Statute
STATUTE
of
NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION "
GENERAL POSITIONS
Art. 1.(1) THE NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION "NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR PUBLIC PRIZES", hereinafter referred to as „The Association", is an independent non-profit body corporate for performing an activity IN PRIVATE BENEFIT which arises with its entering into the Registry of non-profit corporate bodies at Varna Regional Court of Law.
(2) THE NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION "
NAME
Art. 2. (1) The Association shall carry out its activity under the name NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION "NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR PUBLIC PRIZES", which additionally can be written in foreign language as well.
(2) Every written statement on behalf of the Association has to contain its name, registered office, address, registration data, including BULSTAT number.
REGISTERED OFFICE AND ADDRESS
Art. 3. The registered office and address of management of the Association is” 3,
GOALS
Art. 4. Basic goals of the Association are:
1. to reward and / or make popular the individuals whose activity and active behaviour have led to a positive contribution for
2. to develop, make popular and confirm Bulgarian history, literature and culture;
3. to assist for publishing and issuing of the works of new Bulgarian writers;
4. to confirm in the society the significance of Bulgarian belles lettres by means of contemporary information technologies;
5. to develop and confirm public society in connection with European development and prosperity of the
6. to maintain high public prestige and to encourage the citizens when undertaking initiatives which to contribute for European development and prosperity of the
7. to create contacts between associations and organizations on grounds of the European integration of the
8. to undertake and support and develop all suitable initiatives for legal, educational, administrative, psychological, economic cooperation regarding the citizens.
9. to organize the information activity for popularization of the European integration of the
10. to increase the knowledge of Bulgarian citizen for the European integration process of the
11. to popularize the legislation, institutions and activity of the European Union in
12. to support the institutional strengthening of governmental structures and optimization of their activity for more effective applying of European practices.
13. to work for strengthen the public confidence in governmental institutions and for improving their transparency and access to information about their activity.
MEANS OF ACHIEVING THE GOALS
Art. 5. The means with which the Association shall achieve its goals are: creating of information funds; participation in national and international programs; supporting of governmental and other non-governmental organizations working on the same subjects; organizing and holding of seminars; stimulation and support of citizens’ personal realization; providing of legal assistance on problems connected with European integration.
Art. 6. The Association performs, as an additional economic activity connected with its basic activity’s subject, publishing, information, consulting, designing programming activity, management and marketing in the area of literature, culture and arts. The income of additional economic activity, regulated by the legal orders of the Commercial Act, is used for carrying out and achieving the goals set by the Association. The Association does not distribute profit.
SUBJECT OF ACTIVITY
Art. 7. Subject of activity of the Association is: to reward and / or make popular the individuals whose activity and active behaviour have led to a positive contribution for Bulgaria and / or humanity, with medals and / or honorary diplomas as per a model approved by the Association; to create information fund in aid of the citizens and members of the Association; to prepare Bulgarian citizens in connection with their European integration; to take part in national and international programs; to support governmental and others non-governmental organizations working of the same subject; to organize and hold seminars; to stimulate and support the personal realization of citizens; to provide legal assistance on problems connected with European integration.
TERM
Art. 8. The Association is not limited by term.
MEMBERSHIP
Art. 9. Members of the Association can be active physical and corporate bodies which would like to contribute for achieving the Association goals.
OBTAINING A MEMBERSHIP
Art. 10. (1) The membership in the Association is voluntarily. It can be regular and honorary.
(2) The applicant submits a written application to the managing body of the respective structure in which he/she declares that he/she has read and shall observe the provisions of the present Statute. Professional curriculum vitae and declaration after a pattern, in which the applicant declares he/she has a clean record of previous convictions, are enclosed to the application. The applicants – corporate bodies, submit, together with the application, copies of their registration documents, of the decision made by their managing bodies for a membership in the Association, as well as a declaration after a pattern that they do not have unpaid taxes.
(3) The managing body of the respective structure discussed the application and accepts the member with ordinary voting on its session. Documents of the accepted member are then sent to be confirmed by the Board of Directors of the Association. Membership is obtained from the date of confirming and paying the entrance fee.
