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REGISTERED BY: APPROVED BY:

Registration Service of Constitutive general meeting of

Lugansk City Department of Justice the Public organization

Order of Lugansk City “International Scientific and Technological

Department of Justice Educational Public Organization

from October 14, 2013 “Social Economic Innovative Center”

Registration number 1408480

Deputy Chief of Registration

Service – Head of the Oktyabrskiy

Department of State Registration

Of Acts of Civil Status Record № 1 from 15.09.2013

Of Lugansk City Department of Justice

L.V.Horolskaya

CHARTER

Of the Public Organization "International Scientific and Technological Educational Public

Organization "Social Economic Innovation Center"

Lugansk

2013

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CONTENT

1. GENERAL PROVISIONS ............................................................................................................................... 3

2. THE PURPOSE AND LINES OF ACTIVITY ..................................................................................................... 4

3. MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION, THEIR RIGHTS AND DUTIES, THE CONDITIONS AND REGULATIONS

OF THE PROCEDURE OF ENTERING ............................................................................................................. 11

OR WITHDRAWAL FROM SEIC ..................................................................................................................... 11

4. CLUSTER ORGANIZATIONS OF SEIC, THEIR RIGHTS AND DUTIES ............................................................ 13

5. CONTROLS DEJALNOSTJU SEITS AND THEIR POWERS ............................................................................. 15

6. PERIODICITY OF SESSIONS AND PROCEDURE .......................................................................................... 19

OF MAKING RESOLUTIONS BY DIRECTING BODIES OF PUBLIC ASSOCIATION ............................................ 19

INCLUDING THE USE OF MEANS OF COMMUNICATION ............................................................................. 19

7. REPORTING PROCEDURE OF LEADING BODIES OF PUBLIC ASSOCIATION .............................................. 20

TO ITS MEMBERS (PARTICIPANTS) .............................................................................................................. 20

8. THE PROCEDURE OF THE APPEAL OF DECISIONS, ACTIONS, NONFEASANCE ......................................... 20

OF DIRECTING BODIES OF PUBLIC ASSOCIATION ........................................................................................ 20

AND INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS ....................................................................................................... 20

9. THE ISOLATED UNITS ............................................................................................................................... 21

10. SOURCES OF CASH INFLOW AND THE COURSE OF USE ........................................................................ 22

OF MEANS AND OTHER PROPERTY OF SEIC ................................................................................................ 22

11. INTRODUCTION OF AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONS ........................................................................... 24

12. THE TERMINATION OF ACTIVITY AND LIQUIDATION OF SEIC ............................................................... 25

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1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.1. The Public organization "International Scientific and Technological

Educational Public Organization "Social Economic Innovation Center" (hereinafter

"SEIC") is a public organization that unites individuals and groups who have a

desire to participate in the implementation of the Charter goals and program tasks

of SEIC.

1.2. In its activity, SEIC is governed by the Constitution of Ukraine, the Law of

Ukraine "On the Public Associations", other Ukrainian legislation in force,

international legal instruments to which the Ukraine has joined, and by this

Charter.

1.3. SEIC is built and it operates on the principles of voluntariness, equality of its

members, self-management, law, eligibility and accountability of the governing

bodies, transparency.

1.4. SEIC does not aim to get profits from its activities.

1.5. In accordance with the current legislation of Ukraine, SEIC becomes a legal

entity immediately valid and effective as at the date and time of the state

registration, it has its own seal, stamps and letterheads with its name, accounts in

banks, including foreign currency, its own symbolism and brand marks.

1.6. SEIC activity spreads throughout the Ukraine and the countries-participants,

also members of SEIC that legalized SEIC activities according to national and

international law.

1.7. The Full name of SEIC in Ukrainian:

Gromadska organіzatsіya "Mіzhnarodna naukovo-tehnologіchna osvіtnya

Gromadska organіzatsіya" Sotsіalny ekonomіchny іnnovatsіyny Tsentr",

abbreviated " СЕІЦ" (SEIC).

The Full name of SEIC in Russian: Obshcestvennaya Organizatsiya

"Mezhdunarodnaya Nauchno-Technologicheskaya Obrazovatelnaya Organizatsiya

"Sotsialny Ekonomichesky Innovatsionny Tsentr, abbreviated "СЭИЦ" (SEIC).

The Full name of SEIC in English: Public organization "International Scientific-

and-Technological Educational Public Organization "Social Economic Innovation

Center", abbreviated «SEIC».

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2. THE PURPOSE AND LINES OF ACTIVITY

2.1. The main goal of SEIC is the formation of a harmonious society in which each

person has possibilities for worthy and happy life through self-realization for the

good of society and his own, assistance in improvement and development of the

social, economic situation, also in satisfaction and protection the participants’

common interests in legal, public, social, economic, creative, age, national,

cultural, sports and other aspects of life.

2.1.1. For the purpose of implementation of scientific, technological experience

concerning the formation the culture of management, development and

introduction of innovations into social, scientific, administrative, public, private

and official bodies, programs, technologies, control systems, information

interchange, cross-department integration, co-operative and corporate

communications included, within the requirements of agreements and certificates

of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and international law, and also interaction

in these processes with scientific administrative structures in national and

international bodies, SEIC and its members develop and introduce technologies

and programs in scientific and research-and-production, social and economic,

nature protection and educational spheres, civic self-management, mechanisms of

national, state, international and world support of pioneer work and innovations

which provide the further dynamic development of the society in years to come.

