Download Annex VIII ISSA Organizational Chart 2010

ISSA Organizational Chart for 2010
ISSA Council
Nominations
Committee
International
Advisory
Board/Advisory
Group
Membership
Committee
ISSA Board of Directors
ISSA Secretariat:
Executive Director,
Program Director
Network Manager
Office Manager
Finance
Committee
Executive
Committee
Audit
Committee
Supervisory
Board for ISSA
Hungary
(discontinue?)
Strategic Planning
Committee
Program
Committee
Regional
Anchors
Core Group of
Experts,
Program
Specialists,
External
Consultants
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ISSA Organizational Chart for 2010
RESPONSIBLE
BODY
ISSA COUNCIL
GROUP
PURPOSE
PARTICIPANTS
DURATION
ISSA Board
of Directors
Control and manage the affairs and
property of ISSA in accordance with
the purposes and limitations set forth in
the Statutes.
1998 –
ongoing
ISSA COUNCIL
Nominations
Committee
ISSA COUNCIL
Membership
/ Governance
Committee
Board Representatives:
Regina Sabaliauskiene
Siobhan Fitzpatrick
Council Representative:
Alexander Ivanov
Regional Anchor Representative:
Cornelia Cincilei
ISSA Secretariat:
Liana Ghent
Fourth Quarter
of 2008 –
ongoing
ISSA BOARD
ISSA
Secretariat
Establish procedures for nominating
and identifying potential board
candidates; recruit and communicate
with candidates
Prepare recommendations to the
Council on membership issues:
expansion, types of membership,
benefits, responsibilities etc. Conduct
surveys. Propose revisions to Internal
Regulations. Finalize the Members’
Charter – an Agreement between ISSA
and members on: what does it mean to
be an ISSA member: benefits,
responsibilities, rules of conduct in the
network etc
Work on carrying out ISSA’s Strategic
Plan, under the leadership of the
Executive Director
Siobhan Fitzpatrick, President
Mark Ginsberg, President Elect and Past President
Lucy Marcus, Treasurer
Milena Mihajlovic, Secretary
Emil Buzov, Board Member
Phyllis Magrab, Board Member
Regina Sabaliauskiene, Board Member
Sarah Klaus, OSI Representative
ISSA Executive Director (ex officio, non-voting)
Additional beneficiary seat added from Oct 2010
Zenija Berzina
Cassie Landers
Anna Zolotova
Executive Leadership:
Executive Director
Program/Advocacy:
- Program Director
- Program Specialists, Core Experts (Consultants)
1999 –
ongoing
2006 –
ongoing
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ISSA BOARD
Executive
Committee
ISSA BOARD
International
Advisory
Board /
Advisory
Group
ISSA BOARD
Audit
Committee
Delegated by the Board to take
decisions concerning urgent matters
and/or decisions needed to implement
resolutions already adopted by the full
Board of Directors. May take decisions
requested by the ED to assist her in
daily management/administration.
Provide strategic advice to the ISSA
Council, Staff and Board
New proposal - to not set up a new
Advisory Group. Instead:
- draw on expertise of
independent board members on
the ISSA Board, as external
experts
- hire external experts (from the
region and outside the region)
as consultants as needed
Advise on financial policies;
recommend a registered accountant to
conduct the annual audit; ensure that
there are no conflicts of interest
preventing the Accountant or Auditor
from performing their tasks; assist the
Board and the Council on any other
Membership:
Network Manager
Regional Anchors (Consultants)
Administration:
- Office Manager and Special Projects Coordinator
- Part-time Admin Assistant/Temp Assistant
President,
Past-President,
President Elect,
Executive Director (non-voting member)
2007 –
ongoing
Seamus Hegarty
Nico van Oudenhoven
Mary Young
2003 –
ongoing
Lucy Marcus, Treasurer, ISSA Board
Antal Vincze, OSI Representative
Nives Milinovic, ISSA Council Member
2006 –
ongoing
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financial questions requiring either
special expertise or independence. No
decision-making power.
ISSA BOARD
Finance
Committee
ISSA BOARD
Supervisory
Board for
ISSA
Hungary
ISSA
SECRETARIAT
Program
Committee
Monitor ISSA’s financial assets and
oversee the preparation of accurate and
meaningful financial records for the
association. The Finance Committee
shall report quarterly to the Board and
annually to the Council.
Advisory capacity; make sure legal
requirements are met by ISSA Hungary
- an owned subsidiary of ISSA
Netherlands, established for
administration and HR purposes.
Appointed by ISSA Board, linked with
3 year Strategy Framework. Tasks:
Work with Secretariat/RAs to develop
strategy/yearly work plans: propose
programmatic priorities, based on
members’ needs, specific situation in
the region, latest research etc. Provide
input on developing new resources,
partnerships and advocacy initiatives.
Facilitate and support peer learning and
the work of SIGs. Develop evaluation
tools to measure progress and improve
ISSA’s operating effectiveness.
Evaluate results of projects and
recommend approaches, models and
resources which may be disseminated
in the network. Assist with mapping
members’ strengths and needs.
Lucy Marcus, Treasurer (Chair)
Siobhan Fitzpatrick, President
Liana Ghent, Executive Director
2008 –
ongoing
Lucy Marcus, Treasurer
Nilda Bullain, Independent Member
Sarah Klaus, OSI Representative
2006 –
ongoing
Cornelia Cincilei
Ulviya Mikailova
Regina Sabaliauskiene
Zorica Trikic
Ruzana Tsarukyan
Tatjana Vonta
Fourth Quarter
of 2008 ongoing
ISSA Secretariat:
Mihaela Ionescu, Dawn Tankersley, Aija Tuna
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ISSA
SECRETARIAT
Regional
Anchors
In each ISSA sub-region one of the
member NGOs is hired to serve as RA,
on consulting contract. RAs report to
the Executive Director.
Tasks:
- Work on communication and
membership issues.
- Assist with coordination of
horizontal exchanges and peermentoring.
- Assist with mapping members’
strengths and needs
- Provide input in the
development of ISSA’s
strategy and yearly work plans.
ISSA
SECRETARIAT
Core Group
of Experts,
Program
Specialists,
External
Experts
Internal/External Experts and Program
Specialists are hired as necessary on a
consulting contract, for partnership
projects, to provide content, serve as
trainers, project leaders, leaders of
special interest group or as mentors for
the network, as opportunities arise.
Consultants report to the Program
Director or the project leader. ISSA
may recommend experts from its Core
Group to other stakeholders when they
seek to hire consultants.
EU Members: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia,
Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and
Slovenia (possibly add Poland)
Center for Innovative Education, Lithuania
Main contact person: Regina Sabaliauskiene
South-Eastern Europe: Albania, BosniaHerzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia,
Montenegro, Serbia (possibly add Turkey)
Center for Interactive Pedagogy, Serbia
Main contact person: Milena Mihajlovic
Caucasus and Western CIS: Armenia, Belarus,
Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine
Educational Program Step by Step Moldova
Main contact person: Cornelia Cincilei
Central Asia/Azerbaijan/Mongolia: Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Center for Innovations in Education
Main contact person: Ulviya Mikailova
Program Specialists: Dawn Tankersley and Aija
Tuna
Fourth Quarter
of 2008 ongoing
Fourth Quarter
of 2008 ongoing
ISSA has a pool of internal and external experts in
each of the three key program areas, linked with
ISSA’s programmatic strategic goals:
- Quality Pedagogy
- Equity/Access
- Community-based ECD
These pools of experts are constantly expanded.
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