GFRAS - Governance

Governance

GFRAS is organised as an independent association and has as formal members entities bringing together actors in the domain of RAS. The GFRAS association includes a board, a general assembly, and is independently audited.

The Board is authorized to carry out all acts that further the purposes of the Association and is composed by representatives of regional networks and partner organisations, plus one seat for GFRAS' current host, AGRIDEA.

Activities are managed by the GFRAS secretariat, currently hosted in Switzerland, and operating virtually.

Board Members

Hur Ben Corrêa da Silva

Board President, RELASER Representative

Archana Karanam

Board Vice-President, Digital Green Representative

Alexandros Koutsouris

SEASN Representative

David Nielson

NAAAN Representative

Florian Herzog

IALB Representative

Nathalie Bogui Konan

RESCAR-AOC Representative

Roy Murray-Prior

APEN Representative

Souvanthong Namvong

MELA Representative

Verona Parkinson

SARFAAS Representative

Andrew Ward

Croplife Representative

Genna Tesdall

YPARD Representative

Philippe Michiels

AGRIDEA Representative

General Assembly

According to Article 8 of the GFRAS Association Statutes, the General Assembly is the Association’s supreme authority, and it is composed by all members, so represented:
• From member category A: six delegates from each region, geographically grouped as: 1. Americas and the Caribbean, 2. Africa, 3. Europe and Central Asia, and 4. Asia and Oceania, totalling 24 (twenty-four) members.
• From member category B: a maximum of 18 (eighteen) members, delegated from different sub-categories (i.e. farmers, donors, organisations, etc.)

The General Assembly shall hold an Ordinary Meeting once each year. It may also hold an extraordinary session whenever necessary, at the request of the Board or at GFRAS Association Statutes.