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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 B. Brillantes Jr.

EUROPA

Philippines

Member

Tim A. Mau

University of Guelph

Canada

Member

Ora-orn Poocharoen

Director of the School of Public Policy at Chiang Mai University

Thailand

Member

Liezel Lues

University of the Free State

South Africa

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:

Frank NAERT

Belgium

Organisation

Ghent University

Gabriel Ukertor

Nigeria

Organisation

University of Abuja

Ian C. Elliott

Scotland

Organisation

University of Glasgow

habil. J. Franzke

Germany

Organisation

University of Potsdam

Gerald K. Karyeija

Uganda

Organisation

Uganda Management Institute

Ricardo C. Gomes

Brazil

Organisation

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Diana - Camelia Iancu

Romania

Organisation

National University of Political Studies and Public Administration

Lichia Saner-Yiu

Switzerland

Organisation

Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development

Rachel Emas

USA

Organisation

George Washington University

Polya Katsamunska

Bulgaria

Organisation

University of National and World Economy

Ida Widianingsih

Indonesia

Organisation

Universitas Padjadjaran

Hiroko Kudo

Japan

Organisation

Chuo University

GEORGE K. SCOTT

Kenya

Organisation

AAPAM, Stellenbosch University

Hendrik J. Kroukamp

South Africa

Organisation

University of the Free State

John-Mary Kauzya

Uganda

Organisation

School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University

Georges T. Labaki

Lebanon

Kaifeng Yang

China

Christine Andrews

Brazil

SOFIANE SAhraoui

Tunisia

DG of IIAS

Ex Officio Member

Zakaria Abouddahab

Marocco

the secretariat

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

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