Information for All Programme (IFAP)

The IFAP Bureau consists of six Member States nominated by the governing Council and meets twice a year.

The functions of the Bureau shall include: 

• appraising, selecting and approving projects to be funded by the IFAP special funds subject to the availability of resources;
• making recommendation for the organization of the work of the Council;
• ensuring the effective implementation of the resolutions of the Council;
• raising, with the collaboration of the Secretariat, extrabudgetary sources of financing for the activities of the Programme.

The Bureau is composed of a Chairperson, four Vice-Chairpersons and a Rapporteur: 

IFAP Chair – Ms Dorothy Gordon (Ghana)

Vice-Chair – Russian Federation
Vice-Chair – Jamaica
Vice-Chair – Belgium
Vice-chair – Libya

Rapporteur – Ms Soumya Chandrashekhrachari (India)