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Through Which The "agreement Concerning The Latin American Center For Development Administration, Clad, And Its Statutes", Signed In Caracas, Approving The June 30, 1972

Original Language Title: Por medio de la cual se aprueba el "Acuerdo relativo al Centro Latinoamericano de Administración para el Desarrollo, CLAD, y sus Estatutos", firmado en Caracas, el 30 de junio de 1972

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LAW 637 OF 2001

(January 4)

Official Journal No 44.281 of 4 January 2001

By means of which the "Agreement on the Latin American Center for Administration for Development, CLAD, and its Statutes", signed in Caracas, on June 30, 1972, is approved.

Vigency Notes Summary

COLOMBIA CONGRESS

Having regard to the text of the "Agreement on the Latin American Center for Administration for Development, CLAD, and its Statutes," signed in Caracas, on June 30, 1972.

(To be transcribed: photocopy of the full text of the International Instrument mentioned, duly authenticated by the Head of the Legal Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

AGREEMENT REGARDING THE LATIN AMERICAN CENTER OF

ADMINISTRATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, CLAD

The Governments of Mexico, Peru and Venezuela,

CONSIDERING:

That several Latin American countries have undertaken in recent years efforts to reform their public administrations, according to rigorous criteria for revising their structures and functions from integral models of guidance. global or special public administration regulations and diagnostics as a whole or some of its most strategic components to enable consistent reform proposals to be derived;

That this radical replanting effort of public structures and functions requires the increasing use of interdisciplinary theories, doctrines and techniques in the fields of political, economic and legal sciences, of sociology general and the historical evolution of the region;

That, without prejudice to the particularities of each Latin American country and of each of its forms of government, there is a broad common denominator, in terms of the administrative problems of the Region, reflected in the similarity of the approaches that each government is giving to its reform approaches;

That it is appropriate to pool efforts and make use of the still scarce human and material resources available to countries, while avoiding the possibility of separately undertaking similar programmes;

That an effort of integration of this nature must be designed and operated in an extremely flexible way in order to give preeminence to the individualized products of this cooperation, rather than to create institutions whose products are not always the ones more desirable by the public authorities concerned;

what is necessary, however, to institutionalize an intergovernmental center that has the representation of these programs and to supervise the production of these products, for which the Venezuelan Government has submitted to all the countries A project of a Latin American Development Management Center, having received the favorable opinion of a considerable number of countries;

That each of these programs must meet its own objectives and produce its final results under a responsible and independent direction, within the time limits set and with its own human and financial resources,

AGREE:

Constitute the Latin American Center for Administration for Development, CLAD, and open to the other Latin American States the possibility of joining as members of the Center, based on the following stipulations:

First. The Latin American Development Management Center, CLAD, will be responsible for the implementation of the international cooperation programs in the areas of public administration reform that its Board of Directors will define as such.

Second. The Center shall have its seat, for a period not less than three years, in the Latin American city determined by the Board of Directors.

Third. The Centre shall be headed by a Board of Directors composed of the higher authorities who, in each country, are responsible for the administrative reform programmes or for the representatives that the governments of the Member States designate.

The Board of Directors will have a President and a Vice President. The Board of Directors shall elect, acting by an absolute majority, the President who shall last three years in the course of his duties and shall act at the Centre's headquarters. The Vice-President shall last one year in the year of his office and shall be held in alphabetical order by the representatives of the Member States in the Board of Directors after the first election. The Board of Directors shall draw up its Rules of Procedure in which the functions of the President and Vice-President shall also be established.

Fourth. The operating expenses of the Board of Directors shall be covered by the country where the seat of the Center is located.

Fifth. The Centre shall carry out its activities through programmes to be determined by the Board of Directors. Each programme shall be headed by a Director whose appointment and removal shall be the responsibility of the Board of Directors. Each Director shall appoint and remove the staff from the programme in his capacity.

Sixth. Any member of the Board of Directors may propose to this the creation of the programs of the Center, pointing and justifying their nbjectives, final products, duration, organization, coordination, human and material requirements, localization and cost estimate. Approved the initiative by the majority of the Board of Directors all its members undertake to initiate joint efforts to ensure their operation and, achieved, to appoint the Director responsible for the program.

Each program shall be governed by the terms of reference that the Board of Directors determines at the time of its initiation.

