Governance

The governance of OneWorld International Foundation
OneWorld International Foundation Board of Trustees reflects the diversity of OneWorld's network, as each OneWorld centre nominates a local trustee. Thus the Board is democratically formulated, on the principle of one centre, one trustee.

There are two exceptions to this simple rule. To guard against unwitting imbalances (for example, every centre could nominate a male Trustee), provision was made in the Constitution to co-opt up to a third of the Board to redress imbalances in, for example, gender or geographic diversity.

It was also agreed that OWBT would be invited to have a Trustee on the Board of the Foundation - just as a Director of OneWorld International would be invited to be on the Board of OWBT.