The executive committee ensures the continuity of the traditions of the organisation and monitors the sound development of the activities carried out within the IUPPS. It collaborates with the bureau, at its request, as regards the representation of the IUPPS and the following up pf the the activities of the different scientific commissions.
The executive committee regularly follows up the progress of the organisation of the world congress, but it intervenes in the organisation only if unexpected situations occur or if there are major delays in the detailed programme proposed by the organising institution.
The IUPPS bureau is composed of the president, the first secretary and the treasurer.
The president is in charge of:
The first secretary ensures the daily management of the IUPPS. The first secretary, in liaison with the bureau is responsible for the correct functioning of the IUPPS and is in charge of the following tasks:
The treasurer is in charge of:
The general assembly consists of all individual members who are properly registered with the IUPPS and have paid their annual subscription, as well as of the honorary members.
The general assembly approves by majority of the voting members:
The general assembly approves by two-thirds majority of the voting members:
The general assembly decides on the creation of scientific commissions, on the basis of proposals by the executive committee. Their objective is to promote and to coordinate at an international level research carried out in specific fields of the prehistoric and protohistoric sciences in the time between each world congress. The commissions are grouped together according to six larger fields, which are not limited:
The main activities of a scientific commission are:
The general assembly, on the basis of proposals by the executive committee, can create special committees dedicated to specific tasks or a global project of the IUPPS, related to the editing of a publication or a collection of scientific publications.
The honorary committee is a consultative organ that contributes to the continuity and coherence of the IUPPS activities. It is composed of the honorary members. The honorary members are scholars and people who have made significant international contribution to the prehistoric or protohistoric sciences. They are nominated by the general assembly, at the suggestion of the IUPPS executive committee.
Affiliated members are national or international institutions or associations that share objectives similar to the IUPPS objectives, on either a regional, national or continental scale, or in a specific field related to prehistoric or protohistoric archaeology. Acting on the same principle, the IUPPS can also accept national non-governmental organisations that are considered by the IUPPS as being representative in their own country. Affiliated members pay an annual subscription. The membership of an affiliated member of the IUPPS is automatically cancelled in the event of non-payment of the annual subscription.