ART. 1

DENOMINATION

A non-profit association called “Italian Association of Professional Negotiators” has been established. By its nature, the Association is non-partisan and pluralistic and its management is based on democratic criteria. The Association intends to carry out all activities in compliance with the laws of the State of Italy which regulate and protect, in all their aims and ends, the life of the Associations.

ART. 2

REGISTERED OFFICE

The registered office of the Association is in Rome, via di Porta Pinciana 34. Representative offices can be set up throughout the national and international territory.

ART. 3

DURATION

The duration of the Association is indefinite.

ART. 4

SOCIAL PURPOSES

The Association intends to establish the figure of the Professional Negotiator within the Italian legal system and protect the performance of the related activities nationally and internationally.
To this end, the association will be able to organize round tables, work tables, conferences, congresses, debates, exhibitions, inquiries, seminars, aimed at raising awareness and informing about topics and themes of social interest.
The associative purposes include professional training and advanced training in the legal, financial, social and communication sciences; business consultancy in the field of training and research; establishment of committees or study and research groups; learning tour of an educational nature, courses, internships, collaborative learning workshops in attendance and online, on technical-specific and/or social promotion themes.
The association takes care of the promotion, participation and implementation of legal, financial, socio-economic and political research; the realization of studies and research on the knowledge, penetration and consumption of products and services.
Finally, it will be able to publish a magazine-bulletin, in paper or electronic form.

ART. 5

DIRECT OR INDIRECT ACTIVITIES FOR SOCIAL PURPOSES

The Association may carry out any other activity that is directly or indirectly relevant to the social purposes and in any case to support the achievement of the statutory purposes, as well as perform all the acts and conclude all the contractual operations of a real estate, movable, industrial and financial nature , necessary and useful for the achievement of social purposes and, in any case, both directly and indirectly pertaining to them.

ART. 6

ECONOMIC RESOURCES

The Association carries out its activities through:
a. Economic contributions from public administrations, local bodies, credit institutions and entities in general;
b. Economic contributions from tenders and projects assigned by Ministries;
c. Commissioned social communication and research assignments;
d. Legacies, oblations, donations, inheritances, which come to the Association from public and private bodies and individuals, without any distinction of nationality and citizenship;
e. Annual membership fees of Members;
f. Contributions deriving from the activities referred to in art. 4 and any entries other than those mentioned so far.
Free money donations and donations are accepted by the President on behalf of the Association and the Board of Directors deliberates on the use of them in harmony with the organization’s statutory purposes.
The proceeds deriving from any marginal commercial or production activities are included in a specific item of the Association Budget and the Board of Directors deliberates on the use of the same in harmony with the organization’s statutory purposes.

ART. 7

THE PARTNERS

Italian or foreign citizens of democratic sentiments and behavior can join the Association. Admission to the Association is deliberated by the Board of Directors upon written request from the applicant addressed to the President of the Association. At the time of application, the new members must undertake to accept this Statute and to observe the rules and regulations of the Association. The members are divided into three types: 1) Founding members: they are the members who intervened in the establishment of the association; 2) Ordinary members: are those members who intend to contribute to the pursuit of the associative purposes referred to in this Statute; 3) Honorary members: they are those personalities who, following their particular importance in every field of politics, culture, communication and society, can favor the realization of the associative aims; 4) Supporting members: those people and/or those Organizations (Associations, Cooperatives, Clubs, Companies, Public and Private Bodies, etc.) who share the aims and operating methods of the Association and intend to financially support institutional activities with voluntary contributions.

ART. 8

LOSS OF MEMBER QUALIFICATION

Members cease to be part of the Association:
a) for arrears lasting for three months from the end of the requested payment;
b) for withdrawal by written communication to be communicated to the President;
c) due to forfeiture or loss of the requirements on the basis of which the admission took place;
d) by radiation for conduct that morally and/or materially damages the Association;
e) by death.
The decision to withdraw is approved by the Board of Directors by an absolute majority and is taken against members whose activities conflict with the interests and purposes of the Association.

ART. 9

THE BODIES OF THE ASSOCIATION

The organs of the Association are:
– the General Assembly of Members;
– the Board of Directors;
– the President of the Association;
– the Secretary General.

ART.10

GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS ‘MEETING

The Association in the General Assembly of members has its sovereign body. Ordinary Associates, Supporters and Founders have the right to participate in both ordinary and extraordinary Assembly. On invitation of the President, honorary members can also participate, but without the right to vote.
The General Assembly is convened on an ordinary basis by the President of the Association at least once a year by the end of April for the approval of the final balance sheet closed on 31 December of the previous year.
The General Assembly can also be convened extraordinarily by the President of the Association or by the Board of Directors, with fifteen days notice by letter, fax or e-mail or, through publication on the website.
The notice of meeting must contain the agenda of the topics to be discussed, the dates, time and place of the meeting. Assembly meetings are valid on first call when at least the absolute majority of members are present or represented and, on second call, to be held at least after one hour, regardless of the number of delegates present or represented.

Assembly decisions are made by a majority of the votes present and/or represented. The participation by proxy is to be conferred in writing only to another Associate in the General Assembly.

The Assembly is chaired by the President who, in the event of impediment with his or her proxy, will appoint a sitting President.

