Organization

The organisational set-up of ATE which follows the requirements of the Constitution is illustrated by the below figure:

ATE's Organizational chart

Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) deliberates and decides on any matter referred to it by the Management Board. The decisions taken guide the functions and work flows to be prioritised and carried out the coming year.

Management Board
The Management Board manages, controls, and administers the affairs of ATE. It shall meet as often as it deem con-venient, but not less than four times per year.

Executive Committee
The Executive Committee carries out the day-to-day affairs of ATE as delegated to it by the Management Board. It deals furthermore with matters of immediate urgency - pending the holding of a Management Board meeting.

Secretariat
The ATE Secretariat is headed by an Executive Director who has been appointed by the Management Board. He exe-cutes the functions of ATE at the head office and is responsible to the Management Board for the day-to-day manage-ment of the association's affairs including its zonal offices, and for the maintenance of all proper records of accounts.

Zonal Supervisory Committee
The goal is to have office in the four zones of Tanzania. Each of these will have a Zonal Supervisory Committee.

Zonal office
The zonal offices have not been established yet (April 2005) - but the establishment of an office in Arusha (Northern zone) and in Dar es Salaam (Eastern zone) is in progress. Proposals for a division of responsibilities between head office and zonal offices are comprised in the review of ATE's organisational structure introduced below.