Presentation
1. Introduction
The aim of EDA´s working groups is to provide a structured way of developing the organisation’s objectives, encouraging the exchange of good practices, the development of reference documentation, the creation of dissemination or training materials and the promotion of the guild in general.
Here you can find all the EDA Groups that are or have been active:
G1 – Technical Committe
G1S1 – Nuclear
G1S2 – Regulation
G1S3 – CENT/TC151
G2 – Education
G3 – Circular Economy
G3S1 – Glass
G3S2 – Gypsum
G3S3 – Metals
G3S4 – Legislation
G3S5 – Pre-Audit
G3S6 – Recycling
G4 – Equipment
G4S1 – Carriers
G4S2 – Attachments
G4S3 – High reach
G4S4 – Couplers
G4S5 – Recycling
G5 – National Associations
G6 – Health and Safety
G7 – Statistics
G8 – Dissemination
G8S1 – Communication
G8S2 – Events
G9 – End-of-life of industrial facilities
What are the working groups?
These working groups can internal (only for EDA members), external (organized by a third party, with the participation of EDA delegates), or a mix of both types (organized by EDA and open to other participants, such as related stakeholders, partner organizations,…).
Depending on their lifecycle, the working groups can be permanent or temporary.
The working groups will generally only meet in person occasionally, with most of the meetings held by video conference.
In general, the meetings in person will be, most probably, at the EDA Annual Convention.
Each working group will be asked to present a list of topics, and keep it updated with any ideas/comments that may come.
From that list, the leaders of the working group, together with all the professionals involved, will choose a topic or a set of topics, and will define deliverables with clear dates, scope and support needed.
3. How they operate?
Generally, working groups will only meet in person occasionally, and most meetings will be held by videoconference.
The working groups are meant to be composed by volunteer professionals from the industry and the leadership of one spokesperson.
All the meetings and proceedings of the working groups will generally follow a defined process, with clear and transparent communication to all the members, within the budget of the organization itself and standardized documentation handling,
The EDA Secretariat serves as assistance to organize the meetings, follow-up of tasks and support in the preparation of deliverables.
All the reference documentation of groups and subgroups will be posted at the EDA website, within the private contents sections (Intranet).
4. What do they do?
Each EDA working group/subgroup should always have a detailed agenda for every meeting or a project description for every deliverable, as well as a summary of the meetings and a report of the results related with any deliverable pursued by the organization.
The concept of deliverable is something that can be used or transferred to someone else.
Some examples of deliverables are a work document, a printed publication, an education session, an activity/event, …
