The international body above local committees is the board of the association, EESTEC International. The EESTEC International board is elected yearly by the general assembly (GA).
The EESTEC local committees (LC) participate to two yearly events as per Rules Of Procedure (RoP). The events are organized by a different LC each year:
- EESTEC Congress
EESTEC Chairpersons Meeting, ECMAutumn Congress- CM was a meeting where the chairpersons of all LCs, JLCs, and Observers participate in order to share experiences, contribute to the future development of EESTEC, and be coached on how to run a Local Committee. ECM lasts for five days, offering working sessions and discussions about organizing events and cooperation on the international level. The meeting has around 50 participants. The first one happened in 2006 in Istanbul and the last one was held in Sarajevo, in 2015. ECM was succeeded by the Autumn Congress.
Furthermore, the EESTEC Wikipedia article reveals that EESTEC is composed of the following bodies:
General Assembly
The general assembly (GA) is the convergence of all congress participants, with the right to make governing decisions regarding EESTEC. It serves as the supreme decision-making body of the association and convenes at least once during the Congress, where each attending LC is granted one vote.
The Board of the Association
The EESTEC Board takes care of the administration of EESTEC throughout the year and is elected by the GA. There are five positions on the board: Chairperson, Treasurer, Vice-Chairperson for External Affairs, Vice-Chairperson for Internal Affairs, and Vice-Chairperson for Administrative Affairs. The concept of an international board was first introduced during the annual congress in 1989, with only a chairperson and a vice-chairperson. The composition of the board kept evolving through the years, first adding a second vice-chairperson (1990), then a treasurer (1995), and finally a webmaster (2001), a position which was subsequently transformed into the vice-chairperson for publications & administration (2004). In 2016, based on archetypes of every position, instead of the position of vice-chairperson for publications & administration, the position of Vice-Chairperson of Administrative Affairs is introduced.[11]
Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board (SB) is an independent advisory committee responsible for overseeing the work and financial actions taken by the Board. The Supervisory Board reports its observations to the Congress general assembly. The term Supervisory Board was introduced during the Autumn Congress in Essen in 2019. The previous term was Oversight Committee.
International Bureau
The international bureau (IB) serves as the record keeper of EESTEC and is responsible for archiving all the material data of the organization.
Spring and Autumn Congress Organizing Committee
The congress organizing committee (COC) is appointed at the end of the Congress and is tasked to organize the following Congress, including the responsibility to host the attendees, preside over the general meetings, and issue the congress guide and congress report. There are Spring Congress Organizing Committee (SCOC) and Autumn Congress Organizing Committee (ACOC). On each, the next is elected by the GA.