TOUR DU VALAT
A research centre for the conservation of Mediterranean wetlands
Tour du Valat
Governance
The global activities of the Tour du Valat are managed by a French organisation: the Fondation Tour du Valat, a state-approved entity directed to the public benefit. Its statutes were recently thouroughly modified and adapted to the new legislation on foundations. The governance described hereafter will be implemented as soon as these statutes are approved by the State.
A Scientific Council, made up of internationally known researchers, intervenes to support the Board of Directors for the purposes of evaluating and validating the pertinence of the scientific programme. Its President is a permanent guest to the Board of Directors, with no right to vote. Experts in the management and administration of companies also communicate with the Board of Directors to help it validate the overall strategy of the Tour du Valat and in the use of its financial resources.
Composition of the Administrative Council of the Tour du Valat Foundation
- Dr Luc Hoffmann Honorary President, permanent guest
Board of founders
- Mrs Véra Michalski
- Mrs Maja Hoffmann
- Mr. André Hoffmann, Vice-president
- Mr. Jean-Paul Taris, President
Board of qualified persons
- Mr. Thymio Papayannis, Secretary
- Mr. Mike Moser, Treasurer
- Expert in the intervention field of Tour du Valat
- Communication / press specialist
Board of ex-officio members
- Representative from the Ministry of the Interior
- Representative from the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development (DIREN-PACA)
- Representative from the Ministry for Research
- The Mayor of Arles
From 1974, the Founder has allocated to the Tour du Valat a capital sum, managed by the Fondation Pro Valat, whose revenue accounts for around 20% of the organisation's budget. The Tour du Valat is also supported by the Fondation MAVA, which operates widely in the environmental field.
Funding from institutional or private sources, in the framework of sponsored projects or activities, accounts for an increasing proportion of the budget. In addition, the Fondation is authorised to receive funding and donations from private individuals or from businesses. The budgetary management of the Tour du Valat Foundation meets the requirements of international standards and is audited on an annual basis. The average annual budget of the Tour du Valat is around 4.2 million euros.
Our expenditure is divided as follows:
- 64% allocated to wages
- 32% allocated to running costs
- 4% allocated to investments
