There are two permanent Committees, which are responsible for managing the work within Odette. Their duties are to:

• identify and agree suitable projects according to the Odette Project Management Procedure;
• formally approve their initiation and manage their progress to completion;
• be responsible for approving the resulting standards and recommendations;
• market the results and encourage the usage of standards and recommendations;
• be responsible for ensuring standards and recommendations are kept up to date or remain valid;
• be responsible for developing its annual budget requirements for presentation to the Board;
• act as forum for sharing of information and experience between members.
• encourage the building up of skills of its members;
• propose their scope of activities and responsibilities to the Board for approval;
• co-operate with global organisations (AIAG, JAMA, JAPIA etc) to encourage joint participation and avoid duplication of work;
• maintain a close working relation with the other Permanent Committee and Project Groups within Odette.