IAG Chairperson
The IAG Chair derives his (her) mandate from the IAG’s discussions and decisions and acts as an ambassador and international champion of CoST.
The Chair’s primary focus is the building of partnerships with key stakeholders, raising the profile of CoST internationally and the establishment of the fundamentals for a broader roll-out, if decided on, after the pilot phase.
In addition, the Chair has a key role in ensuring the IAG relevant processes and policies are adequate and facilitate the IAG function. The Chair is responsible for:
- Chairing the IAG and facilitating dialogue and decision- making as needed between IAG meetings;
- Identifying needs for improved IAG processes and policies and collaborating with the Secretariat and DFID on addressing such needs;
- Ensuring the IAG meetings are participatory, well prepared, the agenda set is relevant and the decision- making process is based on consensus; and
- Ensuring that lessons learned are captured and disseminated as agreed during the IAG meetings and technical support needed by the IAG is properly prioritised.
The Chair is the first point of contact for IAG members in respect to issues of CoST policy and principles. The Chair is responsible for ensuring that the policy and guidance he supports is consistent with the CoST guiding principles and design documents.
The Chair is supported by the International Secretariat on a regular basis. The Secretariat supports the Chair in achieving the decisions and recommendations of the IAG and in his role representing CoST internally and externally.
The Chair is also supported by the IAG vice- Chair as needed. The IAG vice- chair helps with chairing the IAG and the improvement of IAG process and policies as needed.
The same Chair will be in place for the duration of the pilot phase, as long as he has the confidence of IAG members.
For more details, please refer to the job description in the design documents.
The IAG Chairperson for the pilot stage is Christiaan Portmaan. You can download his profile here.
