International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists (IFSCC)

The International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists is a worldwide federation dedicated to international cooperation in cosmetic science and technology.

The aims of the IFSCC are:
• To advance cosmetic science.
• To help to elevate the professional status of cosmetic science and technology worldwide by providing and promoting educational and scientific programmes and activities.
• To encourage fundamental research work by universities and by independent workers in any and all fields that may add to the knowledge of cosmetic science.
• To coordinate by correspondence, interchange of information and in other ways, the work and efforts of the autonomous member societies.
• To cement relationships by reporting on activities in the various autonomous member societies.
• To publish and publicise literature of a scientific and technical nature. To help research workers obtain from all lands information, literature, patents and other aids, as may be requested and as may be possible.
• To exchange information on any standardised procedures that may be adopted with regard to analyses of raw materials or finished products, efficiency of products, etc., and to participate in any effort to adopt such procedures internationally.
• To publicise within the member societies and in the technical and other press of the various countries, the activities of the societies of all lands.
• To hold congresses, seminars and meetings on an international scale; to invite speakers from any country, whenever feasible and give publicity to all meetings well in advance.
• To sponsor awards of an international character for outstanding achievement in research, publication, or other work on behalf of the cosmetic sciences.

Mission:
The IFSCC is dedicated to advancing the knowledge of cosmetic science and encouraging its dissemination through international meetings, publications and on-line data. They are comprised of 47 Member Societies in 68 countries. Any individual who belongs to a Member Society is automatically a member of IFSCC.