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Georgian Law
«On the
Georgian National Academy
of Sciences»
Chapter I
G e n e r a l
Preamble
The
Georgian National Academy of Sciences is the successor to the Old Georgian
Academies – Gelati and Iqalto;
it is an attribute of a high level of State development and a Scientific
Adviser to the Georgian Government; it is an Association of persons who
have achieved international excellence in science and scholarship, and
enjoy high scientific and civic prestige.
Article 1.
The Objective of the Law and its Sphere of Regulation
This Law sets
the status, objectives, tasks and rule of activity of the Georgian
National Academy of Sciences (hereafter: Academy).
Article 2. The
Legal Basis of the Activity of the Academy
In its activity
the Academy is guided
by the Georgian Constitution, the present Law, the Georgian
Legislation and the Statute of the Academy.
Chapter II
The Status of the Academy, its Goals and Key
Direction
Article 3. The Legal Status
of the Academy
1. The Academy is a legal entity based on membership. It is composed
of Full Members (Academicians) and Corresponding Members of the Academy, as
well as of Honorary Members and Foreign Members of the Academy.
2. The Academy is a Scientific Adviser to the Georgian Government.
3. The Academy is an autonomous Scientific Institution, which
independently approves the Statute of the Academy, defines its structure
and decides questions of the Academy's scientific organization and its
staff, as well as questions of its economic and international cooperation.
4. It is impermissible to use the term "Georgian National
Academy of Sciences" in a meaning different from that assumed in the
present Law.
5. It is impermissible for a member of any other Academy in Georgia
to be called Academician or Corresponding Member or Member of the Academy without
indication of the full name of the concrete Academy, apart from a Member of
the Georgian National Academy of Sciences.
Article 4.
The Objectives and Tasks of the Academy
1.
The Objectives of the Academy are:
a)
furthering of the development of
science and scholarship in Georgia
in conformity with the achievements of World science and
scholarship;
b)
resting on the intellectual
potentials and professionalism of its Members, to facilitate the
development of Georgian science/scholarship and its promotion in social
life and on the international arena;
c)
furthering fundamental and
applied research;
d)
forecasting the development of
science/scholarship in Georgia
and working out proposals on state
priorities in conformity with
achievements of World science;
e)
submission of recommendations to
the Supreme Authorities of the country on possible consequences of economic
and social projects under implementation in Georgia and in foreign
countries;
f)
care
for the State Languages and perfection of scientific terminology in these
Languages.
2.
In order to implement its tasks
the Academy:
a)
engages in the popularization of
scientific achievements and scientific heritage;
b)
arranges scientific/scholarly
Discussions, Symposia and Conferences; conducts public lectures in General
Educational, Professional and Higher Educational Institutions;
c)
issues printed and electronic Scientific
Journals and other Periodicals, carries on international exchange of
scientific literature;
d)
is entitled to membership in International
Scientific Organizations, to establish contacts with the World's leading
scientists and scientific Centers;
e)
is entitled to carry on
scientific research;
f)
institutes and awards prizes in
the fields of science and technologies to promote significant scientific
work;
g)
is entitled to set up Commissions
in various fields of Science and Technologies;
h)
preserves personal archives of
figures of science and culture that are valuable for Georgian History;
i)
considers and assesses the annual
reports and completed scientific work of
Georgia's Higher Educational Institutions and Research Institutions,
reflecting their work; to this end, the Academy is authorized to request from these Organizations
needed additional information, and inform them about the assessments made,
as well as the Georgian Ministry of Science and Education and Foundations
for the Development of Science;
j)
according to various fields, it
awards prizes and the title of the best Research Institution;
k)
in
conformity with the rules established by Georgian Legislation, it engages
in other auxiliary economic activity connected with the tasks of the
Academy.
Chapter
III
Management of the Academy
Article 5. The Principles of
Governing the Academy and the Bodies of its Management
1.
The Academy is governed on the
basis of the principles of electivity, democracy and transparency.
