In accordance with the provisions of article 13 of the COMIFAC Treaty, the appointment to statutory positions composed of the Deputy Executive Secretary, Technical Coordinator and the Administrative and Financial Director falls under the competence of the Council of Ministers on the proposal of the Minister in charge of forests/environment of the country from which the candidate comes.

Since the current statutory staff took office in January 2017, their term of office expires on 31 December 2020. In accordance with the provisions of Article 30 of the Rules of Procedure, six (06) before the expiry of the term of office of the Executive Secretary, the Chairman-in-Office sends a vacancy notice to all COMIFAC member states, via the Ministers in charge of forests and/or the environment. In order to be selected for the post of Executive Secretary, each Minister in charge of forests and/or the environment is required to send a maximum of three applications to the Council of Ministers.

With regard to the positions of the Deputy Executive Secretary, Technical Coordinator and the Administrative and Financial Director, article 33 of the Rules of Procedure states that: “six months before the expiration of the term of office of the Deputy Executive Secretary - Technical Coordinator and of the Administrative and Financial Director, the Executive Secretary sends a vacancy notice to the Governments of the Member States, represented by the Ministers in charge of forests and/or the environment.” It is in this context that a call for applications for the positions of Executive Secretary, Executive Secretary/Deputy Technical Coordinator and Administrative and Financial Director of COMIFAC is launched.