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icapa governance

Following upon the recommendations of a Taskforce, the governance structures of ICAPA were modernized and brought in line with the international best practices of the sector.

ICAPA consists of three governance bodies.

the steering committee (SC)

sets the overall policy of ICAPA, supervises the Secretariat, and endorses the decisions of the Accreditation Commission. The SC was appointed by the IASIA Board of Management in 2022 and 2023, and is composed of:

Chairperson

Prof. João Salis Gomes,

ISCTE - Instituto Universitario de Lisboa, Portugal

Acting chairperson

Prof. HAMID e. Ali,

DOHA INSTITUTE FOR GRADUATE STUDIES, QATAR

Members

Names

Institution

Country

Position

Alex Brillantes Jr.

EUROPA

Philippines

Member

Hamid Ali

Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Qatar

Member

Liezel Lues

University of the Free State

South Africa

Member

Tim A. Mau

University of Guelph

Canada

Member

the accreditation COMMISSION (AC)

AC chair

Prof. Ing. JURAJ NEMEC,

MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY AND MASARYK UNIVERSITY, CZECH REPUBLIC

AC vice chair

Prof. dr. MICHIEL S. DEVRIES,

RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS

decides on accreditation criteria, appoints site visit teams, and decides on the accreditation of programs. The AC is composed of:

Names

Institution

Country

Position

Mohammed Zakaria Abouddahab

Mohammed V University

Morocco

Member

Ian C. Elliott

Northumbria University

United Kingdom

Member

Rachel Emas

Rutgers-Newark University

USA

Member

Jochen Franzke

University of Potsdam

Germany

Member

Ricardo Corrêa Gomes

Foundation Getulio Vargas

Brazil

Member

Diana Iancu

National University of Political Studies and Public Administration

Romania

Member

Polya Katsamunska

University of National and World Economy

Bulgaria

Member

John-Mary KAUZYA

Professor Extraordinary, School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University

USA

Member

Georges Labaki

National School of Administration

Lebanon

Member

Gerald Kagambirwe Karyeija

Uganda Management Institute

Uganda

Member

Ukertor Gabriel Moti

University of Abuja

Nigeria

Member

Lichia Saner-Yiu

Academy for Quality in Training and Education

Switzerland

Member

George K. Scott

African Association for Public Administration and Management

Kenya

Member

Ida Widianingsih

Universitas Padjadjaran

Indonesia

Member

Frank Naert

Ghent University, Belgium

Belgium

Member

Kaifeng Yang

Renmin University

China

Member

the secretariat

is in charge of relations with the clients, of supporting the SC and AC, and of marketing and management. Margaret Tabler is tasked with the ICAPA Secretariat, and can be contacted here: icapa@iias-iisa.org

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