Criteria for recommending the establishment of scientific societies

- To avoid duplication and overlapping of Scientific societies affiliated with the various universities in the Kingdom and other national bodies.

- Not to establish Scientific societies specialized in a sub-specialty under an existing association and to replace it with a specialized scientific group under the existing association.

- The number of members who are specialized in the same area of the Scientific societies and who meet the working membership criteria, should be appropriate.

- Clarity of the vision, mission, and goals of the Scientific societies.

- To have a realistic vision of the expected resources of the Scientific societies and the private sector entities related to its field of specialization.

- Clarity of the internal rules of the Scientific societies specifying the rules governing scientific societies.

- There should be a clear reason to establish the Scientific societies as there are no other bodies that serve the area of specialization of the Scientific societies.

- Scientific societies should be scientific, not professional.

- Clarity of working members' titles. 

- To nominate at least five members for the founding committee.