IATI re-elects Nigeria into its governing board

International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), with headquarters in New York, in the United States of America, has re-elected a Nigerian, Mr Henry Asor Nkang, into its Governing Board (GB) for two years covering 2022 to 2024.

The results of the election, which was generated through the election platform, according to a release, entitled: “GB Election Outcome,” and released by Annelise Parr, on March 29, 2022, showed that Mr Nkang of Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning and Mr Innocent Mugabe of Rwanda’s External Finance Directorate, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning were both re-elected to represent “partner countries” in the GB.

In the constituency of Civil Society and other, two candidates were elected into the Board, namely Charlie Ngounou (AfroLeadership) and Winnie Kamau (Association of Freelance Journalists.

The release announced that there were some uncontested seats.

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According to the release: “Following the nomination period (28 February-25 March) the seats of the Providers of Development Cooperation constituency (2) and Technical seat (1) were uncontested and no election was held for these seats

Listed under the constituency of Providers of Development Cooperation were Joseph Barnes (UNICEF) and Thea Schepers (Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs) while Pelle Aardema (Open Works) was listed under technical seat.

Meanwhile, the Chair of the Governing Board, Theo van de Sande, has now formally announced the outcomes of the election in an e-mail message on March 2022 edition of the IATI members’ update sent to members of the IATI Governing Board on March 29, 2022 at 8.09 pm

Sande wrote: “In this update you can find the latest information on the governance of our initiative and opportunities to get involved.”

On the Governing Board Election results, he thanked all the candidates and members who participated “in this year’s Governing Board Elections.

“Following the nomination period and online elections (in two constituencies) over February and March, I am happy to confirm the results of the IATI Governing Board elections in all seven seats.

“Congratulations to the following members, who will comprise the 2022-2024 Board:

▪︎Partner countries

Government of Nigeria, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning (continues) – Mr. Henry Asor Nkang

Government of Rwanda, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, External Finance Directorate – Mr. Innocent Mugabe

▪︎Providers of development cooperation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands – Ms. Thea Schepers

UNICEF (continues) – Mr. Joseph Barnes

▪︎CSOs and other

AfroLeadership – Mr. Charlie Martial Ngounou

Association of Freelance Journalists (continues) – Ms. Winnie Kamau

Technical seat

▪︎Open Works- Mr. Pelle Aardema

Sande announced that “The new Board will be constituted from 1 May 2022 as required in our Standard Operating Procedures, meeting with members of the outgoing Board at the end of April.

“I take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to the following outgoing Board members, who have helped to strengthen the voices of our members and make important progress in implementing our five-year Strategic Plan:

▪︎Partner countries:

Ministry of Finance of the Government of Nepal, International Economic Cooperation Coordination Division – Mr. Khim Bahadur Kunwar

▪︎Providers of development cooperation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands – Mr. Theo van de Sande

▪︎CSOs and other

Oxfam Novib – Mr. Leo Stolk

▪︎Technical seat (formerly TAG Chair)

· Sida – Ms. Melinda Cuzner (who stood down earlier this year)

Sande stated that “As the outgoing Governing Board Chair, I am proud of what IATI has achieved over the past four years in providing the solid basis that is needed to face future challenges.

“I am equally proud of the committed network of publishers, data users and transparency advocates that make up our initiative. It has been a sincere privilege serving in this position and I look forward to seeing IATI flourish through 2025 and beyond.”