Art.10a. As a honorary member, every physical body of full age and able bodied can be accepted, as well a body corporate with a special contribution to Bulgaria and humanity that have contributed to implementation of goals and tasks of the Association. Honorary members are entitled to a deliberative vote in the General assembly.
(2) Honorary members are accepted on grounds of a written offer of at least 5% of the Association members, sent to the Board of Directors, whereas the Board of Directors can also raise and examine officially an application for an honorary member.
Art.10b. Regular members take part in the General Assembly with one vote each.
Art.10c. The Association issues an official membership document to the newly accepted members and this document is re-certified on annual basis.
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE MEMBERS
Art. 11. The Association members have the following rights:
(1) to take part in the Association management;
(2) to be informed about its activity;
(3) to use the Association's property only as long it is connected with exercising activities and functions in its managing bodies or such assigned by decision of these bodies;
(4) to use the results of the Association’s activity as per the provisions of this Statute;
(5) to receive remuneration for expended personal labour or performed services when it is explicitly stipulated;
Art. 12. Members of the Association are obliged:
(1) to observe the provisions of this Statute and to execute the decisions of the Association managing bodies;
(2) to take part in the Association’s activity and to work for performing its goals;
(3) to raise the Association’s prestige, to assists for increasing its property and to not perform any actions and inactions that contradict to its goals and compromise it;
(4) to pay in term the property instalments stipulated in this statute.
Art. 13. Membership rights and liabilities except for the property ones are non-transferable and do not pass to other individuals in case of death and terminations, respectively.
Art. 14. For the Association’s liabilities, its members are only responsible to the extent of property instalments stipulated in the present statute and the creditors are not entitled to present any claims to their personal property over this amount.
TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP
Art. 15. Membership in the Association is terminated:
With a unilateral written statement directed to the Board of Directors of the Association;
With the death of placing under full prohibition, respectively with termination of a body – member to the Association;
With exclusion;
With termination of the Association;
In case of dropping out because of not paying the fixed property instalments and systematic non-participation in the Association’s activity.
Art. 16. (1) A member of the Association can be excluded by decision of the Board of Managers of the Association after a suggestion of a member of the Board of Directors, when:
- the member violates the obligations stipulated in Art.12;
- the member has performed other actions that make their further membership in the Association incompatible.
(2) In case of unimportant violations as per Art.12, by its decision, the Board of Directors determines a term for termination of this violation and removal of its consequences and in case of non-complying with this, the Boards makes the suggestion for exclusion.
(3) The Board of Directors decision as per par.1 is subject to appeal before the General Assembly of the Association.
Art. 17. (1) Dropping out is considered that occurs with making a decision about that by the Board of Directors of the Association, when a member of the Association:
1. has not made its entrance fee within the fixed term;
2. has not paid or has failed to pay in time its annual instalment on its membership fee after 31st of March the next year;
3. The above stated circumstances are established by the Board of Directors according to the Association’s documents.
Art. 18. At termination of a membership, the Association shall not owe refunding of the property instalments performed. The member that has terminated its membership is obliged to make the delayed property instalments for the period of its membership.
BODIES OF MANAGEMENT
Art. 19. The Association’s bodies of management are:
1. General Assembly;
2. Board of Directors;
3. Control council;
4. A chairperson of the Board of Directors, a deputy-chairperson of the Board of Directors and a secretary of the Board of Directors.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Art. 20. The General assembly of the Association’s members is its supreme body in which members-founders, regular members and honorary members participate by rights.
Art. 21. Competency of the General Assembly:
(1) to alter and supplement the Statute;
(2) to accept long-term plans, programs and other decision for achieving the Association’s goals and tasks;
(3) to decide about subjects regarding the management of real estates and establishment of real rights on these;
(4) to elect the members of Board of Directors and the Control Council;
(5) to discuss and accepts the annual report and balance submitted by the Board of managers and release its members from responsibility;
(6) to accepts the annual budget;
(7) to decides the problems connected with consequences of the Association’s termination and to terminate it;
(8) to confirm the decisions of Board of Directors for accepting new members and to exclude members of the Association;
(9) to accepts the symbols of the Association after a proposal of Board of Directors.
Art. 22.(1) Regular meetings of the General Assembly are held at least once in the year. It is duty of the Board of Directors to call them.
