ARUA is currently governed through a Board of Directors which is made up of the 16 Vice Chancellors of member universities. The Board is expected to meet annually and to be concerned with general policy and oversight of programmes and operations, while leading the development of strategic objectives.

Six of the members of the Board constitute an Executive Committee, which is scheduled to meet quarterly. The Committee is required to take responsibility for carrying out the oversight responsibilities of the Board on a more regular and frequent basis. Apart from the Chair and Co-Chair of the Board, the remaining four members of the Executive Committee represent the different sub-regions that are reflected by ARUA universities.

Managing the affairs of ARUA on a day-to-day basis is the Secretary-General of the Alliance. The Secretary-General reports to the Board through the Executive Committee.  He is assisted by a Secretariat currently located at the University of the Witwatersrand. By the initial support provided for the start-up of ARUA from the Kresge Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Witwatersrand University manages the financial resources of ARUA and accounts for these to the funding agencies.

The current Board Chair is Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka, Vice Chancellor of University of Ibadan. Professor Adam Habib, Vice Chancellor of University of Witwatersrand is the Co-Chair.

ARUA WATER CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE BOARD MEMBERS

ARUA WATER CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE DEVELOPMENT: WATER FOR AFRICA SDG’S: ES/T003731/1: CAPABILITY GRANT

Dr Peter Clayton

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Rhodes University, South Africa.

Dr Olivier Barreteau

Director of UMR G-EAU (Water Resource Management, Actors and Uses Joint Research Unit), Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l’Environment et l’Agriculture, France.

Prof Frances Cleaver

Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, United Kingdom.

Dr Vanessa Speight

Senior Research Fellow in Department of Civil and Structural Engineering and Managing Director, TWENTY65, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Prof Raphael Tshimanga

Head of Department of Natural Resources Management, University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ex Officio Members:

Prof Tally Palmer

Director: ARUA Water CoE, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, South Africa.

Dr Jane Tanner

Co-Director: ARUA Water CoE, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, South Africa.

Prof Zerihun Woldu

Co-Director: ARUA Water CoE, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

UNLOCKING RESILIENT BENEFITS FROM AFRICAN WATER RESOURCES ES/T015330/1: EXCELLENCE GRANT

Dr Peter Clayton

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Rhodes University, South Africa.

Dr Olivier Barreteau

Director of UMR G-EAU (Water Resource Management, Actors and Uses Joint Research Unit), Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l’Environment et l’Agriculture, France.

Dr Edward Stevenson

Department of Anthropology, Durham University, United Kingdom.

Prof Raphael Tshimanga

Head of Department of Natural Resources Management, University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Dr Claire Walsh

School of Engineering, Newcastle University, United Kingdom.

Ex Officio Members:

Prof Tally Palmer

Director: ARUA Water CoE, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, South Africa.

Dr Jane Tanner

Co-Director: ARUA Water CoE, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, South Africa.

Prof Zerihun Woldu

Co-Director: ARUA Water CoE, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

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