Mr Alf Wills

Role:

To effectively manage, facilitate and coordinate the department’s international relations, engagements and cooperation agreements.

Functions:

To manage, facilitate and coordinate implementation of programmes to:

• prepare for and negotiate international multi-lateral sustainable development and environment agreements and cooperation;

• prepare for and negotiate DEAT’s International Governance, South-South, South-North, bilateral and African foreign relations and cooperation related to sustainable development, environmental and tourism projects and programmes;

• provide DEAT with international relations support services.

Unit Administrator

Ms Judie Combrink

Role:

To manage the provision of specialist international support services and the overall administration function of the Unit in the Office of the Head: Specialist Unit: International Cooperation through the establishment and maintenance of systems and procedures for communication, information, work flow, planning, project administrative monitoring, reporting, correspondence and document management and all general administrative activities within the Unit.

Vacant (Chief Policy Advisor)

Functions:

To manage, plan, coordinate and lead the South Africa’s engagement in multi-lateral chemicals, waste, climate change, sustainable development and environmental sector trade agreements and related international cooperation.

1. Directorate: Sustainable Development

Vacant (Senior Policy Advisor)

Functions:

To manage, plan, coordinate and lead the South Africa’s engagement in multi-lateral sustainable development and environmental sector trade agreements and related international cooperation

Vacant (Senior Policy Advisor)

Functions:

To manage, plan and coordinate the South Africa’s engagement in multi-lateral chemicals, waste and climate change agreements and related international cooperation.

Vacant (Chief Policy Advisor)

Role:

To manage, coordinate and lead South Africa’s international biodiversity, natural heritage, marine and fisheries Multilateral Agreements

Vacant (Senior Policy Advisor)

Functions:

To manage, plan, coordinate and lead South Africa’s engagement in marine, fisheries and coastal agreements and related international cooperation.

Ms Malta Qwathekana (Senior Policy Advisor)

Functions:

To manage, coordinate and participate in South Africa’s international bio-diversity, and natural heritage Multilateral Agreements.

Mr Zaheer Fakir (Chief Policy Advisor)

Role:

To manage, plan, coordinate and lead South Africa’s environmental and tourism African regional, African sub-regional, South-South, South-North and bilateral cooperation engagements; international institutional governance relations and related resource mobilization.

1. Directorate: International Governance & Resource

Vacant (Senior Policy Advisor)

Functions:

To manage and coordinate international multilateral governance relations, cooperation and related resource mobilisation. Provide high-level policy advice, guidance and technical support in the area of international environmental governance.

2. Directorate: Africa & Bilateral Relations

Mr Stuart Mangold (Senior Policy Advisor)

Functions:

To manage and coordinate policy position research, prepare for, negotiate, lobby, monitor and report on international African, South-South and South-North and bilateral co-operation environment and sustainable development initiatives.