(2) General Assembly can also be called by request of 1/10 of the members. In case of deny on behalf of the Board of Directors to perform the actions on calling, the provisions of the Law on Non-profit Corporate Bodies are applied;
(3) An invitation for calling the General Assembly is also published in the Official Gazette and is placed in a prominent position in the building of registered office and management of the Association, one month before the fixed day. The invitation contains the agenda, date, time and place of holding the General Assembly and after whose initiative it’s called. No decisions are made o n subjects that are not included in the announced in the invitation agenda.
Art. 23.(1) The General Assembly is legitimate if at least half of the Association’s member are present or are presented by delegates. If there is no quorum, the meeting is postponed for one hour later at the same place and with the same agenda and is held regardless of the number of members present;
(2) Members of the Association have the right to one vote each.
(3) Every member of the Association can represent not more than two other members of the Association on grounds of a written power of attorney. No re-authorisation is allowed.
(4) A member of the Association is not entitled to vote when making decisions regarding him/herself, his/her spouse and relatives as per the definition in Art.28 of the Law on Non-profit Corporate Bodies, as well as regarding corporate bodies in which he/she is a manager or may impose or prevent making a decision.
(5) The decisions of the General Assembly are made with the majority of votes of those present, but for altering the Statute, for termination of the Association or its merging with another, a majority of 2/3 of those present is required;
(6) Voting is open except if the Assembly decides otherwise in a particular case.
(7) During the meetings of the General Assembly, a record is kept which is undersigned by the chairperson of the meeting and his/her record-keeper. The record with enclosed list of all those present and written materials on calling and holding of the General Assembly is registered in a particular book. Every member present on the General Meeting has the right to look for the exact registering of the meeting and decisions made in the record.
Art. 24. The Board of Directors consists of 9 (nine) members. A member of the Board of Directors can also be a corporate body – member of the Association, whereas at the meetings of the Board it is represented by its legal representative or explicitly authorized physical body. The Board of Directors is elected for a term of 5 (five) years and its members can be re-elected unlimitedly.
Art. 25. The meetings of the Board of Directors are called by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, in a written invitation sent at least 7 (seven) days before the date of holding the meeting, and this invitation contains an agenda project. In case of emergency, a meeting can be called by telephone, fax, telegram or e-mail. In such cases the Board of Directors may also make non-attendance decisions undersigned without remarks and objections about that by all its members.
Art. 26. The meeting of the Board of Directors is legitimate is at least half of the members of Board of Directors are present.
Art. 27. The Board of Directors makes its decisions by ordinary majority.
Art. 28. Competency of the Board of Directors:
(1) to develop, accept and offer for discussion and acceptance plans, programs, reports etc. to the General Assembly;
(2) to perform the Association’s management and to make decisions on these issues;
(3) to determine the necessity, number, type of positions for associates of the Association and their remuneration;
(4) to accept, offer for confirmation acceptance and exclusion of members of the Association;
(5) to discuss and make decisions on all issues regarding the Association’s activity which are beyond the competency of other Association’s bodies;
(6) to make suggestions for performing of administrative actions with real estates and establishment of real rights on these;
(7) distribution of functions between the members of the Board of Directors is performed after a proposal of the Chairperson of Board of Directors by decision of the Board of Directors;
(8) to prepare and offer for confirmation the symbols of the Association.
Art. 29. The Control council consists of 3 /three/ members which are elected by the General Assembly for a period of five years.
Art. 30. The Control council elects from its membership a chairperson of the Control council and is called to meet at least once on six months by its chairperson.
Art. 31. After the end of financial year but not later than the end of February of the next year, the Control council prepares and presents to the General Assembly a financial accountancy report of the Association.
Art. 32. The Association is represented by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors.
Art. 33. The Chairperson of the Board of Directors:
(1) represents the Association before third persons;
(2) calls the meetings of the Board of Directors;
(3) guides the meetings of the Board of Directors and chairs them;
(4) in his/ her absence, these functions are carried out by an authorized by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors member of the Board of Directors;
(5) organizes, manages, performs the operative guidance;
(6) manages the budget and financial means of the Association and is responsible for that;
(7) executes and controls the execution of decisions of the Board of Directors;
(8) concludes contracts with the staff of the Association;
(9) keeps the documentation of the Association.
