ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Composed of the constituent and associated members of OIEC, it is the Office’s most important body. It meets every four years.

PRESIDENT Father Jawad ALAMAT, Tunisia
VICE-PRESIDENT Americas Oscar PEREZ SAYAGO
VICE-PRESIDENT Asia Alain MANALO
VICE-PRESIDENT Africa Zephyrinus YEM MBUH
VICE-PRESIDENT Europe Paul  BARBER
REPRESENTATION OF THE CONGREGATIONS Martha SEÏDE
TREASURER José Alberto MESA

THE SECRETARY GENERAL

Elected by the General Assembly, he organizes and directs the General Secretariat, the Office’s executive body. He coordinates and motivates the activity of the Regional Secretariats and Permanent Representations. He represents the Office in its external relations. 

GENERAL SECRETARY  
Hervé LECOMTE, France secretaire.general@oiecinternational.com
ADMINISTRATION  
Béatrice LINN, Italy secretary@oiecinternational.com

THE REGIONAL SECRETARIES

Motivate the Office’s activities at a regional level. The regions are Africa, with headquarters in Yaoundé (Cameroon); Americas, with headquaters in Bogotá (Colombia); Asia and Oceania, with headquarters in New Delhi (India); Europe, with headquarters in Brussels (Belgium) and the Near and Middle East, with headquarters in Beirut (Lebanon).

Regional Secretary AFRICA: Zephyrinus YEM MBUH, CAMEROON
Regional Secretary AMERICA (CIEC): Oscar A. PEREZ SAYAGO, COLOMBIA
Regional Secretary ASIA: Alain MANALO, PHILIPPINES
Regional Secretary EUROPE (CEEC): Louis-Marie PIRON, FRANCE
Regional Secretary MIDDLE EAST (MENA): Youssef NASR, LEBANON

CONGREGATIONS

Martha SEÏDE, Filles de Marie Auxiliatrice Salésiennes di Don Bosco FMA

COUNCIL

Formed by 30 voting members, representing all regions, it is elected by the General Assembly. The Council elects its President and Vice-Presidents. A body for reflection and deliberation, it oversees the General Assembly’s decisions. It meets once a year.

 

GENERAL SECRETARY OIEC Hervé LECOMTE
PRESIDENT Father Jawad ALAMAT
REGIONAL SECRETARIES  
Regional Secretary AFRICA: Zephyrinus Yem Mbuh, Cameroon
Regional Secretary AMERICA (CIEC): Oscar A. Pérez Sayago, Colombia
Regional Secretary ASIA: Alain P. Manalo, Philippines
Regional Secretary EUROPE (CEEC): Louis-Marie Piron, France
Regional Secretary MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA (MENA): Youssef Nasr, Lebanon
ASIA
Father Alain P. Manalo, Philippines
Asher Javaid, Pakistan
Jacinta Collins, Australia
Father Maria Charles, India
AMERICA
Sister Ana Julia Suriel Sanchez, Dominican Republic
Francisco Varela, Uruguay
Francisco Mendez,Venezuela
Msc. Romulo Lopez Seminario, Ecuador
EUROPE
Paul Barber, England and Wales
Pedro Huerta Nuno, Spain
Louis-Marie Piron, France
Etienne Michel, Belgium (french speaking)
AFRICA
Zephyrinus Yem Mbuh, Cameroon
Alain Romaine, Mauritius
Didier Affolabi, Benin
 
MENA
Pascal Peyrat, Marocco
Jawad Alamat, Tunisia
Youssef Nasr, Lebanon
Yacoub Rafidi, Palestine
CONGREGATIONS
Marist Brothers: José Sánchez Bravo
Figlie Di Maria Ausiliatrice Salesiane Di Don Bosco/ Fma: Sister Martha Seïde
Frères Des Ecoles Chrétiennes : Nestor Anaya
Compagnie De Jesus: José Alberto Mesa

 

MANAGERS OF PROGRAMS

Organizational chart OIEC

 

PERMANENT REPRESENTATIONS

In the International Institutions in Paris, Geneva, Rome, Strasbourg, and New York.

UNESCO Gloria Parra, Roseline Moreau
United Nations (UN) Philippe RICHARD, Père Thomas PALLITHANAM,
Michel BERTET
COUNCIL OF EUROPE Bernard SENELLE, Pierre DUSSERE, Marianne ROULOT, Patrick KRUG, Michel BERTET