Built on co-operation.
Designed for trust.
SEAF is owned and operated by WABSI and WAMSI, with ARDC as a key partner. Strategic oversight is provided by a joint board sub-committee of WABSI and WAMSI. Expertise comes primarily from both organisations and their partners, with additional specialist input from external experts when needed.
A governance model designed for collaboration
SEAF treats governance as part of the infrastructure itself, using a hub-and-spoke model that distributes authority across different levels. This ensures no single party controls the system, the science or the outcomes.
- System-level governance (hub): Provide shared rules, standards and integrity
- Regional-level governance (spoke): Manages regional priorities, participants and products, and what happens inside each spoke or analytical environment
- Scientific leadership: To ensure integrity
Together, this structure provides:
- Local control within each spoke
- Consistency across spokes
- A consistent ecosystem of shared infrastructure built around integrity and trust
The result is strong, accountable, spoke-centred decision making without fragmentation or informal arrangements that depend on goodwill.