2.
The bodies of management of the Academy are:
a)
the General Meeting of the
Academy
b)
the Academic Council
c)
the President of the Academy
Article 6.
The General Meeting of the Academy
1. The General Meeting of the Academy is the highest body of
management of the Academy. The Honorary Academicians and Foreign Members of
the Academy also take part in the activities of the General Assembly of the
Academy.
2. The General Meeting of the Academy:
a)
approves the Statute of the
Academy by the decision of the General Meeting;
b)
determines the key directions of the activities of the
Academy;
c)
elects the President,
Vice-Presidents of the Academy, the Academician- Secretary and other
Members of the Academic Council by secret
ballot –
by the majority of its listed composition;
d)
recalls Members of the Academic
Council before the expiration of their term, by secret ballot, with the
presence of 3/5 of the listed composition of the Academy;
e)
considers and endorses the Annual
Report of the Academy and submits a motivated request for subsidizing the
Academy for the coming year;
f)
elects Full Members
(Academicians) and Corresponding
Members of the Academy, confirms
Honorary Academicians and Foreign Members of the Academy;
g)
considers
matters pertaining to Scientific
Ethics.
3. The General Meeting of the Academy is called and chaired by the
President of the Academy, and, in his/her absence, by a Substitute
determined by the Rules stated in the Statute of the Academy.
4. The General Meeting is convened according to the need, but at least twice a
year.
Article 7. The
Academic Council
1. The Academic Council is comprised of the President of the
Academy, the Vice-Presidents, the Academician-Secretary and other Members of
the Academy. The number of the Members of the Academic Council is defined
by the Statute of the Academy. The Members of the Academic Council are not
Public Officers.
2. The Members of the Academic Council are elected by the General
Meeting of the Academy for a 5-year term, by a majority of the composition
of the Academy. The form of balloting is determined by the Statute of the
Academy.
3. The Academic Council implements the decisions of the General
Meeting of the Academy and, in the period between General Meetings, directs
the activities of the Academy.
4. The Academic Council is accountable to the General Meeting of the
Academy.
5. The Academic Council is served by Administrative Staff.
6. Other rights of the Academic Council are defined by the Statute
of the Academy.
Article 8.
The President of the Academy
1. The President of the Academy is a plenipotentiary representative
of the Academy, both inside the Country and beyond its borders. He/She is
responsible for the direction of the activities of the Academy. The
President of the Academy is, at the same time, Chair of the Academic
Council.
2. The President of the Academy submits the Candidates for
Membership in the Academic Council to the General Assembly of the Academy.
3. The President of the Academy is elected by the General Meeting
from the Full Members (Academicians) of the Academy for a 5-year term, by
secret ballot and by the majority of the listed composition. The President
of the Academy may not be elected for more than two terms in succession.
4. The Office of the President of the Academy is an administrative
post; it is not subject to age restrictions.
5. Other rights of the President of the Academy are determined by
the Statute of the Academy.
Chapter
IV
The Structure
of the Academy. The Composition of
the Academy and
the Allowance
of a Member of the Academy
Article 9. The
Structure of the Academy
The structure of the Academy is defined by the Statute of the
Academy.
Article 10.
The Composition of the Academy
1. The total number of Full Members (Academicians) of the Academy
should not exceed seventy.
2. A
scientist/scholar – citizen of Georgia – who has made a contribution
of international significance to
the development of Science and enjoys a high scientific prestige, may be
elected a Full Member (Academician) or a Corresponding Member of the
Academy.
3. A
generally acknowledged scientist/scholar – citizen of Georgia – who has made a major
contribution to the development of Georgian Science and Culture, may be
elected an Honorary Academician.
4. An eminent Scientist or Scholar and a Public Figure – citizen of
a foreign country – may be elected a Foreign Member of the Academy.
5. The activities of a Member of the Academy in the General Meeting
and the Academic Council of the Academy should not be considered as
execution of administrative functions.
