Board Responsibilities

In terms of its Constitution the Directors assume responsibility for specific portfolios which include:

Customs Maritime Aviation Security Regional affairs Membership Roadfreight Public relations	Transformation, employment equity and BEE Education and training Border affairs Supply Chain Management FIATA and other affiliations Finance and Administration Information Technology
Directors formulate portfolio plans and set up working groups to effect these and to deal with ad hoc issues as and when they arise.

Executive Officer

The Association employs an Executive Officer, one of whose main functions is communication with members, providing relevant and useful information to them. The Executive Officer must foster the relationship between members and the Association, ensuring that their concerns and queries are effectively addressed. Another important responsibility is to develop close working relationships with organisations which impact on members and their clients such as Customs, the National Ports Authority, SA Port Operations, the Civil Aviation Authority, the Department of Health, airlines and shipping lines, and others.

Consultants

Where it is to the advantage of members, the Board will appoint external consultants to deal with specific issues.

Objects of the Association

The objects, as they are known, of the Association are given in the Constitution, a copy of which may be found elsewhere on this website. Two notable ones are to:

• promote and maintain a high standard of ethical conduct among members, board members and the Association's employees, and
• take such action as may be reasonable and achievable to advance the interests of members.

Priorities

On a more specific note, the Association aims to:

• ensure that members of the Association receive value
• raise the level of industry skills development
• drive and/or participate initiatives to improve cargo security controls
• improve the level of networking at senior levels with Government, service providers, and other organisations which interface with the freight industry
• deal with issues which are adversely affecting Government's policy on South Africa being a transit route into and out of Africa
• encourage senior personnel of members to participate more in the affairs of the Association

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