PERSGA: The Organization

 

 

PERSGA is an intergovernmental organization governed by a Council comprised of ministers handling environment affairs portfolios in each of the seven PERSGA member states. The Council meets annually to approve technical and financial policies.

The organization’s daily affairs are managed by a secretariat run by a team of professionals recruited from various countries in the region under the leadership of the Secretary General. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia currently hosts the PERSGA Secretariat and its Headquaters in Jeddah.

PERSGA has devised a systems of monitoring and evalution to ensure the Organisation is achieving its programme objectives laid out in the Strategic Action Plan, and to incorporate a system of transparency into project management.