The ESDF is governed by a Board of Directors which consists of 7 members, six women and a man. The Board of Directors are the main decision-making body regarding the organisational policies, finance, programs, administration, human resources and legal affairs. In addition to that, the Board of Directors meet in every quarter to discuss about the organizational matters including to monitor the progress and challenges, project planning, provide technical support to the management team and make key decisions on particular subjects. Furthermore, conduct an annual general meeting (AGM) to see the overall view of the organisation including achievements, lessons learned, challenges and develop new strategies for the programs and seeking partnership opportunities to the upcoming years.
The programme committee is consisted with 3 board members including a Financial Director, Executive Director and one of the Board of Directors whose duty is to cross check all finance management, internal control systems, progress of the projects’ activities along with monitoring the quality of the project activities and documentation. In addition, the programme committee supports and facilitates the organisational management and programme teams to make sure everything runs according to the organisational procedures and project plans.
Furthermore, the Executive Director is the key focal person at the organisational management level, implementing the decisions of the Board of Directors and holding responsibilities to implement all activities of the organisation including planning, approvals, implementation, monitoring and reporting. The ESDF administrative system is divided into 4 divisions such as finance & procurement, administration & logistic, MEL & documentation and programme to manage all matters smoothly and in a systematic manner. In addition to that, assigned line managers to each unit to plan, implement, monitor and reporting with managing unit’s regular activities and support to unit staff including field implementation and report their activities.
