Staff
ANNUAL REPORT 2023
The Dean
Mr. Thomas Stelzer served as IACA’s Dean and Executive Secretary to the AoP until 25 July 2023. Subsequently, the Board of Governors (BoG) instituted a two-person management committee within the Secretariat to handle the day-to-day operations of IACA. This committee was comprised of Mr. Jaroslaw Pietrusiewicz and Ms. Petra Susac, who served as the Officers-in-Charge until the end of the year.
IACA Staff
Gender balance in IACA’s staff
27
Staff in 2023 came from 27 countries
The adopted Budget for 2023 earmarked 33 positions, including the Dean and staff positions funded through extra-budgetary activities. At the start of 2023, IACA had 28 staff members, including one seconded staff member. By December, this number increased to 29.
All staff members passed an international screening and recruitment process and were hired under international contracts. Employees in 2023, including those under secondment appointment, came from 27 countries around the world: Albania, Austria, Bolivia, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Columbia, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, United Kingdom, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe.
The organization also reaffirmed its strong commitment to gender equality and female empowerment, including in its staffing. Notably, female employees comprised 59% of the workforce, compared to 41% for male employees.
Interns from all regions once again supported IACA’s work by assisting the Academic Programmes, General Management, Research and Analytics, Strategic Partnerships, and Training and Capacity Development departments.
The IACA Internship Programme offered experience to 23 individuals in 2023, with each of them working for a period of three to six-months. They came from Austria, Brazil, China, Germany, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Pakistan, Peru, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America.