MEETINGS
Art. 34. Meetings of the Board of Directors are called by the chairperson by his/her initiative but not less than once a month, as well as at a written request of each of its members. If the chairperson does not call a meeting within seven days after the written request, such meeting is called by the interested members.
Art. 35. (1) The meeting is regular if more than half of the members of the Board of Directors are present. A present is considered a person with which there is a bilateral telephone connection that guarantees determination of its identity and allowing his/her participation in the discussion and decision making which is certified in the record by the person that chairs the meeting.
(2) A regular decision can be made without holding a meeting as well, if the record for this is undersigned without remarks and objections for that by all members of the Board of Directors.
(3) The meetings are chaired by the chairperson of Board of Directors and in his /her absence – by the deputy-chairperson.
DECISIONS
Art. 36. The Board of Directors makes its decision with majority of all those present, and the decision as per Art. 14. par. 2 of the Law on Non-profit Corporate Bodies – with majority of all the members.
BRANCHES
Art. 37. (1) The Association may register its branches in various cities, towns or villages. The Branch Director, hereinafter referred to as a “Coordinator”, represents the Association about its activity and performs a coordinating function with respect to the clubs built up on the territory of the respective region. The branch coordinator is a chairperson by rights of the club in the respective city, town or village.
(2) The branches are not independent corporate bodies. After their opening, they perform activities assigned to them by the Board of Directors.
(3) In case of conflict of interest between the clubs and the coordinator, the dispute is solved by the Board of Directors.
(4) The Board of Directors of the Association declares before the court in the region of which the branch location is, the name, registered office and address of the Association, the registered office and the address of the branch, its coordinator and limitations of his/her powers and representative power. Any changes in the above stated circumstances are subject to declaration as well. The declaration is performed within seven days from the date of decision of the General Assembly.
(5) The branches keep books about their activity whereas every month, until the tenth of the next month, the branch coordinator submits a report for the branch activity and the amounts spent before the Board of Directors of the Association.
CLUBS
Art. 38. (1) The primary organization unit of the Association is the club.
(2) The club is informal union and can be created in every town or village.
(3) The club can form sections for work on specific problems or interests of its members.
(4) The club is managed by a General Assembly and between its sessions, by the club management or its Chairperson.
(5) The General Assembly of the club is called at least once a year.
(6) The General Assembly is called by its chairperson, one third of the members or by an initiative of the managing bodies.
(7) The General Assembly of the club realizes the tasks of the Association by executing the decisions of the General Assembly and the Board of Directors.
(8) The General Assembly of the club makes decisions with regular majority of all those present.
(9) The club managements is elected by the General Assembly of the club for a period of 3 years.
(10) The club management can be changed by the Board of Directors of the Association at any time.
(11) The club managements carries out an operative activity between the sessions of the General Assembly of the club.
PROPERTY
Art. 39 (1). The property of the Association consists of the right of ownership and other real rights on movable property and real estates, takings, other rights fixed by the law.
(2). Sources of funds of the Association are property instalments of the members, donations by physical and corporate bodies, sponsorship.
(3). All members of the Association have to pay an entrance fee and membership fee. The entrance fee for corporate bodies is to the extent of 100 BGN /one hundred levs/ and for physical bodies is to the extent of 10 BGN (ten levs). The membership fee for corporate bodies is to the extent of 120 BGN /one hundred and twenty levs/ per year, and for physical bodies to the extent of 12 BGN /twelve levs/ per year and is paid on annual basis. The term for paying the membership fee is until 31st of March each year. On delayed membership fee, an interest is accounted equal to the basic interest rate fixed by the Bulgarian National Bank.
Art. 40 When the General Assembly has not elected a registered auditor until the end of the calendar year, such is proposed by the Control council and is appointed by the Board of Directors.
Art. 41. The annual financial report for the activity and the report of the registered auditor are accepted for discussion on the regular General Assembly called for the purpose.
Art. 42. According to the provisions of the Accountancy Act, the Association keeps accounting information observing the principles for transparency and timeliness.
Art. 43 The Association keeps the following books:
- Book of members;
- Record book of the meetings of the General Assembly;
- Record book of the meetings of the Board of Directors;
- Accounting books – according to the requirements of the law;
- Other books required by the law or determined by the General assembly and / or by the Board of Managers.