Seventh. Each programme of the Centre shall be administered as an identified unit, under the immediate responsibility of its Director and on the basis of its own objectives, resources, organisation and location. As a result, the Centre may simultaneously undertake different programmes in the various countries and areas of its specialisation or interest. The Directors of the various programs that the Center will develop will be supervised by the Board of Directors or by delegation of this, by any one of its members and will give account of its work to the Board of Directors, with the periodicity and in the terms, places and dates which the Council establishes. Member States may designate the number of national officials they deem appropriate to participate in the activities of the various programmes of the Centre.

Eighth. The Latin American States may become part of this Agreement, by means of a written notification to the Government of Venezuela, which shall communicate it to the other members of the Agreement. To this end, the Government of the host country will invite the other Latin American States to join the Latin American Center for Administration for Development.

Ninth. This Agreement shall enter into force from the date of its signature and the Member States may withdraw from the same prior written notification, six months in advance, to the Government of Venezuela, which shall inform the Government of the other Member States.

In faith of which the undersigned duly authorized by their respective governments sign the present agreement in three copies in the city of Caracas, at the thirty days of the month of June of a thousand nine hundred and seventy-two.

For Venezuela:

In Charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

RODOLFO JOSE CARDENAS.

By Mexico:

The Director General of Administrative Studies of the Presidency,

ALEJANDRO CARRILLO CASTRO.

For Peru:

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,

LUIS BARRIOS LLONA.

Statutes of the Latin American Administration Center

for Development, CLAD

CHAPTER I.

CLAD OBJECTIVES AND STRUCTURE

ARTICLE 1o. The Latin American Center for Administration for Development, CLAD is an international governmental body created under the agreement signed by the governments of Mexico, Peru and Mexico. Venezuela, on June 30, 1972, which operates through international cooperation programs.

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ARTICLE 2o. The CLAD aims to promote debate and exchange of experiences on state reform and, in particular, the reform of public administration among its member countries.

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ARTICLE 3o. To achieve the objectives outlined in the previous article, the CLAD will primarily adopt the following modalities:

I. To serve as a forum for the exchange of knowledge and experiences on the processes of reform, modernization and improvement of the State and public administrations in the member countries.

II. To promote the holding of conferences, congresses, seminars and courses on these subjects.

III. To carry out and stimulate the horizontal transfer of administrative technologies and, in particular, to promote the exchange of experience between Member States.

IV. Exchange information, edit and disseminate scientific and technical publications in the field of public administration and state reform.

V. To promote and carry out research applied in priority aspects of the reform of the State and the Public Administration.

VI. Provide information through electronic information networks.

VII. To articulate the relations with the postgraduate courses related to the reform of the State and the public administration.

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ARTICLE 4. The organic structure of the Center consists of:

I. The Board of Directors.

II. The Committee on Programming and Evaluation.

III. The Bureau.

IV. The General Secretariat.

CHAPTER II.

CLAD MEMBERS

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ARTICLE 5o. The members of the CLAD are those Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Peninsula countries that have signed the corresponding income agreements, following the procedures established in the provision Eighth of the Centre's Constitutive Agreement and in this Statute.

Paragraph I. The rights and obligations of the member countries are initiated from the signing of the Constitutive Convention. For special reasons and by the parties ' consent, this exercise may be deferred for a later date, which must be expressly stipulated.

Paragraph II. In the event that a CLAD member country decides to withdraw from this body, it shall formally inform the President of the Centre. The withdrawal of the Member State shall begin to take effect after one year after the date of delivery of the communication indicated above.

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ARTICLE 6o. These are observer members countries outside the Region invited by the CLAD, formally accept membership, through written notification to the President of the Council Manager.

Observer member countries will have the right to participate in the institution's activities programmes and in the meetings of the Board of Directors. Your representatives will have the duties and duties set out in article 19 of these Statutes and in the case of meetings of the Board of Directors will participate in a voice but not a vote. The members of the CLAD are the countries participating in the implementation of the Center's programs as an international technical cooperation agency, bilateral or institutional, but they have not formalized their income through their respective as a member country.

International cooperation organizations that regularly participate with the CLAD in joint programs and activities are associated agencies.

Single paragraph. The acceding countries to the CLAD and the associated bodies may be invited to participate in the meetings of the Board of Directors without the right to vote.

CHAPTER III.

OF THE ADDRESS COUNCIL

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ARTICLE 7o. The Board of Directors is the supreme organ of the Center, with a collegial character and with general functions normative, policy-making and direction and evaluation of the activities of the CLAD. These functions are inselectable.

