Structure of the Engineering Academy of Ukraine (EAU)
The structure of the Academy includes:
- General meeting;
- The Auditing Commission;
- Presidium;
- Regional offices;
- Scientific and technical sections;
- Research and other scientific and technical organizations.
The General Meeting of the Academy is the supreme governing body of the Academy’s activities.
The general meeting, consisting of full members (academicians), corresponding members, honorary and foreign members of the Academy, meets as needed, but at least once a year. An extraordinary General Meeting may be convened by decision of the Presidium or at the request of at least one third of the members of the Academy. The general meeting is competent if attended by at least half of the members of the Academy. Members of the Academy who are unable to attend the General Meeting for various reasons can instruct another member of the Academy for the right to participate in the General Meeting and vote with a decisive vote. The issue at the General Meeting is decided by a simple majority of votes, and the decision on the adoption of the Charter, in it, the dissolution and reorganization of the Academy – by three quarters of the members of the Academy present at the General Meeting. All personal issues are resolved by secret ballot.
The general meeting of the Academy is endowed with the exclusive right:
- adoption of the Charter and amendments to it;
- determination of the structure of the Academy;
- election of academicians, corresponding members, honorary and foreign members of the Academy;
- election of the president, vice-presidents, chief scientific secretary, members of the Presidium and the Audit Commission of the Academy;
- making decisions on the self-dissolution and reorganization of the Academy; hearing and approval of the reports of the Presidium and the Audit Commission of the Academy;
- foundation of personal awards, scholarships and awards of the Academy.
The President is the highest official of the Academy, who is elected out of the full members of the Academy. The President carries out general management of the activities of the Academy, controls the implementation of the statutory tasks by the Academy, without a power of attorney represents the Academy in all state structures, enterprises, organizations, institutions of Ukraine and abroad. The President presides over the General Meeting, submits for his consideration candidates for the election of members of the Presidium, manages the current activities of the Presidium, signs his decisions and other official documents of the Academy with his signature.
The President is given the right:
- to dispose of the property and funds of the Academy within the limits and in the ways stipulated by the Charter of the Academy and legislation;
- to solve the issues of financial and economic activities of the Academy;
- open current and deposit accounts in banks on behalf of the Academy in the manner prescribed by law;
- to hire and dismiss employees of the staff of the Presidium of the Academy, determine their job responsibilities, apply incentives and penalties to them;
- to issue orders and orders within the limits of their authority.
The Presidium is the governing body of the Academy in the period between General Meetings.
The Presidium is elected from among the members of the Academy and consists of the President, Vice-Presidents, Chief Scientific Secretary and other members of the Presidium; the number of members is determined by the General Meeting of the Academy for a period of 5 years. The Presidium is elected at the General Meeting of the Academy by secret ballot by a simple majority of votes. At the request of at least 1/3 of its members, the General Meeting of the Academy may, by secret ballot, by a simple majority vote, consider the termination of the activities of both individual members and the Presidium as a whole and elect new members or the Presidium as a whole in the manner determined by the Charter. The Presidium reports on its activities to the General Meeting once every five years after the end of its term.
Academy Presidium:
- convene sessions of the General Meeting of the Academy;
- determines the priority areas of research and development work, approves scientific and technical programs;
- coordinates the implementation of applied scientific research, takes measures to ensure their introduction into production;
- decides on the establishment in the prescribed manner of research institutions and enterprises created to fulfill the statutory tasks of the Academy, determines the main directions of their activities;
- plans financial activities and approves the annual budget of the Academy, controls the correct spending of funds;
- approves the staffing table and the amount of remuneration for employees of the Presidium apparatus;
- approves the positions of heads of departments, directors of established institutions, chief editors of the Academy’s journals;
- convenes scientific congresses, conferences and meetings;
- approves plans for publications of the Academy and controls their implementation;
- plans and implements international relations of the Academy;
- nominates works for state awards, independently awards Academy awards for outstanding scientific work, developments and inventions;
- approves samples of seals, trademarks and emblems, forms, stamps and other requisites of the Academy.
The Presidium of the Academy decides issues related to its competence at its meetings. The meeting is competent if more than half of the members of the Presidium are present. Decisions are made by a simple majority of votes, and in case of equality, the vote of the president is defining. The meeting of the Presidium is convened as needed, but at least twice a year.
For the adoption of collegial directive decisions between meetings of the Presidium, the Bureau of the Presidium of the Academy is created, consisting of the president, vice-presidents and the chief scientific secretary. The decisions of the bureau are made on behalf of the Presidium of the Academy. The Bureau informs the Presidium of the Academy about the decisions taken at its next meeting.
The executive body of the Presidium is the Office of the Presidium. The administration of the apparatus is entrusted to the chief scientific secretary
