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Governance and Employees<br />

• General Assembly – All members<br />

• Office Bearers of <strong>the</strong> General Assembly (3)<br />

• Board of Management (7) – Volunteers<br />

• Secretariat to run <strong>the</strong> day-to-day activities<br />

• Executive Director<br />

• O<strong>the</strong>r salaried employees (22)<br />

• Structure of Employees<br />

• Sex ratio: 4 Females and 19 males<br />

• High level professi<strong>on</strong>als (BSc, BA, MSc) – 11<br />

• Medium level professi<strong>on</strong>als (Diploma) – 4<br />

• N<strong>on</strong>-professi<strong>on</strong>als (< 12th grade ) – 8<br />

Partnerships<br />

• BirdLife Partner in Ethiopia<br />

• One of <strong>the</strong> 12 full partners of BirdLife Internati<strong>on</strong>al in Africa<br />

• Member of Eastern Africa Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Network (EAEN)<br />

• Member of Horn of Africa Regi<strong>on</strong>al Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Network (HoA-REN)<br />

• Member of Central Rift Valley Working Group<br />

• Member of <strong>the</strong> Middle East –North Africa Migratory Birds Flyway Working Group<br />

• Works closely with relevant Government Instituti<strong>on</strong>s<br />

• Works in close collaborati<strong>on</strong> with all like-minded c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> n<strong>on</strong>-state actors<br />

Assets<br />

• Reputable image within <strong>the</strong> public domain<br />

• Dedicated staff members - work under high pressures and harsh c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s<br />

• Guided by a Strategic Plan developed and updated every five years<br />

• Operati<strong>on</strong>al Manuals and working documents in place<br />

– Financial Manual<br />

– Administrati<strong>on</strong> manual<br />

– Membership Policy and Strategy<br />

• Preparati<strong>on</strong> of o<strong>the</strong>r operati<strong>on</strong>al documents is underway<br />

– Membership Acti<strong>on</strong> Plan<br />

– Communicati<strong>on</strong> Policy<br />

– Advocacy Policy<br />

– Fundraising policy<br />

• Resource Centre in place with best collecti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> ornithology and biodiversity<br />

c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong><br />

• <str<strong>on</strong>g>Special</str<strong>on</strong>g>ized in project development and management<br />

• Capable of implementing regi<strong>on</strong>al projects that involve multi-stakeholders<br />

• A hub for avifauna of Ethiopia<br />

• Has experience in Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Educati<strong>on</strong> and producti<strong>on</strong> of Envir<strong>on</strong>ment-related<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>al publicati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

• Flexibility to assume different resp<strong>on</strong>sibilities is <strong>the</strong> unique feature of <strong>the</strong> Society<br />

Major Challenges<br />

• Lack of Appropriate Office Premises<br />

• Funding for sustaining core staff members and activities of <strong>the</strong> Society<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Walia</str<strong>on</strong>g>-<str<strong>on</strong>g>Special</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Editi<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bale</strong> <strong>Mountains</strong> 334

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