2.1.2. SEIC and its members conduce and operate in the following directions:

- Implementation and coordination the institutional reforms in the systems of

management and innovative development of the society that consequently

promotes self-organizing and self-management of the population and provides

formation of the grass-roots democracy.

- Triggering the process of the transfer of technologies, expansion of activity on

promoting innovations in the internal and international markets.

- Adjustment of coordination of innovative programs with the state structures and

the enforcement authorities, connected with questions of innovative development

and institutional reforms in the conditions of the world market.

- Methodological, technological support of innovative processes of business in a

complex of directions of social activity in educational, ecological and agro-food

spheres.

- Exchange of experiences in the allocation of clustering centers, co-operative

associations and business incubators, and also mutual aid in adjustment of

mechanisms of an infrastructure of innovative projects and a transfer of

technologies.

2.2. SEIC is built for the purpose of working out and implementation the

mechanisms that would generate a new wave of business in the spheres of high

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technologies, management and control, development of the methodological and

educational institutions, science and technologies development, development of

educational and teaching processes, in the spheres of special and vocational

training, improvement of the quality of teaching and educational processes for

training high quality specialists which is gained by the introduction of new training

and technological forms and methods; opening enterprises manufacturing

knowledge-consumptive products (with students, pupils and SEIC members

involved), to further stable innovative development.

2.3. SEIC realizes all kinds and forms of activities including public, organizational,

administrative, innovative ones, in accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine,

the International agreements, legislations of Ukraine and of the member countries

(participants) of SEIC in the international, state, national, regional, scientific,

social programs.

2.4. Innovative and educational structures which carry out their activity in SEIC

are governed by the national legislation on participation in public associations, and

the legislation in sphere of protection of the rights of citizens, the right to

intellectual property, information protection, by other laws, the international and

national statutory acts, including the spheres of scientific and business activity.

2.5. SEIC is focused on providing methodological, organizational and

technological services, to official bodies, educational and commercial

establishments where are its product and activity:

- Methodological working out (both together with educational, state development

institutes, public associations, and independently) and implementation of program

and technological resources into educational and investment processes, including

remote, on-campus and off-campus and distant forms of study, and also innovative

management of projects.

- Methodological researches of the market of the technical software, new

information technologies, assistance in the organization of purchase of the license

software, approbation of high-tech soft communication media including " citizen -

state", "citizen-community", "citizen-enterprise" and so forth.

- Offer and implementation of technologies, software products of educational

appointment into educational processes, as well as innovative promotion of

educational programs.

- Public monitoring and control of adhering and performance terms and conditions

stated in national programs, other works on joint international activity of the state,

also engaging donor and investment sources.

- Providing public, civil security, including the ones in information-legal field.

SEIC participates in formation of public cooperation in the international projects of

donor support, in the preparation processes for implementation of projects of

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national regulatory legal acts, responding the requirements of the international

integration; and compliance with obligations according to the international

agreements, conventions and other established norms of law.

2.6. For to achieve its goals, SEIC rises to the following tasks:

2.6.1. Making the basement for the authors of inventions, businessmen, students,

post-graduate students and young scientists of high schools to realize their science

projects; providing additional options for the youth, students and post-graduate

students for participation in research and development lay-outs (научно-

исследовательских опытно-конструкторских разработок - НИОКР), aiming

the producing goods and technologies for the science-intensive business with a

view to generate a new wave of high-tech businessmen.

2.6.2. Engaging citizens (businessmen, commerce-men, students and post-graduate

students) into the process of initiating, working out and realization of knowledge

consumptive products and technologies.

2.6.3. Teaching businessmen, executive staff, students, post-graduate students and

young scientists of high schools, young people how to manage innovative

processes, enterprises, organizations, enterprises and so forth.

2.7. SEIC performs its function in:

2.7.1. Providing citizens, members of SEIC with complex consulting and

information services in the form of optional education in concern of the legislation

of Ukraine, European Economic Community, the Russian Federation, USA, China,

Japan, India and other international law systems; business, science-and-

technologies expert study, innovative activity; security of commercial and

intellectual property, copyrights and protection of a trade secret, the tax laws,

credit provision, investments.

2.7.2. Organizing competitions in placing scientific and technical projects for the

participants of SEIC.

2.7.3. Working out methods of teaching for education and studying, also for

training businessmen and authors; how to conduct teaching and training

documentation concerning innovative business and community-focused

technologies.

2.7.4. Assistance in building up and development enterprises in the spheres of

science and engineering, science and technologies.

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2.7.5. Assistance in organizing practical training for students and post-graduate

students at the enterprises of the science and engineering, science and technologies,

social spheres, both in Ukraine, and abroad.

2.7.6. Arranging business conferences, exhibitions, seminars on organizational,

economic and legal issues in science and technologies spheres.

2.7.7. Realization of operational coordination between the state, regional and city

administrations, funds of development and business support, other public,

commercial and international funds and programs.