Tasks of the Assembly

The General Assembly has the following duties:

in ordinary session

– discuss and deliberate on the final and estimated budgets and on the reports of the Board of Directors and / or the President;

– elect the members of the Board of Directors;

– deliberate on any ordinary topic submitted to its approval by the Board of Directors and / or by the President and / or Associates.

in extraordinary session

– deliberate on the dissolution of the Association;

– set up secondary offices;

– deliberate on any other extraordinary subject submitted for its approval by the Board of Directors and/or by the President and/or Associates.

ART. 11

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors, made up of 3 (three) to 7 (seven) members, is made up of elected members and members by right. The President and the founding members are members of the Association by right. Elective members are instead elected by the General Assembly of Members.
The Board of Directors remains in office for five years and is chaired by the President of the Association. At the end of the mandate, the Directors can be reconfirmed.
In the intervals between the social assemblies and in the event of resignation, death, forfeiture or other impediment of one or more of its members, provided that less than half, the Board of Directors has the right to proceed – by co-optation – to the integration of the Board itself up to the limit statutory.

The Board of Directors meets whenever necessary, on the initiative of the President or at least a third of the directors, and in any case not less than twice a year. The meetings of the Board of Directors must be made, at least ten days in advance, by fax, or by e-mail. The resolutions of the Board of Directors are taken by majority vote of the directors present. In the event of a tie, the President’s vote prevails.

Depending on the topics discussed, the Board may also invite other Associates or members of the Scientific Committee to the meetings, without the right to vote.

Minutes are drawn up for each meeting of the Board of Directors, signed by the President or the substitute president.

In case of impediment, a member of the Board of Directors can be represented by written proxy from another Director, but no one can be granted more than one proxy.

The Executive Council, in the exercise of its functions, can make use of a Scientific Committee, whose members are appointed by the Board itself and can be Associated or non-Associated.

Tasks of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors has the following duties:

  1. a) convene the Assembly;
  2. b) implement the resolutions of the General Assembly of members;
  3. c) deliberate on the admission and cancellation of members;
  4. d) establish the directives for the implementation of the statutory tasks, establish the methods and responsibilities of execution and control the execution itself;
  5. e) deliberate on the reports and proposals of the President and other members of the Board of Directors;
  6. f) make decisions regarding any purchase or sale of property, including real estate;
  7. g) establish the amount of the association’s annual fees;
  8. h) give an opinion on any other object submitted to its examination by the President;
  9. i) prepare the budgets and final accounts to be submitted to the General Assembly of Members;
  10. j) prepare the annual program of the Association’s activities;
  11. k) elect a possible Technical-Scientific Committee.

ART. 12

THE PRESIDENT

The Association is governed and administered by a President, elected by the Assembly of founding members and designated among themselves. The President remains in office for five years, renewable.
Tasks of the President:
– The President directs the Association and exercises all the powers that affect the entire performance of the Association’s social and administrative activities;
– The President has the legal representation of the Association and is vested with the broadest decision-making powers to act on behalf of the Association;
– The President can perform all the acts and operations relating to the purposes pursued except those reserved, by statute, to the other organs of the Association;
– The President is responsible for signing the social deeds that bind the Association both towards Associates and third parties;
– The President oversees in particular the implementation of the resolutions of the Assembly and of the Board of Directors;
– The President has the power to sign for the opening and management of bank and/or postal current accounts and can receive and pay sums of money, grant guarantees and guarantees, sign and negotiate bank bills, etc .;
– The President has overall responsibility for the conduct and good performance of social affairs;
– The President every year, within the month of March, draws up the final balance as of December 31 of the previous year. The financial statements, drawn up by the Board of Directors, must be submitted for approval to the general meeting of members by the month of April.
The President may delegate, to one or more directors, part of his duties on a transitory or permanent basis.

ART. 13

THE SECRETARY GENERAL

The general secretary is elected by the General Assembly of Members on the recommendation of the President and remains in office for five years renewable or until revocation proposed by at least two thirds of the members of the founding members.
The Secretary has the task of fulfilling his duties by taking care of the ordinary affairs and in any case any other task delegated by the President or not foreseen by this Statute as the competence of other bodies.
In particular, the Secretary’s duties are:
– fill in and disclose the minutes of the Board of Directors to the members;
– keep the lists of members up to date;
– assist the activity of the President and eventually replace him in case of impediment or absence;
– fulfill the functions of secretary of the General Assembly of members and of the Board of Directors;
– stipulate and terminate employment contracts and of any other nature, if provided with a specific delegation issued by the President.

ART. 14

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

The Association may establish a Scientific Technical Committee made up of professionals with multidisciplinary skills and experience (university teachers, researchers and experts). The members of the Scientific Committee will be identified by the Board of Directors, and if they do not belong to the Association they will be Ordinary Associates of the Association right, free of charge. The Scientific Committee meets on convening and with methods established by the Board of Directors, with the aim of verifying the scientific validity of the initiatives carried out by the Association and, their consistency with institutional purposes. The Scientific Committee will also have a proactive function for the activities and research promoted by the Association. Upon its deliberation, the Board of Directors, unanimously, can accept among the Ordinary Associates professionals who have been actively engaged, for at least 2 (two) years, in the activities of the Scientific Committee.

ART. 15

POSTPONEMENT

For all that is not provided for in these Articles, reference is made to the law and to the general principles of the Italian legal system.

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