AARSE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

The African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE) has in its structure three main body that look into the function and well being of the Association. These include: the Board of Trustees, the Executive Council and the Advisory Council Members. The Executive Council of AARSE comprises the President, the Vice Presidents, the Secretary General, the Treasurer, the Conference President, Editor of the Newsletter, the auditor, and one representative from: National Society/or National Association Member of AARSE Which formally endorsed the AARSE constitution and fulfill the membership obligations. The Vice-Presidents of AARSE represent the five subregions in Africa, namely, the North African Region, the West African Region, the Central African Region, the East African Region and the South African Region. Essentially, the selection of the Vice-Presidents is based on the need to reach out wider African Scientists and Engineers and other professionals to register their membership of the Association and facilitate communication problems.

AARSE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Dr. TSEHAIE WOLDAI
AARSE President
Dr. OLAJIDE KUFONIYI
AARSE Secretary General
Prof. HAROLD ANNEGARN
Univ of Johannesburg, South Africa
Prof. SIAS MOSTERT
Space Commercial Services, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Dr. PETER ZEIL
Univ of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Mr. JOHN LEWIS LECKIE CUZEN
Attorneys, Notaries, Johannesburg, South Africa
Ms. LINDI RAATH
Candidate Attorney, Johannesburg, South Africa

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

President	Dr. TSEHAIE WOLDAI Associate Professor of Geological Remote Sensing ITC, P.O. Box 6, 7500 AA Enschede, The Netherlands Phone: 31-53-4874279 Fax: 31-53-4874336 Email: woldai@itc.nl
Secretary General	Dr. OLAJIDE KUFONIYI Executive Director Regional Centre for Training in Aerospace Surveys (RECTAS) Off Road 1, Obafemi Awolowo University Campus PMB 5545, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. Phone: 234-36-230225 or 230050 Fax: 234-36-230481 Email: jidekufoniyi@yahoo.com RECTAS Website: www.rectas.org
Treasurer	Prof. HAROLD ANNEGARN Department of Geography Environmental Management and Energy Studies University of Johannesburg (Kingsway Campus) Ditton Rd Entrance 2, Auckland Park, 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa han@rau.ac.za
Editor	Dr. ELISABETH ZEIL-FAHLBUSCH Independent Consultant – Facilitation, Public Relations, Project Services. Lecturer at University of Salzburg, Austria, Abtenham 6, D - 84529 Tittmoning, Germany Phone: ++49 8683 809 551 epzeil@gmx.de
Conference Chairman	Ms. AIDA OPOKU-MENSAH Officer-in-Charge of the Development Information Services Division (ISTD) United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Past-President	Prof. PETER O. ADENIYI Former Vice Chancellor Federal University of Technology, Akure
AARSE REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENTS
Central Africa	Dr. MOHAMED A. MOHAMED Chief GIS Officer MINURCAT Abeche Camp DFS/DPKO - United Nations Abeche, Chad Phone: 194-7712 Mobile: +235-690-0039 mohamed69@un.org
East Africa
North Africa	Prof. SAYED M. ARAFAT NARSS Secretary General Head of Scientific Training & Continuous Studies National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences P.O.Box:1564 Alf-Maskan 23 Josef Broz Tito el-Nozha Elgedida, Cairo, Egypt Tel: 202-6225818 Fax: 202-6225800 Email: smarafat@narss.sci.eg; drsayed.arafat@gmail.com NARSS Web-Site: http://www.narss.sci.eg
South Africa	Prof SIAS MOSTERT Director Space Commercial Services PO Box 6048, 7612 Uniedal, Stellenbosch, South Africa Tel: +27 82 894 0908; Fax: 086 617 7097 (South Africa) Fax: +44 7092261572 (Int) sias.mostert@spacecommercialservices.com
West Africa	Mr. FOSTER MENSAH Executive Director Center for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Services (CERSGIS) University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana fmensah@ug.edu.gh
Advisory Council Members	Dr. Jimmy O. ADEGOKE (University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA) E-mail: adegokej@umkc.edu Dr Justin AHANHANZO (UNESCO, Paris, France) Email: J.Ahanhanzo@unesco.org Dr. Joseph O. AKINYEDE (NSRDA, Abuja, Nigeria) Email: jakinyede@yahoo.com Prof. Harold ANNEGARN (University of Johannesburg, South Africa) Email: hannegarn@gmail.com Prof. Dr. AYENI (University of Lagos, Nigeria) Email: ooayeni@yahoo.com Mr. Sjaak BEERENS (ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands) Email: Beerens@itc.nl Dr. Dozi. EZIGBALIKE (UN-ECA, Addis Ababa) Email: Ezigbalike.uneca@un.org Dr. Hussein FARAH (RCMRD, Nairobi, Kenya) Email: Emeritus Prof. Dr. Gottfried KONECNY (University of Hannover, Germany)Email: konecny@ipi.uni-hannover.de Prof. Isi IKHUORIA (RECTAS, Ile-Ife, Nigeria) Email: Ms Kate LANCE (NASA, USA) Email: Dr. Charles LUTHER (former IEEE President, USA) Email: ChuckLuther@aol.com Prof. Evelyne MBEDE, Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Dares-Salam, Tanzania; Email: embede@uccmail.co.tz Prof. Musisi NKAMBWE, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana; Email: MUSISIN@mopipi.ub.bw Mr. Andre NONGUIERMA (UN-ECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Email: anonguierma@uneca.org Dr. Wilber K. OTTICHILO, Kenyan Member of Parliament (Nairobi, Kenya) Email: Dr Tidiane OUATTARA (Senior S&T Policy Advisor, Natural Resources Canada) Email: TOuattar@nrcan.gc.ca Prof. Dr. Gilbert L. ROCHON (Purdue University, USA)Email: rochon@purdue.edu Emeritus Prof. Heinz RUTHER (University of Cape Town, South Africa) Email: heinz.ruther@eng.uct.ac.za Mr Imraan SALOJEE (GEO Secretariat, South Africa) Email: isaloojee@geosec.org Dr. Mohammed SHOKR (Environment Canada, Ontario, Canada) Email: mohammed.shokr@ec.gc.ca Dr. Peter ZEIL (University of Salzburg, Austria) Email: peter.zeil@sbg.ac.at

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Last update on : Feb. 10. 2010