2.7.8. Assistance in engaging investments, patrons of art, sponsors for

experimental workings out, projects and programs of businessmen and the

enterprises of small and medium business, students, young scientists which provide

implementation of innovations.

2.7.9. The organizing and engaging experts into carrying out independent, science

and-methodological examination of projects and production, including the ones

created by the youth, students, young scientists in SEIC, also by demand of

citizens, public associations, international, national, state, administrative agencies

and institutes.

2.7.10. Marketing and expertise-and-research activity (processing the commercial

information on the subject of commodity and other markets condition, their

conjuncture, forecasting of tendencies of their development); preparation of

economic reviews and working out of recommendations; granting the

methodological help to managers of projects, including the ones created with SEIC

support.

2.7.11. Providing the technological and methodological assistance for both public

and civil self-managing infrastructure to function properly; legal groundwork for

civic and public control (realization of the purposes) over national, social, nature

protection, organizational programs.

2.7.12. Training businessmen in science-and-technologies (methodological)

sphere.

2.7.13. Working-outs and approbations for further SEIC and businessmen

interaction in project management methodology within the social-oriented

programs.

2.8. SEIC is the methodological center to work out and implement recent

educational technologies, such as "group project study" (групповая проектная

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учеба - ГПУ), "finance system ", "rating system of training", "distant study" which

are realized at interaction with chairs, departments of high schools, with enterprises

of science-and-technologies sphere.

2.9. Scientific and educational activity of SEIC is aiming to organize and conduct

information, social and legal researches of SEIC and to conduct:

2.9.1. Methodological working-out of scientific and guidance tools for scientific

researches and implementation socially useful discoveries.

2.9.2. Initialization of projects and software products for the public, state structures

of the authorities and the non-governmental organizations (неправительственные

организации - НПО).

2.9.3. Information-and-methodological support of experts who carry out the

methodological analysis of scientific and guidance materials, social programs,

innovative directions for the development and implementation of new

technologies;

2.9.4. Assistance in upgrading qualifications and further training of teachers and

social workers in educational branch, using IT-technologies in the educational

branch, management and other kinds of activity.

2.9.5. Participation in realization and supporting the program of information

system development of the institutes, state and non-state institutions by granting on

public principles information-educational and technical programs of activity

concerning the development of methodology in the sphere of social rights for top-

quality education, public health services, food products for different levels of

population, protection of the social rights, including the right for natural resources

and agro-ecological safety under the conditions of global climate changes and

updating the national markets.

2.9.6. Working out and realization of basic principles of the public institutional

reorganization of the industrial sector, according to the current international

obligations including WTO, by means of engaging the corresponding scientific

committees and experts.

2.9.7. Working out and implementation of the basic principles of the program of

adjusting to integrated eco-networks of development of natural resources of

territories, depressive areas, rural areas, formation of national analysis-and-expert

groups based on the economic and ecological estimation of legislative activity,

social and administrative spheres, regeneration of natural resources, with the help

of high technologies, ІТ-technologies responding the global level problems,

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financing models at building up scientific parks and scientific and technological

platforms of national importance following the European models.

2.9.8. Methodological analysis of socially important problems having resulted after

ecological or man-caused emergencies, disaster-preventive action.

2.9.9. Engaging the staff of enterprises, organizations and establishments of all

forms of ownership as well as the public at large, into the socially-focused

activities.

2.9.10. Assistance in stimulation and implementation of new ideas, initiatives and

projects on the improvement of the constitutional security of citizens, realization of

actions which provide improvement of ecological conditions, reconstructions of

natural resources, assistance in protection of resources.

2.9.11. Assistance in research activity.

2.9.12. Involving highly skilled experts into the processes on maintenance of

effective influence on the performance of SEIC Charter Programs.

2.9.13. Assistance in formation of the top-priority attitude to the wildlife

management, increasing the level of ecological education, culture and thinking of

citizens of Ukraine.

2.9.14. Assistance in the state structures (studying the situations, tendencies,

discussing the projects, examination of the possible decision and so forth) on the

most important questions on the preventive steps and liquidation of ecological,

social and economic, man-caused emergencies and according to the current

legislation, arranging the events of common interest with official bodies.

2.9.15. Participation and assistance in public research and analytical activity on the

assumption of the estimation of efficiency and possible consequences of

organizational and administrative decisions, initiatives and projects.

2.9.16. Participation and assistance in formation of conditions and possibilities

(forms, instruments) for displaying the civil activity in processes of public

territorial self-management.

2.9.17. Participation in educational activity, including the public television, radio

and other means, according to the national and international legislation.

2.9.18. Assistance in the development of the market of intellectual services.

2.9.19. Conducting the public informational and analytical activity.

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2.9.20. Exercising and participation in remedial nature protection actions in in

accordance with the procedure established by law.

2.9.21. The cooperation with the national and international ecological

organizations and associations.

2.9.22. Assisting in harmonization of the national ecological policy and the global

ecological processes.

2.9.23. Participation in the working out and implementation the concept of civil

safety, improvement and control of actions of the national safety doctrine, in

accordance with the Charter articles.

2.10. SEIC, in accordance with the procedure established by law:

- organizes and provides interaction of experts, experts of methodological,

technological, special, information, ecological and other directions, using for this

purpose possibilities of the Internet, mass media and print media.

