The ACE Steering Board

The ACE Steering Board (SB) is comprised of one member at management level from each of the nine ACE Partner organizations and is the executive-level group ultimately responsible for making all strategic and management decisions needed by ACE. The SB is expected to provide policy guidance and programmatic advice and support, as well as quality assurance of the programmatic work and management that is carried out by the ACE Coordination Unit. The SB shall communicate quarterly, with one face-to-face meeting every calendar year.

The ACE Coordination Unit

The ACE Coordination Unit (CU) is a virtual project management unit, responsible for the implementation of ACE functions and comprising of Partner staff contributions. All personnel comprising the ACE Coordination Unit, operate under the overall coordination of the ACE Coordinator, who reports to the ACE Steering Board through regular contact and exchanges.

The ACE Coordinator will coordinate the work of the Coordination Unit by delegating ACE tasks and functions to members of the CU. The ACE Coordinator will raise concerns about progress and quality of ACE deliverable to the Steering Board, helping to ensure that partner organizations are satisfied with the progress and quality of work at completion as per commitment.

ACE is currently funded and managed solely by the ACE Partner staff contributions.