The management of the network has the following major components:

ASARECA Committee of Directors (CD)

The ASARECA Committee of Directors (CD) is the governing body and the highest organ for decision making process concerning programs of ASARECA. The committee is composed by all the Director Generals of the National Agricultural Research Organizations of the ten member countries. It also includes a representative of the Deans of the faculties of agriculture of the universities in the region. The CD is responsible for setting policy and priorities of ASARECA and overseeing the implementation of the same through networks and programs. It will therefore give final approval of priorities, strategies, work plans, and M&E reports of ECARSAM.

ASARECA

The day to day supervision, monitoring and evaluation of the networks is provided by the ASARECA Secretariat based in Entebbe, Uganda and including the Executive Secretary, Technical Officer - Planning and Technical Officer - Monitoring and evaluation. The Secretariat provides supervision support, monitoring and evaluation of the networks and programs by undertaking the following:

• Provide overall guidance and managerial support;
• Liaises with network and ASARECA partners on policy, legislation and matters of institutional nature;
• Support the network in the mobilization of resources;
• Supports the network's capacity building effort

Steering Committee

The network will be managed by a regional steering committee that will consist of one representative from each of the member NARS with active sorghum and/or millet programs. The NARS and other stake holders shall independently nominate their representatives to the Steering Committee. As the network will focus on technology exchange/transfer and commercialization, the steering committee will also have in its membership, representatives of key NGOs, farmer group, private sector companies and organizations like -grain producers, seed companies, processors and marketers/product outlets, and Universities/advanced Research Institutes (ARIs). There will also be some observers (strategic development partners) at particular times.

The Regional (Network) Steering Committee (RSC) shall elect its own chairperson and vice-chair person from among its members. The chairperson shall hold office for a period of one year. The vice-chair person will be elected every year and assumes position of chairmanship the following year. In addition, the steering committee shall also develop and supervise the implementation of medium and long-term plan, design review and approve regional annual work plans, approve research projects and budgets for network activities, develop and implement resource mobilization strategies and provide scientific advice and leadership to the network coordinator. The names and contact addresses of the current steering committee members are listed here .

HOSTING INSTITUTION

Through agreements made between EU (donor), ASARECA and ICRISAT, currently the network is hosted and given management backstopping by ICRISAT. The network also receives technical backstopping from ICRISAT and INTSORMIL (International Sorghum and Millet Collaborative Research Support Program of a consortium of five Land Grant Universities of the USA).

REGIONAL COORDINATING UNIT

Through agreements made between EU (donor), ASARECA and ICRISAT, the network is hosted and given management backstopping by ICRISAT. The network also receives technical backstopping from ICRISAT and INTSORMIL (International Sorghum and Millets Collaborative Research Support Program of a consortium of five Land Grant Universities of the USA). ECARSAM coordination unit is located within ICRISAT-Nairobi office in the World Agro-forestry Centre, (ICRAF compound) and can be reached through contact address indicated below:

Prof. Barnabas Mitaru
ECARSAM Regional Coordinator
ICRISAT-Nairobi
ICRAF Compound- Room No. F115
Tel: 254-20-7224566/54
Fax: 254- 20-7224001
E-mail: b.mitaru@cgiar.org

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