NEW OFFICE BEARERS FOR TAP-NETS
One outcome of the Fourth Annual Meeting of
the TAP-NETs, held on 28-30 March 2007 in Bamako,
Mali, was the election or re-election of governance
members for the various TAP-NETs, to coordinate
the activities of the networks for the year 2007,
as follows:
EPANET:
Chair - Professor Mike Obadan; Professor of Economics,
University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
Vice Chair - Professor Abdrahamane Sanogo; University
of Bamako, Mali
Coordinating Secretary - Mr. Tadeous Chifamba;
Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Zimbabwe
PAMNET:
Chair - Professor Gelase Mutahaba; Professor
of Public Administration, University of Dar-es-Salaam,
and Chief Technical Adviser, President’s
Office, Tanzania.
Vice Chair - Professor Jimoh Murtala Balogun;
Professor of Public Administration & Inter-Regional
Adviser, United Nations Department of Economic
and Social Affairs (UNDESA/DPADM), New York
Coordinating Secretary - Dr. Sams Dine Sy; International
Consultant, Senegal
FIMANET:
Chair - Professor Ademola Ariyo; Centre for Public-Private
Cooperation, Ibadan, Nigeria
Vice Chair - Dr. Mercy Nyangulu; Financial Consultant & Member,
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Advisory Board, Harare
Coordinating Secretary - (none)
PARLIANET:
Chair - Honorable John Bosley; Senior Advisor
ACI/PRP Pact Zambia, Lusaka.
Vice Chair - Dr. Elizabeth Amukugo; Director,
Graduate Institute of Leadership and Professional
Development, Windhoek, Namibia.
Coordinating Secretary - Mr. Jeewansing Ramlugun,
Consultant, UK
STATNET:
Chair - Mr. Peter Wingfield Digby; Statistical
Consultant, Thailand
Vice Chair - Mr Naasson Loutete-Dangui; Ingénieur
Statisticien-Démographe en Chef Hors Classe,
Formateur en méthodes de collecte des
données statistiques et en Démographie,
Congo Brazzaville
Coordinating Secretary - Mr. Abdou Abdallah;
Consultant, France
VOICENET:
Chair - Dr. Gloria Braxton; Consultant, USA
Vice Chair - Dr. Hilda Tadria; co-founder and
Chair of the African Women’s Development
Fund (AWDF)
Coordinating Secretary - Dr. Emmanuel Akwetey;
Director, Institute for Democratic Governance,
Ghana