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ARTICLE 8o. The Board of Directors is composed of the Representatives of the Governments that the respective member countries designate. Preferably, the higher authorities in each member country will be in charge of the modernization and reform programs of the State or personalities of great prestige in this field.

Single paragraph. Each member country of the Board of Directors shall have a Representative and an Alterno, who shall replace him in the event of the absence of the latter, with the same functions, rights and obligations as the Holder. Both the Representative and the Alternos will be accredited to the President of the Board of Directors, through the corresponding documentation, issued by their governments.

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ARTICLE 9o. During the regular meeting that will be held usually in the month of October each year, the Board of Directors, when appropriate, will elect a President, who will immediately assume the position.

Paragraph I. The President of the Board of Directors shall be the President of the CLAD and shall exercise his office for two years, without personal or immediate re-election to the country.

Paragraph II. The President shall be elected by secret ballot by means of an approval vote of at least two thirds of the total number of Member States present, at first instance, or by an absolute majority of those States, in the second round, in which case only the first two majorities. If the absolute majority is not yet produced, it will be chosen in the third round by an absolute majority of votes to mark preference.

Paragraph III. Three Vice-Presidencies are set up to be called first, second and third. The first Vice-Presidency shall be held by the Representative of the Centre's host country. Accredited the representation of the host country, the assumption of office will be done automatically.

Paragraph IV. The other two Vice Presidencies shall be appointed by the Board of Directors by secret ballot following the same procedures of election as in the case of the President. These elected Vice-Presidents shall hold their office for the period of one year without immediate re-election, neither staff nor the country they represent.

Paragraph V. If a national of the country in which the seat of the Center is located is held by the Presidency or the General Secretariat, the first Vice-Presidency which is in principle must be occupied by the Representative of another country, its designation of all general rules on Vice-Presidencies.

Paragraph VI. In case of loss of the quality of representatives of his country, either the President or one of the Vice-Presidents, it will be automatically replaced by the new Representative, who will finish the period for which his predecessor would have been elected.

In the event of an interim period between the loss of the capacity of Representative of the President or Vice-President and the appointment of a new Representative, the Alternate Representative shall act as interim President or Vice-Chair. respective country.

Paragraph VII. The countries that have been elected to the posts of President and Vice-Presidents will not be allowed to resign.

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ARTICLE 10. The Board of Directors will perform two types of meetings:

a) Annual regular meetings, usually in October of each year;

(b) Extraordinary meetings, where necessary, which shall be convened by the President of the CLAD, at the request of one third of the members or of the Secretary-General. The call for an extraordinary meeting shall be held within 20 days of receipt of the request, shall express the purpose of the meeting and shall set a date for the meeting.

Paragraph I. An ordinary meeting may be deferred only by written request of one third of the member countries, sent to the Chairman of the Board of Directors 30 days in advance of the date fixed for the same, except for fortuitous or force majeure.

Paragraph II. Ordinary and extraordinary sessions shall be held in the host city of the Centre; however, at the request of one of the member countries, the Chairman of the Board of Directors may convene ordinary sessions in any other city of those countries.

Paragraph III. It shall be for the Secretary-General of the CLAD to draw up the proposal for a provisional agenda for the meetings, in consultation and with the approval of the President who shall forward it to the representatives of the Member States not later than 40 days before the start of each meeting.

Paragraph IV. The Secretary-General shall participate with a voice but without the right to vote in ordinary and extraordinary meetings, except in the cases provided for in the ordinal g) of Article 35.

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ARTICLE 11. The Board of Directors shall validly sesionate with the presence of at least two-thirds of its members on first call, and with the absolute majority of them in the case of second call.

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ARTICLE 12. The decisions of the Board of Directors shall be adopted by a simple majority of the votes of the members present at each session, once the required quorum has been established, except in cases where the This Statute lays down other procedures.

CHAPTER IV.

OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD

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ARTICLE 13. Corresponds to the CLAD Steering Board:

a) Dictate the general rules and set the policies that will be developed by the CLAD;

b) Know and decide on the draft report of results of the current budgetary exercise, which, in accordance with the provisions of Article 37 of this Statute, will be submitted to you for its approval;

c) Study and approve in their meetings the programs and budgets that, drawn up by the Secretary General and once delivered by the Committee on Programming and Evaluation, have received the President's approval, or those that recommend member countries;

d) Set the headquarters of the CLAD;

e) Approve Member States ' contributions to the financing of their operations. The ordinary contributions shall be determined on the basis of a common guideline to be established by the Council itself. The annual financial year shall comprise 1. from January to 31 December;

f) Approve their regulations and those of the General Secretariat, as well as other necessary instruments and modifications;

g) To study and approve amendments to the Center's Constitutive Agreement, either on its own initiative or at the request of one-third of its members, by approving at least two-thirds of the total members present;

(h) Designate the Secretary-General by approving at least two-thirds of the total of Member States present, in the first instance, or by an absolute majority of those States in the second round, in which case only The first two majorities will participate. If absolute majority is not yet produced, an absolute majority of votes will be chosen in the third round.

(i) Remove the Secretary-General in the event of a serious misconduct or when his action is against the objectives set by the Board of Directors, by means of the approval vote of at least two thirds of the total number of States Members present;

j) Decide on any subject matter under consideration;

k) Agree in the case of repeated and unjustified non-compliance with the obligations arising from Article 41 the precise measures to remedy the situation, and even to declare the loss of the status of full member, thus remaining as an observer member. These decisions shall be dealt with with the agreement of at least two thirds of the member countries present;

l) Ultimately interpret and supplement the stipulations of the Constitutive Agreement and agreements that govern the functioning of the CLAD;

m) Approve negotiations that have been promoted with governments or with other national or international entities, establishing the rules and modalities to be observed in this respect and authorizing the President to proceed to his/her formalization;

n) Request the Secretary-General to report on an ad hoc basis when determined by the majority of its members present at the meetings;

n) enforce properly issued agreements and regulations;

or) Assign to the Chairman of the Board of Directors functions not provided for in this Statute, to formalize the exercise of their powers, by approving at least two-thirds of the total of the members present;

p) Designate the countries ' representatives in the Programming and Evaluation Commission, as well as establish those other commissions and working groups deemed necessary;

q) Approve the administrative personnel plant to be submitted to him by the President on a proposal from the Secretary General.

CHAPTER V.

OF THE PRESIDENT ' S DUTIES AND DUTIES

The President has the function of strategic direction, supervision and control of the activities of the Center, according to the programmatic and budgetary guidelines approved by the Board of Directors. He will be responsible for the following duties and duties:

(a) Represent the Board of Directors in all legal, contractual, technical, administrative and other matters that correspond to it;

b) Fulfill and enforce the policies, regulations, agreements and decisions adopted by the Board of Directors;

c) Ensure that the Board of Directors knows, discusses and approves with due opportunity the projects of programs, budgets and reports of results presented by the General Secretariat, once they have been studied and evaluated by the Commission of Programming and Evaluation and sanctioned with the signature of the President;

(d) to formalise, as appropriate, with governments and other national or international entities, the contracts and agreements which are necessary for the provision of the services of the Centre, in accordance with the policies established by the Council, as stipulated in the ordinal l) of article 13;

e) To request, where appropriate, member countries to comply with the obligations arising from Article 41;

f) Approve and submit to the Council the projects of programmes, budgets, agendas, reports and other documents prepared by the Secretary-General and which have been reviewed by the Commission for Programming and Evaluation;

g) Receive the proposals of candidates to fill the position of Secretary General and make them of the immediate knowledge of the member countries and their Canceries;

h) Call the Board of Directors for ordinary and extraordinary sessions, in accordance with the provisions of Article 10 of these statutes;

i) Formulate invitations to the advisers and observers of the Member States on behalf of the Board of Directors, after consultation with the other members of the Board;

j) Receive the credentials that credit the CLAD Member States ' Entitlements and Alternos;

k) Receive the documents by which the Member States accredit their advisors and observers to attend each meeting of the Board of Directors;

l) Submit the agenda for each meeting to the approval of the Board of Directors;

m) Submit the agenda or agenda for consideration by the Board of Directors;

n) Chair the ordinary and extraordinary meetings, conduct the debates, call votes and announce the results of the debates in accordance with the provisions contained in the respective session regulations;

n) Organize commissions or working groups that it deems appropriate for the best performance of the Council's powers and the performance of its own functions;

o) Install the work commissions created by the Board of Directors;

p) To delegate to the Vice-President the exercise and fulfillment of those privileges and activities that contribute to the best performance of the same;

q) Fulfill and enforce the other functions and dawn that the Board of Directors entrusts to you.