Article 11. Election
of a Full Member, a Corresponding Member, an Honorary Academician, and a
Foreign Member of the Academy
The rules of electing a Full Member (Academician), a Corresponding
Member, an Honorary Academician and a Foreign Member of the Academy are
defined by the Statute of the Academy.
Article 12.
Allowance of a Member of the Academy
1. A
lifetime monthly allowance of not less than GEL1,600
should be fixed for a Full Member (Academician) of the Academy.
2. A
lifetime monthly allowance of not less then GEL1,000
should be fixed for a Corresponding Member of the Academy.
3. The payment of a Member of the Academy is funded by the State
Budget of Georgia.
4. A
Full Member (Academician) and a Corresponding Member of the Academy
forfeits the allowance provided for by point 2 of this Article, if he/she
renounces or loses Georgian citizenship.
5. The allowance envisaged by this Article corresponds to the
scientific status of a Member of the Academy.
Chapter
V
The Property of
the Academy, Funding and State Control of the
Activities of
the Academy
Article 13. The
Property of the Academy
1. To implement the objectives set and the functions imposed on the
Academy, the
Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia transfers relevant property to
the Academy according to the rule established by Georgian Legislature.
2. If, according to article 10 of the Georgian Law of "Science
and Technologies and their Development", a definite Research
Institution constitutes itself into a structural unit of the Academy, the
decision on the property to be transferred to it is taken by the Ministry
of Economic Development of Georgia.
Article 14.
Financing the Academy
1. The State Budget is the principal source of financing the
Academy. The funds allotted to the Academy are itemized separately in the
Georgian Law of the State Budget for the relevant year.
2. Additional Sources of Funding the Academy are:
a) state and private, including international and foreign countries,
Funds supporting scientific research;
b) grants and revenues received from implementing contracts;
c) means that can be received on the basis of Georgian
Legislation.
Article 15.
State Control of the Activities of the Academy
State monitoring of the activities of the Academy is carried out by
the Georgian Ministry of Education and Science, in conformity with the
rules set by Georgian Legislation.
Chapter VI
Article 16.
The Georgian National Academy
of Sciences, its Members (Academicians) and Corresponding Members
1. The Georgian National Academy of Sciences is a legal successor to
the "Georgian Academy of Sciences".
2. The Full Members and Corresponding Members, Foreign and Honorary
Members of the "Georgian Academy of Sciences" automatically
acquire the status of Full Members (Academicians) and Corresponding
Members, Honorary Academicians and Foreign Members of the "Georgian
National Academy of Sciences".
3. Paragraph 4 of Article 12 of the present Law does not apply to
those Full Members (Academicians) and Corresponding Members of the Academy,
who had left Georgian citizenship prior to the passage of the present Law,
or had lost Georgian citizenship.
4. The Statute of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences should
be adopted not later than six months within the coming into effect of the
present Law.
5. The election of the new Board of the Academy should take place
not later than three months within the adoption of the present Law and the
new Statute.
6. Elections of Corresponding Members to the Georgian National
Academy of Sciences should be discontinued starting from the month of May,
2009.
7. The Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences functions by the
current funding and by its own Statute.
8. The modern status of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural
Sciences and the lifetime allowance of the Members of the Georgian Academy
of Agricultural Sciences should be defined in February, 2008.
Article 17.
Legislative Enactments Connected with the Adoption of the present Law
The Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia should ensure the
transfer of property to the Academy in conformity with established regulations
within three months of the implementation of the present Law.
Chapter VII
Closing Provisions
Article 18. Act Becoming Invalid
The Georgian Law of the "Georgian Academy of Sciences"
(Georgian Legislative Herald, N 25(32), 1999, Article 129) should be
considered invalid from the moment the present Law is carried into effect.
Article 19. Putting the Law in Force
The present Law should be put in force from 1 January, 2008.
Acting President of Georgia (signed) Nino Burjanadze
Tbilisi
14
December, 2007
N 5600-rs
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