statutes

Name, aims and registered office

1.- The Association is named after the Asociación Galega de Estudios de Economía do Sector Público (Galician Asociation of Economic Studies of the Public Sector)

2.- It organises scientific meetings and tries to favour the contact among experts in these fields, and also the contact between the latter ones and researchers from other learning fields. At the same time the Association promotes the exchange of research with other institutions of similar nature. The Association may also sponsor scientific publications.

3.- It promotes the necessary actions to better the investigation and the teaching in the fields of Public Finance and the Economy of the Public Sector in Galicia.

4.- It tries to spread those social and scientific aspects of the Public Finance so as those of the Economy of the Public Sector which may be of great interest for the Galician society.

5.- The regional context of the Association is the Autonomous Community of Galicia and its register office is located in the Public Finance Sector of the Applied Economics department at the Faculty of Economics and Business studies in the University of Santiago of Compostela.

Members

6.- There are Full Members, Honorary Members, Protective Members and Joined Members. The Association keeps a file and a register book with the names, surnames, profession and address of the members.

7.- Full Members are teachers working at the Public Finance department of any University and all those people who are professionally related to the study of the Economy of the Public Sector in its scientific field. To enter the Association as full members the previous conditions have to be met, providing that they receive the favourable vote of the 3/4 of the full members existing at that moment.

8.- Honorary members can be those personalities with significant merits in the Research of the Public Finance and the Economy of the Public Sector. Apart from these conditions Members of honour have to be accepted in a secret election. They’ll join the Association after having obtained the 2/3 votes of the Full members of the Association’s Assembly. Up to now, three honorary members have been named: the profesors Enrique Fuentes Quintana and Carlos Otero Días so as Cristobal Montoro Romero, Spain’s Revenue minister.

9.- Protective members may be those people or entities that would like to contribute to the maintenance and development of the Association. They have to be accepted by the simple majority of the attendants. They will have say but no voting rights.

10.- Joined members have to be people whose work and personal interests are related to the development of the Public Finance Studies. Their applications have to be presented by a full member and they will be accepted or not according to the simple majority of the attendants. They have say in the Assemblies but they can’t vote.

11.- All the members, except members of honour, will have to pay an annual fee, which is established by the Assembly at the proposal of the board of directors.

12.- The members may leave the Association in the following cases: out of a personal decision (by addressing a letter to the president of the Association); due to death or civil interdiction; for having not paid the fees of the last two years; or because of a justified expulsion. To meet this last circumstance at least half the votes plus one of the full number members is needed.

Government organs

13.- The Government organs are the General Assembly formed by all the members and the Board of Directors, formed by the President, two vice-presidents, the secretary, the treasurer.

14.-The jurisdiction of the General Assembly is: as related to the members, those functions given in chapter II; as related to the Board of Directors the General Assembly’s duty is to elect it, revoke it partially or totally, and analyse its work. It also has to approve the previous year’s report and balance and the budget for the following year; deal with the points suggested by the Board of Directors or those proposed by at least three full members or five Joined members.

15.- The Ordinary General Assembly is held at least once a year.

16.- An Extraordinary General Assembly will be held when the board of directors agrees to do so, or when it is requested by the ¾ parts of the full members.

17.- The General Assembly is called at least 10 days in advance. The Assembly is considered to be set up when at least half of the full members or their representatives are present in the first call. If there are less, a second call will be set one hour later and in this case the Assembly will be held whatever the number of members is. All the agreements (except what is said in article 31) are reached by simple majority and in case of tie, the president’s vote will decide .

18.- The posts of the boards of directors last for four years

19.- The elections to reform the board of directors will be held twice in four years. Once, to elect the President and the Treasurer and two years later to elect the Vice-president and the Secretary.

20.- The votes are secret. Postal votes are also accepted. Those full members who get more votes will be elected.

21.- . If a member belonging to the board of directors resigns, dies or leaves the association the vacancy will be replaced in the next Assembly held. The post will end in the same date that the substituted person’s was supposed to end.

22.- The President represents the Association, chairs the Assembly and calls and chairs the Board of Directors. He also tries to guarantee that the agreements of the General Assembly and the Board of Directors are fulfilled.

The Vice-presidents may substitute the President when he is absent or he delegates to them.

The secretary has to write the minutes of the Assembly’s meetings and the Board of Directors meetings, transcribing them later in the appropriate book and take care of it.

Besides, he has to present to the Association an annual report about the activities of the Association.

The treasurer is in charge of the financial issues related to the functioning of the Assembly and has to present a financial report , which will consist of: a balance (closed on December 31^st) of the previous year; and a budget project for the following financial year.

23.- The board of directors will gather at least four times a year. Between each meeting there should be a separation of three months at the most and of one month at least.

24.- The Board of Directors will govern the Association, except in those cases in which the Statutes contemplate this as the Assembly’s responsibility.

25.- At least three of the Board of Directors members have to be present to take decisions

Scientific Activities

26.- The Association holds a scientific meeting once a year when the Assembly is called. Besides, meetings for the dealing of specific topics will also be held. The Board of Directors, in this case will act as an organizing committee. Scientific meetings have to be called at least six months in advance.

27.- In these meetings all full and honorary members may present scientific reports in a limited way.

28.- The Association may organize or sponsor specialized courses or meetings about a special topic.

Financial System

29.- 600 euros are established for the initial foundation’s patrimony.

30.-The financial resources of the Association will consist of the initial foundation’s patrimony, the member’s fees, other contributions, donations, and all type of subventions that official centres, companies or individuals may establish.

Amendments to the Statutes

31.- To modify these statutes two things have to be fulfilled: On the one hand either the proposal signed by at least the half of the full members, or the proposal of a Commission designed by the Assembly; or an unanimous proposal of the Board of Directors. On the other hand, it has to be approved in the Assembly taking place immediately after the written suggestions arrive at the secretary office. For the approval of the modifications at least 2/3 of the full member’s vote have to be in favour.

Dissolution of the Association

32.- The Association may be dissolved due to legal reasons, and in any case, due to the General Assembly’s agreement, reached after having fulfilled the requirements of the article 17 of these statutes

statutes
	The Statutes of the A.G.E.E.S.P were endorsed in Santiago of Compostela, on March 12^th 1991.
Galician Association of Economic Studies of the Public Sector