CHAPTER VI.

OF THE PRIVILEGES AND DUTIES OF VICE PRESIDENTS

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ARTICLE 15. They are the duties and duties of the Vice-Presidents of the Board of Directors, the following:

a) Support the programs and projects that are implemented in agreement with the President;

b) To collaborate with the President-in-Office in the fulfilment of all the duties and duties that correspond to that;

c) Take over the orders delegated to you by the President, execute or enforce them, and account for the results to the President;

(d) Replace the President, in his or her accidental absence or at the request of the President, and consequently assume all the rights, privileges and duties that correspond to him. In this case, the replacement will be the first Vice President. If this is not possible, it will be replaced by the Second Vice-President and so on;

e) Meet the other activities entrusted to you by the Board of Directors, related to the field of action of the CLAD.

CHAPTER VII.

OF GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES ' ATTRIBUTIONS AND DUTIES

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ARTICLE 16. They are the duties and duties of the representatives of the member countries, the following:

a) Attend all meetings duly convened to meet and decide on the issues that are relevant to the CLAD;

b) Participate in all debates, meetings and special sessions of work to be held on the occasion of ordinary and extraordinary events;

c) Promote all actions that can lead to the best implementation of the activities of the CLAD, as well as to obtain the necessary support from each country, for the strengthening and better fulfillment of the objectives assigned to that Center;

d) To timely submit to the Board of Directors the instruments by which their respective countries express their support and agree to their contributions to the CLAD in accordance with the guidelines established by the Board of Directors;

e) To ensure that in their respective countries the agreements, forecasts, programs, projects, activities and regulations sanctioned by the Board of the Center are complied with;

f) Propose to the Center the creation of programs and projects and suggest its content;

g) Designate the number of national officials that they deem fit to participate in the implementation of programs and projects;

h) Take all necessary steps to ensure that your government pays its contribution to the CLAD in a timely manner;

i) Report on the different instances of your country that is necessary, and gather the appropriate support for the various actions of the CLAD;

j) Perform activities that are placed under their responsibility by the competent bodies of the CLAD;

k) Fulfill and enforce regulations and agreements duly sanctioned by the Board of Directors.

CHAPTER VIII.

OF THE DESIGNATION OF ADVISORS AND OBSERVERS BY COUNTRIES

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ARTICLE 17. The members of the CLAD may appoint to the meetings of the CLAD the advisers they deem appropriate, which shall be accredited to the President of the Board of Directors of the same, prior to the start of every ordinary and extraordinary meeting.

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ARTICLE 18. The CLAD's Board of Directors may invite international bodies, as well as governments of non-member countries, to appoint representatives to their ordinary meetings and extraordinary, as observers. It may also invite such bodies and governments to appoint special advisers when the measure is deemed relevant.

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ARTICLE 19. Both advisors and observers will be able to participate in a voice but no vote in the work sessions of the Board of Directors or the committees designated by it, in relation to matters special, when invited to do so.

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ARTICLE 20. The President of the Board of Directors may invite the CLAD meetings to persons whose presence is deemed appropriate in accordance with the topics to be discussed, to participate with a voice in the "

CHAPTER IX.

OF EXECUTIVE BOARD MINUTES AND DOCUMENTS

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ARTICLE 21. The official languages for the elaboration of minutes, correspondence and main work documents of the CLAD, will be Spanish and English.

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ARTICLE 22. The agenda or agenda, as well as other documents that serve as a basis for matters to be considered at the meetings of the Board of Directors, will be forwarded with the President's signature to the at least 30 days before the relevant session, unless the Council agrees a shorter time limit in special cases.

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ARTICLE 23. For each of the sessions of the Board of Directors, the corresponding minutes will be raised, in which the fundamental aspects of the debates, interventions and the agreements, and the documents annexed to the proposals of the General Secretariat and the Member Representatives, together with the relevant reports and minutes which are issued on the subject matter, shall be added to them.

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ARTICLE 24. The minutes will be prepared by the General Secretariat, and will be presented at the end of the meeting to the representatives for consideration, amendment, approval and signature.

CHAPTER X.

