UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau
Provisions regarding the function, composition and other operational matters in relation to the UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau are stipulated in the following articles of the UCLG-MEWA Constitution:
THE UCLG-MEWA EXECUTIVE BUREAU
Article 48 Function
The UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau is responsible for carrying out the decisions and proposals of the UCLG-MEWA General Assembly and UCLG-MEWA Council and for any other matter delegated to it by the UCLG-MEWA Council. It has a general authority and duty on UCLG-MEWA’s administrative and financial management. It prepares the meetings of the UCLG-MEWA Council and of the UCLG-MEWA General Assembly.
Article 49
The duties and authorities of the UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau shall be in particular as follows:
- approve and submit the annual budget, accounts and reports to the UCLG-MEWA Council;
- appoint the Financial Management Committee;
- appoint the independent external auditors for the organization;
- be empowered to enter into agreements for the acquisition, alienation and encumbering of property, the creation or transfer of interests in which require public registration and to enter into agreements whereby UCLG-MEWA acts as surety or undertakes to be severally liable as co-debtor, agrees to answer for another party or provides security for any debt of another party.
Article 50
The UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau shall be entitled to make policy decisions between meetings of the UCLG-MEWA Council within existing policy guidelines on matters that cannot reasonably await the next meeting of the UCLG-MEWA Council.
Article 51
The UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau shall exercise all other powers that are not reserved to the UCLG-MEWA General Assembly and the UCLG-MEWA Council. The President or the Secretary General, under the terms set out herein, shall act as the legal representatives of UCLG-MEWA.
Article 52 Composition
The UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau shall comprise the following membership:
- the President, the Vice-Presidents and the Treasurer;
- local government members;
- the Secretary General (non voting and ex officio);
- designated representatives of international/regional organization members (non-voting).
The members of the UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau fulfil their function without remuneration.
Article 53
Representatives in the UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau must hold an authorized managerial mandate from their local government.
Article 54 Substitutes
Each member of the UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau may have one duly appointed standing substitute. The latter may only attend meetings in the absence of the full member.
Article 55 Sessions
The UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau shall meet at least once a year, as convened by the President or at the request of at least one third of its members.
The announcement of ordinary and extraordinary meetings must be sent to members of the UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau at least one month in advance, indicating the agenda items.
The session will be chaired by the President of UCLG-MEWA who will direct the discussions. The Secretary General will act as the Secretary of the UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau, noting the resolutions passed in the meeting minutes.
All members of the UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau are entitled to participate in the sessions and to express their opinions and proposals publicly. If there are numerous requests to participate, the Chairman may moderate their length. The Chairman may also grant participating members the right to respond.
Article 56 Voting
Each voting member of the UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau has one vote.
Article 57
Except in special cases provided for in the Constitution, decisions of the UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau shall be taken by a simple majority of the votes cast. In case of equal voting, the President of the session shall have a casting vote.
Share
