The IEA Secretariat provides administrative, managerial, financial, and related training functions for the association.
IEA member representatives meet annually to determine the policy and activities of the association.
The Standing Committee of IEA is an executive board of elected, long-standing members of the General Assembly.
Legal Status
The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) is a non-profit international scientific society licensed in Belgium for the purpose of pedagogical research worldwide. Under Belgian law (see the state newspaper of 21 September 1967), the IEA society holds tax-exempt status on all contributions, subscriptions, and grants which serve as working capital.
IEA Secretariat
The IEA Secretariat is registered as a foundation in the Chamber of Commerce, The Hague, Netherlands (No. 41158871, 9 December 1994) in the name Stichting I.E.A. Secretariaat Nederland (Foundation IEA Secretariat Netherlands). The foundation holds tax-exempt status.
The site of the foundation is Amsterdam, Netherlands. It holds all financial rights and obligations of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement and employs IEA personnel. The Foundation IEA Secretariat Netherlands is audited annually by the international auditing firm of Ernst & Young, The Hague, Netherlands.
The Board of Directors of the foundation is composed of members of the IEA Standing Committee.