OF THE DIRECTIVE TABLE

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ARTICLE 25. The President and the Vice-Presidents are the Board of Directors of the Center. The President of his own initiative or at the request of the Secretary-General shall submit to the decision of the Board of Directors those matters whose importance it requires to be resolved before the meeting of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may also initiate generic or specific proposals for the reform of the Statutes, in accordance with the rules laid down in Chapter XIX, article 56.

CHAPTER XI.

OF THE PROGRAMMING AND EVALUATION COMMISSION

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ARTICLE 26. The Planning and Evaluation Commission is an advisory body and a delegate of the Board of Directors, composed of the President, the Vice-Presidents, three representatives of member countries and the Secretary-General. General. The representatives of the countries shall hold this post for two years, and the President, Vice-President and Secretary-General for the duration of their term of office. The costs of removal and travel of the members shall be borne by the CLAD.

Paragraph I. In the event that the CLAD host country does not occupy the Presidency or the First Vice-Presidency, it will be responsible for one of the three positions of representatives of member countries.

Paragraph II. In addition to the above, any other Member State concerned may appoint a Representative to join the Commission, in which case the expenditure of that Representative shall be financed by the country concerned.

Paragraph III. The experts assigned to the Centre shall participate as advisers in the meetings of the Commission and shall cooperate with the Commission in carrying out their duties.

Paragraph IV. The Programming and Evaluation Committee shall meet at least two months before the date set for the next meeting of the Board of Directors.

Transient Disposition. In the case of the countries ' representatives when they are elected for the first time, one of them selected by the Board of Directors, will exercise the position only for one year.

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ARTICLE 27. The Programming and Evaluation Commission will have the following functions:

a) Analyze and evaluate the half-yearly reports and the annual independent audit, from the budget program (revenue and expenditure), from the financial statements and the work program of the CLAD;

b) To study and evaluate program and budget proposals for the following year, taking into account the policies of the CLAD and an equitable distribution of resources according to the problematic or subregional aspirations.

c) Prepare the opinion that will be submitted to the Board of Directors at its regular annual meeting on the above points. This document shall be sent by the Secretary-General to the President for distribution to the member countries, at least thirty days in advance of the date set for the meeting.

CHAPTER XII.

OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY

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ARTICLE 28. The General Secretariat, which is located at the Headquarters of the Center, is the technical organ of the CLAD in charge of the execution and management of the plans, programs and projects of the Center.

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ARTICLE 29. The Secretary General, who shall be a national of a member country, shall be responsible for the management and management of the General Secretariat in accordance with the provisions of this Statute and with the the conditions and rules laid down by the Board of Directors. The Secretary-General does not represent any country, but the General Secretariat as a whole.

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ARTICLE 30. Nominations for the position of Secretary-General shall be submitted together with the corresponding curriculum to the President of the Council, at least forty-five days in advance the date set for the election, the representatives and the Foreign Ministry of the Member States.

Single Paragraph. Candidates for the General Secretariat may be nominated by any member country.

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ARTICLE 31. The Secretary-General, appointed by the Board of Directors in the form arranged in the ordinal (h) of article 13, will serve for three years and assume his/her duties. functions within 60 days of the date of their choice. He may be re-elected for one time.

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ARTICLE 32. The Secretary General is responsible for his management before the Board of Directors and the President, to whom he will render accounts and reports that are considered relevant in the times and forms that will stipulate.

Single Paragraph. Such official shall refrain from having or implementing measures which are incompatible with the aims of the Centre and with the character of its powers.

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ARTICLE 33. The Secretary-General, as well as other officials who serve as a full-time staff member of the CLAD, may not carry out other activities, other than those of the Center, whether they are remunerated or no, except in the exceptional case of prior authorization of the Board of Directors or of the President. They will also not be able to request or accept instructions or guidelines from any government or any entity, public or private, national or international.

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ARTICLE 34. In case of resignation, death, removal or impediment to exercise the position by the Holder of the General Secretariat, the appointment of a substitute Secretary General shall be made to the brevity possible as set forth in Articles 29, 30 , and 31 of this Statute, convening for it to an ordinary meeting or extraordinary. In the meantime one of the Vectors, according to his order of precedence, will provisionally assume the functions of the Secretary.

CHAPTER XIII.  

