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Governance and secretariat
At the launch of the African Management Development Institutes' Network (AMDIN), it formally adopted a constitution under which to function and take its work forward. AMDIN is established as a formal network of African Management Development Institutes within the context of African Union (AU) and its programme New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and under the guidance of the Pan African Ministers of Public Service and Administration. AMDIN is established as a Pan African Non Profit Organisation (NPO). The Network is registered under South African law.

Membership of AMDIN is open to all public and private African Management Development Institutes and Schools, and research institutions within the scope of Governance, Public Administration and Public Policy, and who share a commitment to realise the objectives of AMDIN. Registration of membership is per institution rather than at a country level and is open to all institutions operating in a country.

The AMDIN Constitution caters for the following governance structures / forums:

General Assembly

All duly recognised Members of AMDIN meets biennially to receive reports from its delegated structures and to elect the regional representatives who serve on the AMDIN Council. The General Assembly met for the first time in August 2007 and will meet again in October 2009.

Council

The Council is composed of fifteen members who represent institutions and are representative of the five regions. The membership of council is structured as follows:
  • Twelve members who have been elected by the General Assembly and represent regions
  • One representative from the Commission of the African Union (ex-officio)
  • One representative from the NEPAD Secretariat (ex-officio)
  • A representative of the Chairperson of the Pan African Conference of Ministers of Public Services who shall have observer status (ex-officio)
  • The Executive Director (ex-officio); and
  • The Immediate Past Chairperson
AMDIN Executive Council:
Institution Country Delegate Designation E-mail Telephone Fax
Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Festion - Université d'Alger Algeria Prof. Ali Mezaache Professor alimezaache@yahoo.fr 213 (0) 7708 17370  
Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria (AMDIN CHAIRPERSON) Nigeria Prof. Sheikh Abdullah Dean of Faculty of Administration profsheikh@yahoo.com +234 1 733 6836 +234 9 523 6883 /
234 8322
Ecole Nationale d'Administration et de Magistratur Benin Prof. Noel Gbaguidi Director General enambenin@yahoo.fr +229 36 1004 / 43 +229 36 1004
Ghana Institute of Public Administration and Management Ghana Prof. Yaw Agyeman Badu Director-General ybadu2003@yahoo.com /
info@gimpa.edu.gh		 +233 21 403046 / 401681 / 3 024 459 5666
Ecole Nationale d'Administration Burundi Mr Prosper Mpawanao Director General formationcpf@yahoo.fr +257 22 32 83 /
22 22 8300 /
22 22 4801		 +257 22 24 1941
Uganda Management Institute Uganda Dr James Nkata Director General jlnkata@umi.ac.ug +256 259722 /
346620		 +256 414 259 314
Seychelles Institute of Management Seychelles Ms Anne Lafortune Chief Executive Officer ceo@sim.sc /
annelafortune@sim.sc		 +248 241 067 +248 241 725
Instituto Superior de Administraçao Pùblica Mozambique Dr Almiro Lobo Head almirolobo@hotmail.com +258 21 417 551  
South African Management Development Institute (AMDIN TREASURER) South Africa Prof. Solly Mollo Acting Director General lekoa.mollo@palama.gov.za /
dg.secretary@palama.gov.za		 +27 12 314 7024 +27 12 328 3685
Lesotho Institute of Public Administration and Management Lesotho Dr John Dzimba Director General jdzimba@yahoo.co.uk /
jdzimba@lipam.org.ls		 +266 223 12801 +266 223 14848
Immediate Past Chairperson Ex Officio Prof. Callistus Ndlovu DG - ZIPAM and Immediate Past Chairperson zipam@mweb.co.zw /
zipamdir@mweb.co.zw		 +263 62 23 48  
NEPAD Secretariat Ex Officio Mr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki Chief Executive Officer ibrahimassanem@nepad.org +27 11 265 2633 +27 11 313 3450
AUC- Political Affairs Ex Officio H.E.Commissioner Julia Dolly Joiner AU Commissioner jdollyj@hotmail.com +251 11 552 5859 +251 11 911 75643
AUC Political Affairs Ex Officio Ambassador Ognimba (ALT) Director of Political Affairs ognimba@hotmail.com +251 551 0039  
AUC Political Affairs Ex Officio Dr Mamadou Dia (ALT) Head of Division Diama56@yahoo.com +251 11 551 0039 +251 11 551 7844
African Conference of Ministers Ex Officio Dr Maurice O Khayota Representative of Chairperson of the Conference of African Ministers of Public Service (CAMPS) khayota@yahoo.com / khayota@gmail.com +254 202 042191
(wireless 0202166959)		  
African Conference of Ministers Ex Officio Ms Juster Nkoroi (alt) Representative of Chairperson of the Conference of African Ministers of Public Service (CAMPS) mwalimnkoroi@yahoo.com +254 022 27461  
AMDIN Ex Officio Mrs Hanlie Van Dyk-Robertson CEO hanlie.robertson@amdin.net +27 11 480 4994 +27 11 642 6011

Executive Committee

Professor Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah
AMDIN Chairperson: Prof. Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah

Dr Almiro Lobo
Deputy Chairperson: Dr Almiro Lobo

Prof. Solly Mollo
AMDIN Treasurer:

Prof. Solly Mollo
The Council establishes an Executive Committee from amongst the members of the Council. These are:
  • Chairperson,
  • Deputy Chairperson,
  • Treasurer and
  • The Chief Executive Officer (non-elective officer)
The 2007-2009 Executive Committee:

  • Chairperson: Professor Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah

    chairperson@amdin.net
    Dean, Faculty of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
    Formerly Director General of the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON)

  • Deputy Chairperson: Dr Almiro Lobo

    almirolobo@hotmail.com
    Director-General of the Higher Institute of Public Administration / Institute Superior de Administração Pública (ISAP), Mozambique

  • Treasurer:Prof. Solly Mollo

  • Chief Executive Officer: Hanlie van Dyk-Robertson

    hanlie.robertson@amdin.net

Committees

Council has the authority to establish no more than three standing committees, of which at least two members are members of the council. Two such committees have been operationalised thus far. These are:

  • Committee on Finance and Administration

  • Committee on Programmes

    • Membership:
      • Dr Almiro Lobo
      • Dr Haile-Michael Abera
    In addition, Council can create other Ad Hoc committees - with a life span not exceeding one year.

Secretariat

Chief Executive Officer: Hanlie van Dyk-Robertson

The AMDIN Council offered the position of Chief Executive Officer to Hanlie van Dyk-Robertson after its meeting in July 2008. She assumes this position in full-time capacity as from 1 April 2009, after she has been acting part-time in the position since January 2007. She was previously Policy and Special Advisor to the Hon. Geraldine Fraser Moleketi, Minister of Public Service and Administration of South Africa since January 2001 until the Minister's retirement in September 2008. In this position her main responsibility was to provide technical assistance to the Minister in fulfilling her many leadership roles in the international Public Administration policy community, including being chairperson of the Pan African Conference of Ministers of Public and Civil Service.

Prior to becoming Advisor she was a Chief Director in the Department for Public Service and Administration, with special responsibility for Sector Analysis, and later in the office of the Director General. Having come from an academic position to the Public Service, Hanlie maintains a strong link with academia. She is Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Management at the University of the Free State and Visiting Research Fellow at the Graduate School for Public and Development Management at the University of the Witwatersrand. Her areas of expertise include Comparative Public Sector Reform, Policy Analysis and Management, with specific interests in Implementation Research, as well as Monitoring and Evaluation; and Public Sector Capacity Development.


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