The FAM Statutes provide a clear separation between strategic and oversight functions on the one hand and executive, operational and administrative functions on the other. The Congress is FAM’s Supreme and Legislative body. The Executive Committee is the strategic and oversight body, and the general secretariat is the executive, operational, and administrative body of FAM. The Standing Committees advise and assist the Executive Committee and the General Secretariat in fulfilling their duties, while the Independent Committees conduct their activities and perform their duties entirely independently but always in the interest of FAM and in accordance with the Statutes and regulations of FAM.