This rest on the CAARS Board headed by Director General who presides over the various committees headed by Directors or Chairmen.

While some committees are permenent, others are adhoc bases on the nature of roles assigned to them.

For example, the Committee for Awards and Honours and Recognitions is permanent while Conference organising committees are conference usually conference specific

CAARS Fellowship/Membership entitles one to the: -an academic fellowship, and the tag- fcaars.

It also qualifies one to appointable and electable positions in Body, like Country Director, other directorates, Chair of of research forums

• • appointment to delegations related to one’s field or general

  • Access to relevant information on the group platform etc

  • network etc

So far CAARS Members don’t pay annual dues.

The 10th Anniversary dues is a special due paid for the first time in 10 years of this body. It is open to members and even non-members who have been following us are required to pay dues.

What however has been traditional in CAARS is payment of conference fees for participants in our annual on ferences and publications to pay fees but at a rebate.

Undertake studies aimed at improving socio-cultural and diplomatic relations of African and American countries.

1. Through undertaking regular evaluative studies and interaction between academics, professionals and diplomatic staff of both regions and beyond

2. To organize conferences in different African and American countries so as to draw a host of intellectual resources abundant in each continent for the benefit of countries in both

3. By means of the above exchange technological know-how, positive culture and find solution to the abundant development challenges in the continents.

4. To find the most peaceful ways of resolving intermittent conflicts in the African continent

5. To enlighten African leaders on ways of improving development administration in the

6. To sensitize and mobiiixe the African and American intellectuals to studies that will ultimately enhance development administration in the

7. To integrate the realm of African and American scholarship to a common quest for overcoming the African dependency

8. To appropriately link politics and administration in the scheme of development of the

9. To contribute to improved int’l development administration through organizing intellectual discourses/ conferences among scholars and practitioners in the area of Int’l development and administration, and publishing the results/findings of such discourses and

10. By means of subject 8 above, find solutions to the problems encountered by Int’l development administration agencies like UNDP, USAID, EDF, ADB etc in field, in a globalizing world like the

11. To contribute to bridging/ the dichotomy in development between the

North/South countries by organizing joint conferences between intellectuals/administrators from both sides of globe.

12. By extension of section 9 above recommend appropriate models of development (with inherent machineries /tools) between the North and South for the facilitation of development in the

13. To publish through its journal: African-American Journal of Development, AAJD selected conference papers.

14. Organize exchange progamraes among African universities /research centres and their counter parts in Europe, America, Asia and Australia, between both continents designed at improving development of African

15. To conduct intermittent surveys on the ecology of development administration in countries of both the southern and northern hemisphere

16. To apply the findings of objective 14 above towards improving general development administration in both developing region in general as well as respond to objectives 5,11,12, and 13

17. Work towards establishing a world class university of development and administration.

1. Organizing seminars, conferences and carrying out survey of relevant institutions from time to time.

2. Developing and recommending courses aimed at improving development administration inthe

3. Making regular publications of findings in journals and books through the collated conference papers and findings of

Mode of Operation of the Centre:

The Center shall have offices in at least one country in each of the sub- regions of Africa; as well as representative offices in Europe, America, Asiaand Australia.

Administration;

The overall management of the Centre shall be in the hands of the Board of Trustees.

Members of the trusteeship shall be stakeholders of the centre.

The day to day administration to the centre shall be in the hands of an administrative management headed by the Director General.

The Director General shall be the chief executive officer of the centre and shall be responsible the appointment of the sub-regional directors. The sub-regional offices shall be headed by directors who shall be accountable to the Director General for the operations.

Source of funding:

The Centre shall generate its initial funds through the contributions of the stakeholders and subsequently through the conference fees and sales of journal and books of the institute among others. It shall also

generate income through receipts of project-aid from interested international donor agencies as well as receipts from the Centre’s consultancy services.

I n d i v i d u a l a n d c o r p o r a t e p e r s o n s w h o a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n fellowship/membership of CAARS can attain it by subscribing to CAARS in this way: visit CAARS website: www.caarsnetwork.org; fill a subscriptions form, attach subscribers profile or cv to: nnamdi@caarsnet.org

And proceed to pay subscription fee of N105,000 to **0065526942, Centre for African American Research Studies, *Access Bank (Nigeria)

Anyone who subscribes and is admitted with a numbered certificate/plaque issued to him/her henceforth becomes a full/certified members.

CAARS handbook is included in the folder handed over to members upon registration. He or she will join the next induction at CAARS annual Conference.