STATUTES

ARTICLE 1
An international association without purpose of profit, named European Water Resources Association (EWRA) is founded.

ARTICLE 2
The registered office of the association is established in Athens, Greece.

ARTICLE 3
Purpose/Goals
The association’s aims are:
a. To promote research and the application of scientific knowledge on water resources to practical engineering activities.
b. To promote the exchange of scientific knowledge in the field of water resources between scientists and engineers and to contribute to the dissemination of results of scientific and technical advances by European specialists in this field to other regions of the world.

ARTICLE 4
Means to achieve the goals:
a. Organize meetings to provide a forum for discussions between scientists and professional engineers on specific practical problems in the field of water resources.
b. Provide information (in English) on scientific knowledge to be applied in practical water resources activities from and to all European countries and other regions of the world.
c. Publish the international scientific and technical journals Water Resources Management, Environmental Processes, European Water, and Water Utility Journal.
d. Establish working groups for studying the application of scientific methodologies to real world water management problems.
e. Organize courses and seminars for interested scientists and engineers from European and other countries, particularly the developing countries.
f. Cooperate with other similar organizations.

ARTICLE 5
The association does not have any commercial activities and does not interfere with politics.

ARTICLE 6
Member of the association can be any physical or legal person from any country of the world who is engaged in an activity which is compatible with the aims of the association.

ARTICLE 7
Acceptance of a new member is made by decision of the Executive Committee.

ARTICLE 8
Kinds of membership:
1. Membership of physical persons from any country of the world.
2. Student membership.
3. Institutional membership for commercial enterprises, public institutions, water resources associations, NGOs etc.
No fees are paid for all categories.

ARTICLE 9
Membership comes to an end by:
a. resignation;
b. exclusion;
c. decease

The General Assembly decides the exclusion of a member on the proposal of the Executive Committee, by simple majority in the presence of at least 2/5 of the members. The member concerned has the right to be heard at the General Assembly, if he expresses the wish thereto within two months after the notification, by recorded mail, of the exclusion procedure started against him.

ARTICLE 10
Members are entitled to:
a. Participate in all activities of the Association.
b. Participate in the General Assembly.
c. Make proposals to the governing bodies of the association.
d. Have free access to the journals EUROPEAN WATER and the WATER UTILITY JOURNAL.
Members belonging to membership group 3 are entitled to the above-mentioned rights only by representatives of their institution/company/association.

ARTICLE 11
The association has no revenues from any source. Events organized for the Association are self supported.

ARTICLE 12
The association has the following administration bodies:
a. the General Assembly (G.A.).
b. the Executive Committee (E.C.).

ARTICLE 13
1. The General Assembly possesses the power to take all decisions in order to achieve the purpose of the association and more in particular for:

a. the approval of the programme and report of activities;
b. the election and dismissal of the members of the EC
c. amendments to the articles of the association;
d. the General Assembly may also decide to liquidate the association.

2. The General Assembly may decide legally in the presence of at least 1/5 of the members. The second General Assembly-in respect to Article 13.3 – may decide legally, irrespective of the number of members present. Apart from the exceptional cases determined in the present articles of association, the resolutions in the General Assembly are adopted by simple majority of the members present. Abstentions are not taken into account; in the case of a tie vote, the proposal is rejected. The decisions are notified to all the members within two months. It is not possible to decide on any item not mentioned on the agenda. A proposal is accepted without a General Assembly convocation if it has been accepted in written form by all members.
3. The General Assembly meetings are chaired by the President of the association at least once per 2 years, upon convocation by the President and on a date and at place fixed by the Executive Committee. The convening notices shall mention the agenda, place and date of the General Assembly and shall be forwarded at least one month before the date of the assembly. The convening notices shall mention the date of a second General Assembly, which may decide legally, irrespective of the number of members present.
4. The General Assembly is also convened when at least ten members send a written request thereto to the President. This request shall mention the agenda. The president shall then convene the General Assembly within two months after receipt of the request.
5. Each member may arrange to be represented at the General Assembly by another member to which it will have given a self-written and signed proxy. There may not be more than three proxies per person. The General Assembly may decide legally if not more than 50% of the members have notified their absence in writing at least two weeks before the assembly. In that case the President convenes another General Assembly, which may decide legally, irrespective of the number of members absent.
6. Motivated proposals for items of the agenda of the General Assembly shall be sent to the President in written form three months in advance to the General Assembly concerned. Members of the association have one vote in the General Assembly. Institutional members have also one vote in the General Assembly. The resolutions of the General Assembly are recorded in register signed by the President and kept by the Secretary-General who holds it at the disposal of the members.

ARTICLE 14
1. Each proposal aiming at an amendment to the articles of the association or the dissolution of the association must emanate from the Executive Committee or from at least ten members of the association. The Executive Committee shall inform the members of the association of the date of the General Assembly that will decide on the proposal in question, at least three months beforehand.
2. A proposal is accepted only if it has been accepted by a majority of 3/4 of the votes in the presence, exclusive proxies.

ARTICLE 15
1. Composition of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall be elected by the members of the association during the General Assembly. The elected members appoint the President, the Vice-President, the Secretary General and two members who form together the 5-member Executive Committee.
2. The Executive Committee may co opt other persons, members of the Association, where necessary, or invite members to attend the meetings of the Executive Committee (without voting rights) on an ad-hoc basis. The Executive Committee is convened at least once per year. The Executive Committee is also convened by the President or when at least 3 members of the Executive Committee make a written request thereto to the President, who shall convene the General Assembly within two months after receipt of the request. The Executive Committee may decide legally by simple majority in the presence of at least 3 members. In the case of a tie vote, the President has the casting vote.
3. The Executive Committee resolutions are recorded in a register signed by the President and the Secretary-General who puts it at the disposal of the members of the association.

ARTICLE 16
The President shall preside over the General Assembly and the Executive Committee at their meetings and shall ensure the carrying out of their decisions. All legal actions, as plaintiff or as defendant, are carried on, pursued and accelerated by the Executive Committee represented by the President.

ARTICLE 17
The Vice-President will assist the President in the execution of his duties and stand in for him where necessary, either at meetings of the association or on activities with which the association is involved or invited to.

ARTICLE 18
The Secretary General keeps the resolution registers for the General Assembly and the Executive Committee and puts it at the disposal of the members of the association.

ARTICLE 19
The General Assembly determines the way in which the association is dissolved and liquidated.

ARTICLE 20
All that is not provided in the present articles of the association, will be settled according to the provisions of the Greek Law.

ARTICLE 21
Done originally in Athens on the 29th March 1993 and amended during the GA at all Congresses organized for the Association