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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 1 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 2 ISSA Organizational Chart for 2010 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 3 ISSA Organizational Chart for 2010 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 4 ISSA Organizational Chart for 2010 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. 5