ISC Governing Board Elections 2026: Candidate Shortlist Update

The ISC Nominations and Elections Committee 2024–2028 is pleased to share the shortlists of candidates for the ISC Governing Board elections 2026.

The terms of office of ISC Governing Board members being staggered, the following positions are to be filled:

Vice President Finance Compliance and Risk
Vice President Science Programme
Five ordinary members

In line with the ISC Statutes and Rules of Procedure, the Nominations and Elections Committee has shortlisted two candidates for each vice-president role and ten candidates for ordinary member roles (twice the number of candidates as vacancies). ISC Members will be able to vote for one candidate for each of the vice-president roles and for up to five candidates for ordinary members.

The password-protected booklet of candidates is available here. The password is provided separately to ISC focal points as of 16 June.

Note that links to video messages from each candidate will be added to the booklet in July. Members will be notified.

Read the accompanying report from the Nominations and Elections Committee to the membership.

Voting is currently scheduled to take place from 1 to 9 September. Voting delegates will receive instructions on how to cast their votes in good time.

A hand placing a yellow voting slip into a wooden ballot box during an electoral process.

Timeline

ISC Members eligible to vote will be invited to confirm their voting delegate by 28 August.

Voting is due to open on 1 September and close on 9 September.

The results of the elections will be shared with ISC Members via email and announced on the ISC website in mid-September.

Who may vote

Members in good standing (that is, Category 1, Category 2 and Category 3 Members having paid their membership dues for the past three years up to and including 2023 or, for new Members of less than three years’ standing, since joining the ISC and until 2023 inclusive) are eligible to vote (Section III, Statute 10). Members in Category 1, 2 and 3 having benefitted from a waiver of dues in that period are also eligible to vote. Members of Category 4 may not vote.

Please contact the ISC if you have any question about eligibility to vote.

Voting system

Below are references to the relevant ISC Statutes and Rules of Procedure.

In sessions of the General Assembly a quorum shall consist of a minimum of 50% of the Members eligible to vote (Rule of Procedure 1.1) – that is, at least half of the eligible Members must participate in the vote.

The voting system that applies to this vote is set out in Section V, Statute 17.ii:

a. Category 1 Members collectively have 40 percent of the overall vote; Category 2 Members collectively have 40 percent of the overall vote; Category 3 Members collectively have 20 percent of the overall vote.
b. Within Category 1 and Category 3, each Member has an equal vote.
c. Each Category 2 Member has an equal vote, except in cases where there is more than one Category 2 Member representing the same country, territory or region, in which case the Members from that country, territory or region must agree on a common voting position resulting in a single vote. Should they not find agreement, they shall have a proportion of that vote agreed between them, otherwise the vote will be divided proportionately to dues paid.

According to Rule of Procedure 2.3, the election of the members of the Governing Board by the General Assembly shall be by secret ballot.

According to Rule of Procedure 2.4, for all positions on the Governing Board, other than President-elect, each voting Member shall vote for no more names than there are vacancies to be filled. The number of votes to be cast by each voting Member shall conform with Statute 17.

According to Rule of Procedure 5.5, when a single candidate is offered for any (officer) position, at least two thirds of the valid votes shall be required for the candidate to be confirmed. If that is not achieved, the Nominations and Elections Committee will offer an alternative candidate. When two candidates are offered for any position, election will be by established voting procedure (see Statute 17 and Rule of Procedure 2).