- For the purpose of the solving the most important problems of the society and

government, SEIC arranges seminars and conferences, other actions of

organizational-and-administrative social work.

- SEIC participates in research-and-practice conferences, seminars, symposiums

and other actions that other organizations arrange, including the governmental

ones.

- For the purpose of realization of social projects on the key problems in the sphere

of environmental safety, SEIC cooperates with governments, enterprises,

establishments and companies.

- SEIC establishes working committees, the small commissions, that operate

according to stated procedure, approved by the Presidium.

- Through the self-supporting establishments and organizations, founded by SEIC,

the founded enterprises, SEIC conducts its economic and other commercial

activities, exclusively for the performance of the Charter purposes and tasks of

SEIC.

2.11. For the realization of the purposes and tasks defined by the present Charter,

according to the legal status, SEIC has the rights:

- To represent it as a member of civil-law relations, to get the property and non-

property rights.

- To represent and protect the legitimate interests and legitimate interests of the

members in public authorities and public organizations.

- To support other associations of citizens, ideologically, in institutional behavior

and financially, to give the help in their creation.

To form establishments and enterprises affiliated by SEIC.

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- To receive from enforcement authorities and local governments the necessary

information for realization of the SEIC purposes and tasks.

- To make offers to public authorities and local governments concerning activity of

SEIC.

- To extend the information and to propagandize its ideas and targets.

- To create mass media and communication networks.

For to inform citizens about its activity, SEIC publishes materials, highlights its

activity on the Internet, mass-media and the print media.

3. MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION, THEIR RIGHTS AND DUTIES, THE

CONDITIONS AND REGULATIONS OF THE PROCEDURE OF ENTERING

OR WITHDRAWAL FROM SEIC

3.1. The founders of SEIC receive the status of SEIC members after the state

registration of the organization.

3.2. Membership in SEIC should be on the voluntary basis only.

3.3. The Admission to SEIC membership is carried out by the Presidium of SEIC

or by the President of SEIC if this right was delegated to him; at regional and local

level – by the head of regional unit at the coordination with the Presidium.

3.4. The admission of new members to SEIC is conducted in by virtue of the

application written on the established standard form.

3.5. The admission to membership, withdrawal or excluding from SEIC, is decided

by the majority of votes of SEIC Presidium members. For the periods between the

sessions of the Presidium, the right of admission to or withdrawal SEIC

membership can be delegated to the President of SEIC.

3.6. The rights of a SEIC member:

- To elect and be elected to the leading organs of SEIC, to participate in all actions

of SEIC.

- To participate in the work of the constant and temporary commissions founded on

the decision of authorized bodies of SEIC.

- Freely to criticize any unit of SEIC, to file the objections and complaints against

the decisions of Presidium and to request investigation of complaints at a General

meeting.

- To appeal to leading organs of SEIC with inquiries and offers on the questions

connected with the activity of SEIC, and to receive answers.

- To ask the bodies of the Organization for help in protection of the rights and

legitimate interests.

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3.7. SEIC members are obliged:

- To keep the provisions of the SEIC Charter.

- To obey the decisions of the leading bodies of SEIC.

- To pay the entrance and membership fees punctually and in amounts and terms

established by the Presidium of SEIC.

- To promote the tasks of SEIC.

- To participate in the actions arranged by SEIC.

3.8. Membership in SEIC is stopped on the decision of the Presidium of SEITS in

the following cases:

3.8.1. On one’s own free will, in by virtue of application.

3.8.2. Infringement or default of requirements of the Charter of SEIC by a SEIC

member.

3.8.3. Default or inadequate performance of program or project resolutions,

regulations of SEIC and the tasks of the leading bodies of SEIC or its officials.

3.8.4. Behavior or actions directed on damnification to interests and targets of

SEIC, or discrediting it.

3.8.5. Reorganization or liquidations of SEIC.

3.9. In case of the voluntary withdrawal or excluding, the means and other property

of the SEIC member, invested into the program activity of SEIC, do not retrieve.

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4. CLUSTER ORGANIZATIONS OF SEIC, THEIR RIGHTS AND DUTIES

4.1. The cluster organizations consist of members of SEIC and are the basis and

the functionality carrier inside SEIC.

4.2. The cluster organization in its activity is guided by the present Charter,

Provisions and other documents regulating the activity of SEIC.

4.3. The cluster organizations are formed at the meeting and should incorporate no

less than 3 members.

The decision on creation of cluster organizations, isolated units, goes to the

Presidium of SEIC in 2-week-term, for registration that has notifying character.

4.4. The cluster organization independently defines the structure and character of

its activity within the limits of the present Charter, and disposes the property of

SEIC fixed to it, on the right of operative and functional co-ordination.

4.5. The supreme body of the cluster organizations is the meeting which gathers as

required, but at least once in a quarter.

4.6. The meeting is competent to discuss any questions and take decisions on them

under the condition that no less than 3/5 members of the cluster organizations

(members of SEIC) are present at the meeting.

The decision is taken by just the majority of votes of the registered delegates.

The questions being discussed at the meeting of the cluster organizations take their

final formulation at the Congress.

4.7. During the periods between the meetings the activity of the cluster

organization is coordinated by the secretary who is elected by the meeting of the

cluster organization.

