MOST Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)
The Scientific Advisory Committee (formerly “Scientific Steering Committee”) is made up of 6 experts, one for each region, and the Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Council (IGC) who attends in an ex officio capacity.
To give effect to the re-orientation of the MOST Programme decided in 2003 by the Member States, the SAC, in cooperation with the Intergovernmental Council Bureau, guides the Secretariat with regard to the quality and relevance of MOST projects as well as the expertise of researchers and other involved actors.
The SAC functions as a permanent committee. Its specific role is related to programme conceptualization, strategy development and scientific advisory research regarding MOST projects.
President
- Ms Fadia Kiwan
Professor at the University of Saint-Joseph in Beirut and Director for the Political Science Institute and member of the Board to the United Nations University
Lebanon
Vice-Presidents
- Prof. Sakiko Fukada-Parr
The New School for Public Engagement, New York
Japan
- Mr Emir Sader
Director, FLACSO, Brazil, and former Secretary-General, CLACSO
Brazil
Members
- Dr. Gudmund Hernes, researcher at the FAFO Institute in Oslo and Professor II at BI Norwegian Business School
Norway)
- Ms Zdenka Mansfeldová
Deputy Director
Institute of Sociology
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic
- Prof. Thandika Mkandawire
Department of International Development
London School of Economics
Malawi
- Dr. Ana Silva Monzon,
FLACSO-Guatemala
Guatemala
- Ms Judi Wakhungu
Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Water and Energy
Kenya
- Mr Michael Woolcock
Lead Social Development Specialist in the World Bank Development Research Group and Lecturer in Public Policy at Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
Australia
- Ex-officio member
H.E. Dr. Alicia Kirchner
Minister of Social Development, Argentina
President of the MOST Intergovernmental Council