Departments

The institute is led by Director General (DG) and Deputy Director General (DDG). The Core Management and the Council are accountable to the DG. The Core management consists of executive officers of the lead and administrative departments, while the Council is made up of all management members, project national coordinators and case team leaders.

The institute consists of seven lead executive offices, namely:

    • Animal Biodiversity Research Lead Executive Office
    • Crop & Horticulture Biodiversity Research Lead Executive Office
    • Forest & Range Land Plants Biodiversity Research Lead Executive Office
    • Genetic Resources Access & Benefit Sharing Research Lead Executive Office
    • Microbial Biodiversity Research Lead Executive Office
    • Training, Consulting, Project Monitoring and Support Lead Executive Office
    • Centers and Botanical Gardens Coordination

And ten administrative executive offices, namely:

        Management Chief Executive Office
    • Basic Services Executive Office
    • Human Resource Administration and Competency Executive Office
    • Information Communication Technology Executive Office
    • Organizational Change Executive Office
    • Procurement and Finance Executive Office
    • Strategic Affairs Executive Office

        Head of Director General Office

    • Audit Executive Office
    • Ethics and Anti-corruption Executive Office
    • Public Relation & Communication Executive Office
    • Women’s Inclusion and Social Affairs Implementation Executive Office

 Plus seven biodiversity centers, two botanical gardens and one duplicate genbank, namely:

  •   Centers
    • Asosa Biodiversity Center
    • Bahirdar Biodiversity Center
    • Goba Biodiversity Center
    • Harar Biodiversity Center
    • Hawassa Biodiversity Center
    • Mekelle Biodiversity Center
    • Mettu Biodiversity Center
  •   Botanical Gardens
    • Jimma Botanical Garden
    • Shashemene Botanical Garden
  •   Duplicate Genbank
    • Fiche Biodiversity Gene-bank