4.8. In his work, the secretary is accountable to the meeting of the cluster

organization and the Presidium.

4.9. Admission to SEIC is conducted in an individual order, after the personal

application to the Presidium of SEIC, in a free form.

The application form should have the following:

- A surname, a name, a patronymic of the applicant.

- Year of birth (at the age of 18 years - additionally day and month of birth);

- The address of residence.

- The passport data or the document which substitutes it;

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- Contact information.

- The personal purpose and the general goal of admission.

The application to SEIC membership can also be submitted in electronic form.

The decision on admission to SEIC membership is taken out by the Presidium of

SEIC, Presidiums of regional or national cells.

4.10. Membership in SEIC can be stopped by the own will of a member of SEIC in

virtue by of his application.

4.11. A SEIC member can be excluded under the decision of the cluster

organization for the actions that block SEIC, or its bodies, in the realization their

functions or the social programs.

The excluded member is informed by the secretary about the initiation of the

disciplinary procedure, about time and place of the session at which the question

on his excluding, by sending him notification, no later than fifteen days before the

beginning of the session.

The information about the initiating the disciplinary procedure, time and place of

the session is announced no later than fifteen days before the beginning of the

session. Documents that confirm placing the notification, the mentioned

information, including date of their placing on the official internet site of SEIC, are

attached to the materials of the disciplinary procedure.

On having received the message about initiating of the disciplinary procedure,

persons that are excluded, make efforts on their own, in order to receive the

information about the progressing of their matter, using any sources of information

or communication facilities.

4.12. To members (both individual, and collective) that infringe the provisions of

the Charter, for non-payment of membership fees, drawing the loss of property to

SEIC and/or to its members, regularly (i.e. more than twice) default or inadequate

performance of the duties defined by the Charter, for actions discrediting

(harming) SEIC, can be applied the following measures:

4.12.1. Notification.

4.12.2. Excluding from SEIC membership.

4.13. The decision on the excluding from SEIC membership is taken by the

Chairman of the isolated unit or by the Presidium of SEIC in cases when there are

no isolated units.

4.14. In case of the membership termination from SEIC entrance and membership

fees are not refunded.

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5. CONTROLS DEJALNOSTJU SEITS AND THEIR POWERS

5.1. Authorized bodies of SEIC are:

Conference,

Presidium,

Top Management,

Audit Commission.

5.2. The supreme body of management of SEIC is a Conference.

A SEIC Conference has the right to make decisions on all questions of activity of

SEIC.

5.3. The exclusive competence of a Conference concern:

- The confirmation of changes and additions to the Charter.

- Electing the Presidium.

- listening to the reports of the Chairman of Presidium, Co-chairmen of Presidium

on methodology and SEIC managements, the director of the SEIC Top

Management, members of Presidium.

- Election of the Chairman and members of the Revision committee.

- Listening to the Revision committee reports.

- Listening to the decisions of the Presidium on admission (excluding) members of

SEIC.

- Realization of the property right to the property of SEIC (some functions of the

management of property and means can be delegated to the Presidium and/or to the

President of SEIC).

- Making resolutions on the termination of activity of SEIC.

5.4. Conference is convoked by the Presidium as often as required, but at least

annually. On demand of the Revision committee or 1/7 members of SEIC

members, an extraordinary Conference can be called.

Place and time as well as agenda of the Conference, the Presidium notifies

members of SEIC and its isolated units no later than 30 days before the term

appointed. A Member of SEIC or three delegates from each isolated union take

part in the Conference. Conference has the right to make resolutions under the

condition if no less than 3/4 members of SEIC or delegates are present at the

session.

Conference decisions are accepted by the majority of votes (the simple or qualified

majority, under the Presidium offer) of members of SEIC or present delegates,

except the cases specially stipulated in the present Charter.

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5.5. The management and control of the SEIC activity during the period between

conferences is carried out by the Presidium and Top Management.

5.6. The Presidium competence concerns:

- Carrying out the decisions of the Conference.

- The confirmation of Provisions of SEIC, including: Provision about Top

Management of SEIC, Provisions about delegating the representatives at the

Conference, Provisions about the centers of competence, Provisions about internal

structure of SEIC, Provisions about regulations of SEIC, programs and projects of

SEIC.

- Appointment of the Chief accountant.

- The confirmation of Heads of the isolated units elected by the meeting.

- Definition of lines of the activity ща SEIC, fulfilment and carrying out SEIC

target programs.

- Adoption of internal standard documents.

- Adoption of symbolism of SEIC.

- решение других вопросов, кроме относящихся к исключительной

компетенции Конференции.

- The approval of annual budget of SEIC.

- Making decision on foundation of self-supporting establishments, organizations,

establishments, enterprises which are necessary for performance of authorized

tasks and purposes of SEIC.

- Solving other questions, except those within the exclusive competence of the

Conference.

5.7. The presidium is elected by the Conference for a period of five years. The

quantitative structure of Presidium should be odd and make no less than three

persons.

5.8. On the Presidium are: the Chairman of the Presidium, the Co-chairman of the

Presidium on methodology and management, the director of the Top Management

of SEIC, the coordinator of the SEIC cooperation with state authorities, the

coordinator of the SEIC cooperation with commercial, sponsor, donor,

international establishments, and others, approved and confirmed by the

Conference in accordance with project and specific programs.

