1. Status.
There shall be instituted as a constituent organ of the Institute an International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (hereafter referred to as the Association).
2. Participation.
Subject to the approval of the Board of Management, any of the following sharing the common interest of the Association may become a member of the Association.
i) any school, institute, college, university or association of universities, education, training, or research centres or such other association which shares the aims of the Association may become a member institution (corporate member);
ii) any national, regional, or international organisation engaged in the practice of public administration or in the improvement and the strengthening of the management and administrative capabilities of government, public agencies, and enterprises may become an associate member;
iii) any individual - other than staff members of organisations which are eligible to be, but are not member institutions - concerned with the purposes of the Association and wishing to be placed on the Association's mailing list for circulars, reports and other information may become an individual member.
3. Purpose.
The Association is established as a collaborative effort by its members who share common interests in the education and training of administrators and managers, research, planning, evaluation, advisory assistance and consultancy, publications, and other appropriate activities directed towards meeting the management capacity building needs of national and sub-national, regional and international public authorities, agencies and enterprises.
4. Governance.
The Association shall be governed by a President, a Board of Management, and a Steering Commitee comprising the President and the Regional Vice-Presidents, which President and Vice-Presidents are members of the Board. General oversight of governance shall be exercised by Annual (and if necessary, special) General Meetings of the Association.
5. Representation on IIAS Council of Administration and Executive Committee.
In accordance with Art. 21 and Art. 26 of the IIAS Statutes the President of IASIA is ex officio a member of the Council of Administration and of the Executive Committee of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences and shall appoint a vice-president or another member of the Board to deputise for him at meetings of the Executive Committee and to represent IASIA in the Council of Administration if, for any reason, she is unable to be present in person at meetings of these bodies.
6. Executive Secretariat of the Association
a. The President, with the approval of the Board of Management, shall execute a formal agreement with the Director General of the Institute in respect of the establishment, functions, location, and financing of the Secretariat of the Association and the appointment, salary, and conditions of service of an Executive Secretary.
b. In so far as the Executive Secretary of the Association is located in the Institute's headquarters in Brussels, the Executive Secretary shall be responsible directly to the Director General for the proper discharge of the duties of the position in Brussels and generally all matters concerning the administration of IASIA to the President of the Association wherever the President may be situated.
c. The salary of the Executive Secretary appointed in Brussels through the IIAS shall be charged to IASIA in such proportion as reflects the percentage of his/her time devoted to the work of IASIA.
7. Finances of the Association
a. Each member institution (corporate member), associate member, and individual member shall contribute to the Association annually a fee set by the Board of Management to finance expenses within the general framework of budgetary approval.
b. Officers of the Association may solicit grants, contracts, and subventions to augment the resources of the Association, especially in carrying out programmes and issuing reports.
c. The President shall submit an annual budget of the Association for approval of the Board of Management covering all estimated income and expenditure and the purposes of all such allocations of funds.
d. Membership fees and all other income of the Association shall be separately accounted for by the Institute.
e. A quarterly report of actual income and expenditure related to budget estimates approved by the Board should be submitted to the President of the Association through the Executive Secretary of IASIA by the Treasurer of IIAS. An annual statement of IASIA accounts will be submitted through the President by the Executive Secretary for consideration by the Board of Management.
f. The accounts of the Association shall be audited annually, and the auditor's report submitted to the Director General of the Institute and to the Board of Management through the President of the Association.
8. Regulations.
The Association's Board of Management is authorized to adopt supplementary regulations or by-laws which define the selection, functions, and method of officers, composition and role of organs, conduct of its work, participation by organizations and individuals in its activities, and other Association concerns.
9. Amendments to the Statute.
The Board of Management may seek from the Council of Administration through the Executive Committee of the Institute an amendment of this Statute on a majority vote in favour of a motion moved at a general meeting of paid-up members of the Association present at such meeting providing that notice of such amendments has been circulated at least two months in advance of the meeting to all paid-up member institutions, and that all such institutions have been invited to send a representative to attend any such general meeting.
10. Effective date of introduction.
This Statute shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the Council of Administration of the Institute.
Note :
As authorized by the Executive Committee, provisions relating to the detailed internal affairs of IASIA have been removed from the Statute and incorporated into the IASIA Regulations.