The main decision-making body, the Governance Committee sets out the strategic guidelines and agrees to a schedule of actions for the coming year. It meets on a yearly basis at one of the member universities. Traditionally, this meeting is concomitant with a Symposium and a Summer School.
Last meeting: 7th Governance Committee - Corte, University of Corsica 22nd-23rd September 2016.
Next meeting: 8th Governance Committee. Okinawa, University of Ryukus, November 2017.
The president is elected from the Governance Committee.
He/She prepares and directs the work of the Governance Committee in collaboration with the Permanent Operational Management Team. He/She ensures the implementation of the guidelines set out by the Governance Committee and represents the network in its relations with third parties.
On the 23 July 2016, Professor Clive Mulholland, President of the University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland became the 3rd President of the RETI. His term of office runs until 2019.
⇒A few words from the President:
The Governance Committee is composed of all the Presidents of the RETI (or of their representative) having one vote each.
| PRESIDENT | INSTITUTION | ISLAND | STATE |
| Paul-Marie ROMANI | Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli | Corsica | France |
| Llorenç HUGET ROTGER | Universitat de les Illes Baleares | Balearic Islands | Spain |
| Massimo CARPINELLI | Università degli Studi di Sassari | Sardinia | Italy |
| Maria DEL ZOMPO | Università degli Studi di Cagliari | Sardinia | Italy |
| Fabrizio MICARI | Università degli Studi di Palermo | Sicily | Italy |
| Alfred VELLA | University of Malta | Malta | Malta |
| Ioanis DRAGONAS | T.E.I of Ionian Islands | Ionian Islands | Greece |
| ODYSSEAS ZORAS | University of Crete | Crete | Greece |
| Stefanos GRITZALIS | University of the Aegean | Aegean Islands | Greece |
| Christou COSTAS | Open University of Cyprus | Cyprus | Cyprus |
| Rafael ROBAINA ROMERO | Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Canary Islands | Spain |
| Antonio Martinon | Universidad de La Laguna | Canary Islands | Spain |
| Jose Manuel CUNHA LEAL | Universidade de Madeira | Madeira | Portugal |
| João Luis ROQUE BATISTA GASPAR | Universidade dos Açores | Azores | Portugal |
| Judite MEDINA DO NASCIMENTO | Universidade de Cabo Verde | Cabo Verde | Cabo Verde |
| Corinne MENCE CASTER | Université des Antilles | French West Indies | France |
| Bautista COGOLLOS | Universidad de Cienfuegos | Cuba | Cuba |
| Carlos E. SEVERINO | Universidad de Puerto Rico (Recinto de Rio Pedras) | Puerto Rico | Puerto RIco
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| Panja RAMANOELINA | Université d'Antananarivo | Madagascar | Madagascar |
| Cécile MANOROHONTA | Université d'Antsiranana | Madagascar | Madagascar |
| Frédéric MIRANVILLE | Université de La Réunion | Reunion Island | France |
| Gaël LAGADEC | Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie | New Caledonia | France |
| Eric CONTE | Univesité de la Polynésie Française | French Polynesia | France |
| Alaa S. ABD-EL-AZIZ | University of Prince Edward | Prince Edward Island | Canada |
| Gary KACHANOSKI | Memorial University of Newfoundland | Newfoundland | Canada |
| Clive MULHOLLAND | Univresity of the Highlands and Islands | Scottish islands | United Kingdom |
| Hajime OSHIRO | University of Ryükyü | Okinawa | Japan |