5.9. The Presidium sessions are held as required, but no less than once in three

months. The presidium is considered to be competent if at its session more than

half of its members are present. The resolutions of the Presidium are taken by the

common majority of votes of those present at the session.

5.10. The Presidium of SEIC is headed by the Chairman of Presidium who is

elected by the Presidium for the term of 5 years, according to the task of SEIC and

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the term of its execution. The subsequent re-election of the Chairman, the Co-

chairman and terms take place on the decision of the Presidium or Conference of

SEIC.

5.11. The chairman of Presidium is an official of SEIC and he carries out the

programs confirmed by the Conference or Presidium of programs, provisions, lines

of activity of SEIC, solves all the questions on SEIC activity, except those within

the exclusive competence of the Conference and the Presidium of SEIC.

5.12. The chairman of the Presidium, the Co-chairman of the Presidium on

methodology and management, the director of the Top Management of SEIC, carry

out their powers on behalf of SEIC, without the power of attorney and signs all

documents which are approved by directing bodies of SEIC.

5.13. The chairman of the Presidium, the Co-chairman of the Presidium on

methodology and the management, the director of the Top Management of SEIC,

members of the Presidium are accountable to the Conference of SEIC and provide

the performance of all adopted decisions.

5.14. The chairman of Presidium, the Co-chairman of Presidium on methodology

and management, the director of the Top Management of SEIC, operate within the

limits of the legislation, the present Charter, Provisions about the Presidium, the

Provision about the Top Management of SEIC, and regulations of SEIC, adopted

and confirmed by the current conferences of SEIC.

5.15. Powers of the Chairman of Presidium:

- Convokes and presides at the Presidium sessions.

- Signs internal certificates of SEIC adopted by directing bodies.

- Represents the interests of SEIC in public authorities, local government, the

enterprises, establishments, the organizations irrespective of pattern of ownership,

public organizations, mass media, other associations, with physical persons.

- Submits nominees of deputy directors for the confirmation by the Presidium of

SEIC.

- Within his competence he issues the orders, instructions, charges, powers of

attorney on the questions connected with authorized activity, obligatory to

execution.

- Executes the dispose of property and means of SEIC within the powers given by

the Conference.

- Signs financial documents, concludes contracts on behalf of SEIC according to its

purposes and tasks. In coordination with the Presidium, forms the official position

of SEIC on the questions, concerning interests of its members.

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- Submits to the Presidium questions on forms and volumes of material and

financial maintenance of projects and programs, carries out, supports or finances

SEIC.

- Defines conditions of labor and social relations, employs and dismisses workers;

- Co-ordinates work of structural units of SEIC, enterprises, unions, funds and

other legal bodies formed by SEIC or at its participation.

- At the Conference, reports the state of affairs and lines of activity of SEIC,

prepares reports of the Presidium and the Revision committee of SEIC.

- Carries out other powers that provide authorized activity of SEIC that do not

contradict the current legislation of Ukraine.

5.16. In case of absence of the Chairman of the Presidium, the Co-chairman of the

Presidium carries out his duties.

5.17. In case of the preschedule termination of powers of the Chairman of the

Presidium, the new Chairman of the Presidium is elected at the session of

Presidium or at the extraordinary Conference of SEIC.

5.18. For to maintain the current activity of SEIC, the Presidium forms the

executive office of SEIC – Top Management of SEIC which is headed by the

Director. Top Management of SEIC carries out its activity according to the

Provision about Top Management of SEIC, approved by the Presidium.

5.19. Top Management of SEIC has the staff, formed out of SEIC members.

5.20. For the purpose of supervision and control over activity of SEIC, the

Revision committee is formed by the Conference, and its staff is elected for a

period of 5 years.

5.21. The purpose of supervision is to maintain the performance of the Charter

tasks and targeted use of means, consideration and the offer of the solution of

internal conflicts of SEIC, by the members of SEIC, its directing bodies, the

regional and national organizations and their officials.

5.22. The Major tasks of the Revision committee are the preliminary analysis and

an estimation of plans, projects and programs in which SEIC participates, granting

the recommendations concerning the order, forms and methods of activity.

5.23. The revision committee reports at the Conference about the work done.

5.24. The Revision committee structure includes no less than three persons with a

term of appointment of five years.

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5.25. The revision committee holds its sessions according to the plan, but no less

than once a year.

5.26. The Revision committee session is quorate, if no less than half of its

members are present. The resolution is considered to be adopted if the majority of

the present members have cast an affirmative vote for it.

5.27. The Revision committee’s competence concerns:

- Supervising the activity of directing bodies of SEIC, officials, members of SEIC.

- Supervision of the performance of the Charter tasks and targeted use of means.

- Supervision of the performance of the resolutions of the Conference, other

directing bodies and internal documents adopted by them.

- In case of need, initiation of extraordinary convocation of the Conference or the

Presidium of SEIC.

6. PERIODICITY OF SESSIONS AND PROCEDURE

OF MAKING RESOLUTIONS BY DIRECTING BODIES OF PUBLIC ASSOCIATION

INCLUDING THE USE OF MEANS OF COMMUNICATION

6.1. The following periodicity of Conferences, meetings of bodies of SEIC is

established:

- Conferences of SEIC take place at least annually.

