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Chrispas
Nyombi
Eunice Shang-Simpson
Names and addresses ofadvisers (Optional inforination)
T pe ofadviser
Name
Address
Accountants
Barnett
Young II
15The Broadway, Woodford Green, 168OHL
Partners
Name ofchief executive or names ofsenior staff members
(Optional information)
Nneka Emilia Onyema, Chrispas
Nyombi,
Eunice Shang-Simpson
Oescription
ofthe charity's trusts
Type ofgoverning
document
Constitution
How the charity is constituted Charitable
Incorporated
Organisation
Trustee selection methods Appointed
by the Board of Trustees
Additional
governance
issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include
additional
information,
where
relevant,
about:
Every Trustee must be appointed
for a term ofthree years by a resolution
passed
at a properly
convened
meeting
of the Board of Trustees.
In
seiecting
individuate
for appointment,
the
Charity
Trustees
must
have
regard to the skilh,
knowledge
and experience
needed
for the effective
a policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and
training
oftrustees;
administration
ofthe charity.
AII three of our trustees
over the reporting
period are British nationals
from an academicf
legal practice background
with a longstanding
record of service. According
to our Constitution,
no
individual
can be appointed
as a Trustee
if they are under the age of 16
the charity's
organisational
years
and
no one is entitled
to act as a charity
trustee
whether
on
structure
and any wider
appointment
or on any
re-appointment
until
he or she has
expressly
network
with which the charity
acknowledged
his or her acceptance of the offfce of Charity Trustee. We
works; also have
a very diverse
body of Trustees,
with
two females
and one
~ relationship
with any related
male, from different
cultural
and ethnic backgrounds.
parties; The Charity's
activities are organised
and run by the Board ofTrustees.
It
~ trustees'
consideration
of
is the main management
and decision-making
body ofthe organisation.
It
major risks and the system consists of:
and procedures
to manage
them. Founder: Professor Nneka Emilia Onyema
(SOAS University
ofLondon)
Chairman:
Dr Chrispas
Nyombi
(University ofOerby}
Secretary: Eunice-Bhang
Simpson (Canterbury
ChristChurch
University}
The Charity
holds Trustees'
meetings
every first Saturday
of the month.
There must be at least two Charity
trustees
present
to have a quorum.
The Charity
undertakes
its activities
with the support
of the Trustees
and
their respective
organisations.
This has enabled
the Charity to expand
ib;
activities, as detailed
under Section l3 and its reach across the UK,
the
March 2012
European
Union,
Africa and around
the
world. The Charity world. The Charity also seeks to
develop partnerships
with organisations
from the UK and around the world
that share our common belief in equality, diversity and developing
capacity
in Arbitration
and other forms ofdispute
resolution in Africa.
The object ofAFAS asset out in the Constitution is:
Toadvance
education
in the knowledge,
skills, techniques, use and
Summary ofthe objects ofthe methods ofarbitration
by the provision of:
charity. set
governing
out in its
document
(a) funding
for students
in Africa to attend arbitration
related
workshops
and moots
corrierences,
(b) a website that will enable information relating to arbitration
tobe made
available
and accessible to the
enerai
ublic.

Achreveménts 2nd perforrriance March 2012