The Governance

How ACALAN is led, advised and run, from the African Union’s ministers of culture to language structures in every Member State.

Structure at a glance

From the African Union to every Member State

Supreme organ

AU Specialized Technical Committee on Youth, Culture and Sport

Highest policy-making body

Governing Board

Consultative

Scientific and Technical Committee

Administrative · Bamako

Executive Secretariat

Advisory

Assembly of Academicians

Working structures

National Language Structures

Vehicular Cross-border Language Commissions

Supreme organ

AU Specialized Technical Committee on Youth, Culture and Sport

The African Union ministers responsible for culture form ACALAN’s supreme organ and set its overall direction.

Policy-making

Governing Board

ACALAN’s highest policy-making body, which also approves donations and legacies under the statutes.

Consultative

Scientific and Technical Committee

Gives scientific and technical guidance on the Academy’s research and language programmes.

Advisory

Assembly of Academicians

Language experts and scholars who advise the Academ

Administrative

Executive Secretariat

Runs ACALAN day to day from its headquarters in Bamako, Mali.

Working structures

Close to the languages and the people who speak them

Structure at a glance

From the African Union to every Member State

1 per Member State

National Language Structures

Each African Union Member State has a National Language Structure that carries ACALAN’s work into national language policy and practice.

1 per language

Vehicular Cross-border Language Commissions

Each African Union Member State has a National Language Structure that carries ACALAN’s work into national language policy and practice.