OF THE DUTIES AND DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL

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ARTICLE 35. Corresponds to the Secretary General:

a) Execute the agreements of the Board of Directors and the mandates that are derived from the fulfillment of the Statutes;

b) Carry out the studies and propose the necessary measures for the best achievement of the objectives of the Centre;

(c) Through the President, present for the approval of the Board of Directors the financial statements, the budgetary year and the performance of the work programme as at 31 December of the previous year, delivered by independent auditor, as well as a progress report on the implementation of the programme and the budget for the current year, which will have to be analysed by the Commission on Programming and Evaluation;

d) Develop the budget programme (revenue and expenditure) and the Work Programme of the following year for approval, unbundled by semesters and previously analysed by the Commission for Programming and Evaluation. Submit it for consideration by the Board of Directors through the President;

(e) To issue to the President, the Commission of Programming and Evaluation and any member country that expressly requests it, half-yearly reports on the budgetary year and progress of the work programme, explaining in its case the variations. Likewise, inform the President of the state of collection of the quotas of the member countries;

f) Elevate Proposals to the President on the designation or removal of program managers, so that once they have been evaluated by the President, they will be transmitted to the Board of Directors;

g) To participate in the meetings of the Council, except where the Council considers it appropriate to hold private meetings without the presence of the Council. The Secretariat shall be entitled to participate in meetings where its proposals are considered;

h) Exercise the privileges entrusted to him by the President;

i) Develop projects of the Internal Regulations of the General Secretariat and submit them to the President, who will decide on his presentation to the Board of Directors; present to the President the modifications he deems appropriate on the the organisation of the Centre and the General Secretariat, who shall present them to the Council for final approval;

j) Propose to the President the hiring of international technical staff in the long and medium term, being understood for those of more than one year and between 6 and 12 months respectively, and to designate the short term and the technical staff administrative, all in accordance with the policies that the Center has in effect. In your choice you will seek to obtain the greatest diversification in countries of origin;

k) Promote before the President and execute, once approved by the Board of Directors or the Board of Directors in case of urgency, contracts and agreements with governments and with other national or international entities for the provision of Services of the Centre, in accordance with the policies and procedures dictated by the Board of Directors;

l) Promote the formal acceptance of contributions from governments, international, foundations and private institutions, in order to finance activities of the Center, in accordance with the policies and procedures dictated by the Board of Directors;

m) To encourage similar and specialized agencies to cooperate with the Center in the respective fields of its competence, in accordance with the provisions of the Board of Directors and to submit these agreements to the President, who will where appropriate, to the Board of Directors for ratification;

n) Executes the instructions of the President regarding the coordination of the tasks of the Center with those of other international, regional, continental and bilateral programs, in related fields that have been approved by the Council and to seek the optimization of existing installed capacity and resources;

n) Raise the contributions of member countries and maintain and manage the heritage of the Centre, in accordance with the policies and standards established by the Board of Directors;

or) to request the President of the Council to call for the ordinary meetings and the extraordinary meetings they consider should be held;

p) Organise the secretarial services required by the Council, the committees, the groups of government experts, the working groups and advisers, international and other meetings convened by the Board of Directors or by the Council itself. General Secretariat in line with the Council's policies;

q) To give the Steering Board or the President timely reports, accounts and data that any of them require or are formally provided for;

r) To draw up the call and the provisional agenda for meetings and with the signature of the President of the Council, refer them to the representatives of the member countries, no later than forty days before the beginning of each meeting;

s) To present to the Commission on Programming and Evaluation, at its first annual meeting, the semi-annual report for the last phase of the previous year, as well as the financial report for the previous year duly audited;

t) Present to the Programming and Evaluation Commission, the progress report of the current financial year and the proposal for a program and budget for the following period, as set out in Article 37 of this Status;

u) Present to the Board of Directors a list of signatures, auditers for this to select which will practice the audit of the Center;

v) Provide the external auditor with all the information that you require to do your job.

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ARTICLE 36. The programs will be under the direction of the Secretary General, who will be responsible for the technical and administrative conduct of their respective areas of competence. The Secretary-General shall entrust each programme to an executive officer.

CHAPTER XIV.

OF THE FORMULATION, PRESENTATION, AND APPROVAL OF PROGRAMS,

RESULTS BUDGETS AND REPORTS

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ARTICLE 37. At least two months before the regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors, the Secretary-General shall present to the Commission on Programming and Evaluation the progress report of the current financial year. in its programmatic and budgetary parts and the proposal for a programme and budgets for the following period, which will be structured by programmes and projects which are to be submitted for six months, in order to be presented, with their opinions and comments. Board of Directors in its regular session.

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