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Emergency Medicine Development Committee Emergency Medicine Development Committee
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Finance, Governance and Risk Committee Finance, Governance and Risk Committee
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ICEM Committee ICEM Committee
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Events and CPD Group Events and CPD Group
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Research Group Research Group
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Education Practice Group Education Practice Group
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Membership Group Membership Group
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Regional Forum Group Regional Forum Group
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Policy Group Policy Group
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Special Interest Groups Special Interest Groups
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Behavioral Emergencies SIG Behavioral Emergencies SIG
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Critical Care in Emergency Medicine SIG Critical Care in Emergency Medicine SIG
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Disaster Medicine SIG Disaster Medicine SIG
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EM Resident Trainee Special Interest Group EM Resident Trainee Special Interest Group
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Emergency Ultrasound SIG Emergency Ultrasound SIG
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Gender Specific Issues SIG Gender Specific Issues SIG
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Geriatric Emergency Medicine SIG Geriatric Emergency Medicine SIG
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Informatics Special Interest Group Informatics Special Interest Group
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Technology SIG Technology SIG
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Paediatric Emergency Medicine SIG Paediatric Emergency Medicine SIG
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Public and Environmental Health SIG Public and Environmental Health SIG
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Quality and Safety SIG Quality and Safety SIG
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Trauma SIG Trauma SIG
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Portuguese Translation Taskforce Portuguese Translation Taskforce
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Finance, Governance and Risk Committee
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Role of the Finance, Governance and Risk Committee:
- Review and modify the By-Laws as required, with final approval of all modifications by the IFEM Board.
- Act as an advisory group with respect to the direction of IFEM.
- Ensure that the IFEM Board, its Executive, and its national association members conduct all IFEM activity in harmony with the By-Laws.
- Under the direction of the Treasurer, manage the financial affairs of the Federation
- Provide advice and reports to the Board to ensure proper oversight of the finances
- Review the annual budget and make recommendations to the Board as appropriate
- Regularly review the fee structure and provide recommendations to the Board as necessary
- Ensure appropriate reporting, risk management, accounting and internal controls including audit, are in place
- Arrange for the formation of such subcommittees or working parties deemed necessary by the IFEM Board or its Executive to assist in this process. The Chair of such subcommittees will be a member of the
- Committee and will report to the Committee
- Individuals co-opted by the Board to act as resource persons in relation to outside bodies on behalf of the Committee to report to the Board via the Committee
- To consider strategies for revenue generation and growth with the aim of financial independence for the Federation