DAC

DAC - Development Advisory Committee

  Wolfram Schmidt, DAC Chair

Within DAC (Development Advisory Committee), strategies for the development and improvement of RILEM’s membership profile and its international partnerships are discussed. DAC is tasked with developing strategies to grow RILEM membership and to facilitate cooperation among its various member groups from around the globe. DAC also advises the Bureau on international developments, activities and relations, aiming at increasing and improving international collaboration between RILEM and its international industrial and professional partners. 

 In detail, the activities carried out by DAC involve:

  • Development of proposals for improving the management of RILEM and its activities, with special focus on international relations.
  • Identification and establishment of cooperation between RILEM and international professional bodies, where such professional bodies share RILEM’s values and interests and where a cooperation is expected to advance the fields of construction materials, systems and structures.
  • Development of new initiatives and new activities for continuously improving promotion of RILEM activities worldwide, in cooperation with TAC and EAC.
  • Assessment of challenges experienced by RILEM’s national and regional groups, in order to better assist RILEM members in their engagement with latest trends and developments in construction materials technology, testing and application.
  • Continuous evaluation of the international outreach of RILEM by monitoring appropriate indicators, including those related to regional groups, national groups, and international partners. Regional Groups and National Groups have Regional Conveners and National Conveners, respectively, overseeing their activities.

DAC is composed of the conveners of RILEM Regional Groups, Subject Experts in various fields of construction materials technology, the RILEM Treasurer, secretarial support, and the current and past DAC Chairperson. To undertake the above activities, DAC meets twice a year to develop proposals that are presented to Bureau for further discussion and approval.

Regarding RILEM Regional Groups, ten different regions are currently considered:

  1. China
  2. East-Asia
  3. East-Europe & Central-Asia
  4. Europe
  5. Latin America
  6. Middle-East & North-Africa
  7. North America & Caribbean
  8. Pacific
  9. South-Asia
  10. Sub-Saharan Africa

For each of these regions, a Regional Convener is appointed, who monitors the activities in the region of concern, including the existing Regional Groups (e.g. CHN-RILEM, CIS-RILEM and Lat-RILEM) and National Groups (e.g. JPN-RILEM), the activities of the National Conveners (NCs), and relations with International Partners.

A list of DAC members can be found here.