The fib technical council (TC) consists of the heads of delegation of the national groups, commission chairs, presidium members, honorary presidents, the secretary general and additional members appointed by the presidium for a four-year term.  

fib members can find the current list of TC members in when they are logged in the fib members section of the website.

The TC meets at least once per year and is responsible for initiating commissions and task groups, approving their terms of reference and appointing their chairs and conveners, respectively.  The TC monitors the work of all the commissions and approves all recommendations, guides and manuals for publication.

The TC also makes recommendations to the presidium regarding:

• the dissemination of the results (in the form of bulletins, for example); and
• the need to put forth technical resolutions to be approved by the GA.