Organization

The idea of starting ASEE was hatched at the 7th biennial ISEE meeting in Sousse, Tunisia in March 2002. ASEE was then formally inaugurated in Montreal, Canada in July 2004 and on 12th July of the same year, the ASEE held the first African Regional Society meeting alongside the meetings of other regional ISEE chapters. Matters discussed included:

  • Elections of an ASEE Interim Board, pending formal elections of the Board members in 2005, where it was decided that the steering committee should carry on;
  • Procedures for legal incorporation of the ASEE in an African country;
  • Planning for the first Regional conference in 2005;
  • Expansion of the Steering Committee;
  • Proposal for a special issue of Ecological Economics by Africans about Africa;
  • Procedures for commenting on the draft constitution;
  • Nominations to the ASEE Advisory Committee (AAC);
  • ASEE response to a proposed ISEE statement about growth, put forward by the US-SEE during the ASEE general meeting.
  • Possibility of organizing a training event alongside the European Society conference in Lisbon Portugal 2005;
  • ASEE contribution to and participation at the 9th Biennial ISEE conference, to be held in India in 2006,
  • ASEE strategy for supporting publications by members, and Strategies for improving existing networks among ASEE members.