Art. 44 The company is terminated:
- by decision of the General Assembly;
- when announced in bankruptcy;
- by decision of the regional court of law on the registered office of the Association in the cases fixed by the Law on Non-profit Corporate Bodies;
Art. 45 In case of termination of the Association, liquidation is performed.
The liquidation is performed according to the effective legislation.
Art. 46 Any amendments in the present Statute can be made by decision of the General Assembly.
Art. 47 Regarding the interpretation or applying of the present Statute, the provisions of the Bulgarian civil legislations are applied, whereas priority is given to the provisions of the Law on Non-profit Corporate Bodies.
The present Statute was accepted unanimously by all the present founders on the Constituent Assembly of the
FOUNDERS:
1. Mladen Yordanov Stanev (signed ill.)
2. Asen Zhelyazkov Tashev (signed ill.)
3. Valchi Yovev Drumev (signed ill.)
4. Ivan Nikolaev Radev (signed ill.)
5. Elka Nyagolova Poshtarova (signed ill.)
6. Dimitar Stoyanov Dichev (signed ill.)
7. Tonko Ivanov Fotev (signed ill.)
8. Tsonko Zdravkov Tsonev (signed ill.)
9. Hrista Todorova Marinova (signed ill.)
10. Konstantin Georgiev Bogdanov (signed ill.)
11. Artak Kazaryan (signed ill.)
12. Tsvetanka Konstantinova Vladova (signed ill.)
13. Stanka Dimitrova Shopova (signed ill.)
14. Iliyan Ivanov Tsonev (signed ill.)
15. Metody Kolev Nikolov (signed ill.)
16. Emil Velichkov Dichev (signed ill.)
17. Vasil Atanasov Ivanov (signed ill.)
18. Iliya Petrov Raev (signed ill.)
19. Dimitar Dimov Petrov (signed ill.)
20. Yuliyan Dimov Dimov (signed ill.)
21. Plamen Simeonov Bonev (signed ill.)
22. Boncho Ivanov Sultanov (signed ill.)
23. Yordan Panayotov Yordanov (signed ill.)
24. Venetka Vitanova Atanasova (signed ill.)
25. Nedyalka Dimitrova Radeva (signed ill.)
26. Parvan Yordanov Parvanov (signed ill.)
27. Ralitsa Ognyanova Dimova (signed ill.)
28. Georgi Sergeev Martsenkov (signed ill.)
29. Boyan Mixaylov Sendov (signed ill.)
30. Radostina Vasileva Balabanova (signed ill.)
31. Ilian Lambov Tashev (signed ill.)
32. Zhaklin Eduard Bodurova (signed ill.)
33. Daneliya Bobeva Bobeva (signed ill.)
34. Desislava Marcheva Boneva (signed ill.)
35. Norair Kazaryan (signed ill.)
36. Lyuben Ivanov Varnev (signed ill.)
37. Filip Dimitrov Dyulgerov (signed ill.)
38. Grant Yurievich Antonyan (signed ill.)
39. Valeri Panayotov Ivanov (signed ill.)
40. Dimana Dimitrova Dicheva (signed ill.)
41. Dian Borislavov Stanev (signed ill.)
42. Polina Nikolaeva Nestorova (signed ill.)
43. Krasimira Valerieva Peteva (signed ill.)
44. Sergey Georgiev Martsenkov (signed ill.)
45. Georgi Kostadinov Yordanov (signed ill.)
46. Plamen Petkov Marinov (signed ill.)
47. Silviya Mladenova Petrova (signed ill.)
48. Katya Raycheva Kostadinova (signed ill.)
49. Yordanka Nikolova Kaludova (signed ill.)
50. Mariya Veselinova Dobreva (signed ill.)
51. Zhenya Dimitrova Zheleva (signed ill.)
52. Margarita Dimitrova Dimitrova (signed ill.)
53. Vanya Nikolova Velikova (signed ill.)
54. Kalina Dimitrova Dimitrova (signed ill.)
55. Anna Petrova Dimitrova (signed ill.)
56. Tihomir Velikov Velikov (signed ill.)
