ADEA Board approves its five-year strategic plan, endorses commencement of its incorporation as a legal entity
On Thursday, 18th July, ADEA held its second Interim General Assembly (IGA) meeting, which approved the Association’s five-year Strategic Plan 2024–2028 and gave the green light to commence the process of legal registration.This follows the confirmation of Mauritius, Senegal, and The Gambia as founding members of ADEA, the minimum number required to kickstart the legal registration process. South Africa and Zambia are in the final stages of confirmation as Angola, Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Sierra Leone, and Rwanda continue with their internal approval processes.
The Minister of Basic and Secondary Education in Sierra Leone, Dr. Conrad Sackey, chaired the IGA supported by the ADEA Executive Secretary, Albert Nsengiyumva and Senior Programs Officer, Shem Bodo. The meeting equally approved the setting up of an Interim Board, reviewed ADEA’s half-year performance and revenue targets for the next six months, in addition to approving the recently validated five year-strategic plan and resource mobilization strategy. Members at the meeting also acknolwedged ADEA’s efforts made in setting standards for education policy and advocacy in Africa.
The Interim Board assumes the role previously played by the Executive Committee, in terms of oversight of the daily activities of the Secretariat and ensuring the implementation of the IGA resolutions and decisions. In the new dispensation, the IGA replaces the Steering Committee as the highest decision-making organ of the Association.
Members also used the opportunity to recognize and thank the outgoing Chairperson of the Executive Committee, Ms Kimberly Kerr, who was instrumental in expanding ADEA’s global visibility and presence and mobilizing more resources. In her remarks, Kim recognized the strength of ADEA’s voice in African educational systems.
ADEA holds its IGA meetings twice a year, at the minimum, to share its report card to the members who comprise African countries, represented by their Ministers of Education; and financial and technical partners that include the host institution (the African Development Bank Group), the Mastercard Foundation, and USAID. The African Union and Islamic Development Bank have an observer position in the IGA.
