Bureau of the Intergovernmental Council

Last update: 20 April 2023

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: 

Composition of Bureau Members:

IFAP Chair – Dorothy Gordon (Ghana)

Vice-Chair – Yves Poullet (Representative of Belgium)
Vice-Chair – Cordel Green (Representative of Jamaica) 
Vice-chair – Alih R.A. Abdullah (Representative of Libya) 
Vice-Chair – Evgeny Kuzmin (Representative of Russian Federation) 

Rapporteur – Soumya Chandrashekhrachari (India)