STATUTE I 17 - FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (ESTABLISHMENT AS UNIVERSITY ENTITY) STATUTE

STATUTE I 17 - FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL

STUDIES (ESTABLISHMENT AS UNIVERSITY ENTITY)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.50

STATUTE I 17 - FOUNDATION FOR

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (ESTABLISHMENT AS

UNIVERSITY ENTITY) STATUTE

17th February, 1995

LEGAL NOTICE 20 of 1995, as amended by Legal Notices 424 of 2007

and 49 of 2008.

The title of this Statute is Statute I 17 - Foundation for

International Studies (Establishment as University Entity) Statute.

Statute of the Foundation for International Studies

Article One

1. The name of the Foundation shall be the "Foundation for

International Studies" which shall be a self-governing body situated

at the building in St Paul Street, Valletta where the University was

formerly housed, or any other premises as may from time to time be

determined by the Board referred to in Article Three.

Article Two

2. The objectives of the Foundation will be

(a) to promote and support Institutes, Centres or other

units of the University with an international character,

or such other bodies as the University indicates and the

Foundation recognises;

(b) the organisation of conferences, courses, seminars,

workshops and other activities with an international

dimension;

(c) the promotion of university courses, the facilitation of

student and staff exchanges, and the welfare of foreign

students following courses locally;

(d) the securing of financial and other resources from

abroad in support of the above mentioned objectives.

Article Three

(i)

The Foundation shall be governed by a Board of Trustees

which will be finally responsible for the administration of the

STATUTE I 17 - FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL

STUDIES (ESTABLISHMENT AS UNIVERSITY ENTITY)

property movable and immovable, bestowed upon or acquired by

the Foundation.

(ii)

(a) The Board shall be composed of the following

members

-

the Rector of the University (as Chairman);

-

the Director-General of the Foundation (Deputy

Chairman), who shall be appointed, under

appropriate terms for a five-year period by the

Prime Minister after consultation with the

Council of the University and the Board;

-

one person appointed by the Council of the

University;

-

two persons appointed by the Senate of the

University;

-

the Director-General of UNESCO, ex officio;

-

the Executive Director of UNCP, ex officio;

-

not more than three executive directors, or their

nominees, of international or regional,

governmental organisations concerned with the

Foundation’s objectives, who shall be appointed

by the Prime Minister;

-

not more than four scholars of repute co-opted

by the Board itself;

-

not more than one member nominated by each

body or person having contributed at least fifty-

eight thousand, two hundred and thirty-four

euros and thirty-three cents (€58,234.33) or their

equivalent to the Foundation.

(b) The Chairman of the Boards of Institutes supported by

the Foundation, or their representatives may be invited

to attend meetings of the Board as observers.

(c) The nominated persons shall serve for three years and

may be reappointed.

(iii) The Board shall determine general policy regarding the

activi ties, org an izati on and financial admi nist ration o f the

Foundation and shall approve its budget.

(iv) The Board shall determine its own rules of procedure.

Decisions of the Board shall be taken by a simple majority.

(v)

The Board shall be convened at least once a year.

(vi) The quorum for the Board shall consist of forty per cent of

the voting membership.

Article Four

(i)

The Foundation shall be represented by the Director-

General or a person duly nominated by the Board.

(ii) The ordinary administration of the Foundation shall be

vested in the Director-General who shall be the body’s chief

academic and administrative officer. He shall also be an ex officio

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STUDIES (ESTABLISHMENT AS UNIVERSITY ENTITY)

member of the Boards of Institutes supported by the Foundation.

(iii) The Director-General is empowered to enter into contracts

of service and to make appointments on behalf of the Foundation,

in accordance with the policy established by the Board.

Article Five

(i)

The audited accounts of the Foundation shall be presented

by the Director General for examination and approval by the Board.

A copy of the audited accounts, together with a report on the

Foundation’s activities, shall be annually presented to the Council

of the University.

(ii) The Foundation’s auditors shall be appointed annually by

the Board.

Article Six

This Statute can be amended by the Prime Minister by

order in writing to the Chancellor of the University of Malta and

with the concurrence of the said Chancellor.

Article Seven

In case of the Foundation’s dissolution upon an order in

writing by the Prime Minister to the Chancellor of the University of

Malta and with the concurrence of the said Chancellor in

accordance with Article Six, the property of the Foundation shall

vest in the University of Malta which shall be responsible to

safeguard the rights of benefactors and donors of the Foundation.

The Foundation for International Studies situated in the

building in St Paul’s Street, Valletta, formerly housing the

University, is hereby established as a University entity with its own

statute as set out in the Schedule hereto.