- Conference of the isolated unit takes place at least annually.

- General meeting of a cluster unit is held no less than once in a quarter.

6.2. Members of SEIC, members of directing bodies of the isolated units have the

right to take part in general meetings, sessions of Presidiums with the help of

technical communication, as it should be defined by the present Charter and the

Conference. They can vote for the resolutions made by directing bodies of public

association, using technical communication, within the limits of national

legislations, if a person that takes part in voting is verified and identified.

6.3. Procedure of taking decisions and Regulations is established by corresponding

Provisions, in accordance with items 5.3, 5.6.

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7. REPORTING PROCEDURE OF LEADING BODIES OF PUBLIC ASSOCIATION

TO ITS MEMBERS (PARTICIPANTS)

7.1. Reports of decision-making bodies of public association to its members

(participants) are carried out in mass media according to the decision of

Conference and to requirements of the national legislation.

7.2. The information on activity of decision-making bodies of SEIC extends

monthly in mass media, goes to members of SEIC via mail or technical means.

8. THE PROCEDURE OF THE APPEAL OF DECISIONS, ACTIONS, NONFEASANCE

OF DIRECTING BODIES OF PUBLIC ASSOCIATION

AND INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS

8.1. Actions or nonfeasance of directing bodies of SEIC are appealed by members

of SEIC on representation of the complaint, offer etc. to the Revision committee,

general meeting of a cluster organization, presidiums and conference (the isolated

unit, SEIC), and are discussed in the agenda or solved at the extraordinary meeting

of corresponding bodies according to item 5.27.

8.2. Actions or nonfeasance of supervising structural bodies of SEIC can be

appealed in the general order within the national legislation, in jurisdiction of

which these actions (or inactivity) have been made.

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9. THE ISOLATED UNITS

9.1. Activity of isolated units of SEIC is carried out on the basis of the present

Charter, and also the charters and provisions which are worked out on the basis of

this Charter, that have got the status of the legal person in the order established by

the law.

9.2. The supreme body of management of isolated units of SEIC is a Conference of

SEIC.

9.3. Development of SEIC and its growing into the international structure is due to

SEIC isolated units which are formed on the decision of the Presidium of SEIC,

according to the Charter of SEIC. The isolated units are formed and legalized

according to the national legislation.

9.4. The isolated units carry out their activity on the basis of the Charter and

Provisions of SEIC which are taken and approved by the Presidium of SEIC.

9.5. The isolated units with the status of the legal person are subject to the state

registration according to the national legislation. The isolated units without the

status of the legal person legalize their activity on the basis of the national

legislation, the Charter and Provisions of SEIC.

9.6. Isolated units of SEIC are accountable and are under control to the Conference

and the Presidium of SEIC.

9.7. The isolated units represent SEIC in relations with state governing bodies,

local government, the enterprises, establishments, the organizations, associations

of citizens etc., irrespective of the form of ownership.

9.8. Isolated units of SEIC assist in fulfilment of the Charter tasks of SEIC,

decisions of the Conference and Presidium, administrative documents of the

Presidium of SEIC.

9.9. Isolated units of SEIC independently solve questions of internal activity, with

the exception of those referred to the competence of supreme bodies of SEIC.

9.10. Isolated units of SEIC are headed by its Chairman who is elected by the

supreme leading body of isolated unit of SEIC.

9.11. The Chairman of the Presidium of the isolated unit provides the management

of the organization, maintenance of current activity and bears responsibility for

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inactivity or neglecting his duties before the higher supervising body of the

isolated unit and the Presidium of SEIC.

10. SOURCES OF CASH INFLOW AND THE COURSE OF USE

OF MEANS AND OTHER PROPERTY OF SEIC

10.1. Means of SEIC come from:

- Admission and membership fees.

- Additional payments on the statutory goals.

- Income from results of economic activities of the organizations and the

enterprises formed by SEIC.

- Charity payments for social and targeted programs.

- Donations of the foreign and international organizations.

- Grants.

Co-ordination of use of these means is carried out by the cluster organizations

independently.

10.2. The amounts of admission and membership fees are defined by the Provision

of SEIC according to the programs of cluster organizations and isolated units of

SEIC.

10.3. Means generated by admission and membership fees, are used t form the

funds:

- Fund of SEIC Development.

- Reserve fund.

10.4. The means that come from other than membership fees payments are spent

for the purposes specified as financing the target programs.

10.5. Part of property is fixed to cluster organizations, in proportion to their

participation part. Cluster organizations of SEIC have the right of the operating and

administering this property.

10.6. The Organization does not bear responsibility under obligations of its

members and organizations, and they, in turn, do not bear responsibility for the

obligations of the Organization.

10.7. The accounting of cash inflow and expenses of financial assets is carried out

by accounts department which is appointed by the corresponding bodies and are

supervised by the Revision committee.

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10.8. SEIC can own movable and real property, material and non-material assets,

means, intellectual property, other goods gained legally that are necessary for the

realization of its authorized activity.

10.9. Property and means of SEIC are formed in the following ways:

- Means or properties which arrive gratuitously or in the form of the irrevocable

financial help, donations or the humanitarian supplies.

