and theme (Attachment 6g)

h. Standing Committee Chair Update (Verbal)

i. Update on the Global Cotton-Textiles Investment Summit (Verbal)

j. Next SC Meeting Date

k. Any Other Business

Future Meetings

Subcommittee on Budget (May 2025)

584th SCM (May/June 2025)

• Update/Approval of the financial Audits (if available)

• PSAC Update

• CSITC Update

• Global Cotton-Textiles Investment Summit – Update

• Budget Approval