- Residual incomes.

- Means or property, as well as intellectual property and non-property rights which

arrive from the main activity, taking into consideration the features of the national

legislation.

- Subventions or the grants-in-aid received from the state or local budgets, the state

trust funds or as a charitable, humanitarian or the technical help, provided within

international contracts according to the stated terms, defined by the higher national

legislature, except grants for price control on payable services which are given to

the non-profitable organizations or through them to their addressees according to

the national legislation, for the purpose of decreasing such prices.

- SEIC can receive property which belongs to its members, for to own and use, and

members of SEIC can receive the property belonging to SEIC for to own and use it

on conditions and terms, established by the occasional agreements.

10.10. Functioning of SEIC is maintained with the help of the following sources:

- The means given by members of SEIC in the form of entrance, membership and

target payments.

- Charity payments and donations of physical and legal bodies of Ukraine and

other states in the form of cash inflows, material assets and other property.

- The means earned in the course of economic activities, legal bodies founded by

SEIC, and also from shares, equities, stock belonging to SEIC. These means are

used for achievement of the major purposes and tasks of SEIC.

- The humanitarian supplies, target grants and the charity help of the international

organizations, other incomes not forbidden by the legislation of Ukraine.

10.11. For the purpose of assisting major purposes and tasks, SEIC has the right to

make any transactions concerning property and the means which are in its property

that does not contradict its main activity and the current legislation of Ukraine.

10.12. Property and means of SEIC go on maintenance of its main activity,

including:

- Payment of full-time staff of SEIC, and also persons who are employed on the

terms of labor or civil-law contracts in the limits not contradicting the legislation;

- Doing the current activity, and development of material, technical and

technological basis.

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- Expenses on renting movable and immovable property, its operation, repair, etc;

- Expenses on media, printing and publishing, editing information, educative

activities etc.

10.13. SEIC can have on the right of ownership buildings, constructions, ground

areas in the order established by the legislation, available housing, office premises,

the equipment and stock, vehicles, property of cultural and educational, health-

improving facilities, money resources, securities, as well as other properties

necessary for SEIC to realize its major goals and conduct its activities.

10.14. SEIC itself, establishments and organizations which it founds, conduct

operative and book-keeper accounting.

10.15. In relations with state, commercial, public, scientific, educational

institutions and citizens, irrespectively of their origin, SEIC undertake to adhere to

laws, traditions, norms and rules concerning keeping state, commercial, business or

other kinds of office secrets and not to hand over to the third parties the

information, that can have signs of commercial, state, personal secret or know-

how, which parties can receive in the course of cooperation. The afore-said also

concerns any information of interest for both parties in order not to share it with

the third parties. Thus, each party informs its worker, and also obliges them to

follow all the mentioned above.

10.16. Some functions in the facilities administration can be outsourced by the

Presidium to the affiliated enterprises, other bodies of structural management of

SEIC, or given to the unions or associations of citizens, to members or member of

SEIC.

11. INTRODUCTION OF AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONS

11.1. Introduction of amendments and additions to the present Charter is the

competence of the Conference of SEIC.

11.2. The decision on introduction of amendments and additions to the Charter is

taken by 3/4 voices of members of SEIC or 3/4 delegates of the Conference of

SEIC.

11.3. Amendments and additions to the Charter of SEIC are subject to the

obligatory registration; the registering body is informed about approved

amendments or additions within in 5-day term from the day of adoption of changes

or additions.

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12. THE TERMINATION OF ACTIVITY AND LIQUIDATION OF SEIC

12.1. The termination of activity of SEIC occurs by self-dissolution

(reorganization, liquidation, merge, joining, division, allocation, transformation or

compulsory dissolution).

12.2. Reorganization is executed upon the recommendation of the Presidium of

SEIC at decision-making Conference, under the condition if at least 4/5 members

of SEIC or 4/5 present delegates of SEIC cast an affirmative vote for this decision.

12.3. While reorganizing SEIC, all the rights, duties, financial and material assets

of SEIC go to its legal successors.

12.4. SEIC cannot be reorganized into the legal body with profit-purposed

activities.

12.5. Liquidation of SEIC takes place in the following cases:

- On the decision of the Conference if 6/7 of present members or delegates of SEIC

cast an affirmative vote for this decision.

- On the court decision;

12.6. At liquidation of SEIC, the Conference or the body, that made the decision

on liquidation, forms the liquidating commission which operates according to the

current legislation of Ukraine. Powers of the liquidating commission can be

assigned to members of the Presidium of SEIC (consensual).

12.7. From the moment of appointment of the liquidating commission, it gains the

competence of administering SEIC.

12.8. In case of liquidation, the property and means of SEIC cannot be distributed

between members of SEIC but go to other non-profitable organization similar to

SEIC, or go to the state budget.

12.9. SEIC is considered to be liquidated and terminated from the moment of

entering the record into the Uniform state register about the termination of its

activity.

12.10. The procedure of making the decision about self-dissolution or

reorganization of SEIC, as well as those concerning the use of its money resources

and other property remained after self-dissolution; legal successors of SEIC are

defined by the Provision and confirmed by the Presidium of SEIC.