11 DE FEVEREIRO DE 1999

996-(13)

able to withdraw from the same upon a written notification made with sue months in advance to the Government of Venezuela, which shall inform the other Member States accordingly.

In witness whereof the undersigned, duly authorized by their respective governments, sign the three copies of this Agreement in the city of Caracas this thirty day of the month of June of nineteen hundred seventy-two.

Venezuela by.

RodolfoJose Cardenas, deputy Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Mexico by.

Alejandro Carrillo Castro, general director of Administrative Studies of the Presidency.

Peru by:

Luis Barrios Llona, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary.

BYLAWS

CHAPTER I Of the objectives and structure of CLAD

Article 1

The Latin American Centre for Development Administration (CLAD) is an international governmental organization, established by virtue of an agreement signed by the Governments of Mexico, Peru and Venezuela on 30 June, 1972, which operates through international cooperation programmes.

Article 2

The objective of CLAD is to promote discussion and exchange of experiences on state reform and, particularly, public administration reform among its member countries.

Article 3

To achieve the objectives set out in the previous article, CLAD shall prioritize adoption of the following modalities:

I) To serve as a forum for the exchange of knowledge and experiences on processes of state and public administration reform, modernisation and improvement in the member countries; II) To promote the holding of conferences, congresses, seminars and courses on the above fields;

III) To carry out and foster the horizontal transfer of administrative technologies and, particularly, to encourage the exchange of experiences among member countries;

IV) To exchange information, publish and disseminate scientific and theoretical publications on the subject of public administration and state reform;

V) To promote and carry out applied research in priority aspects of state reform and public administration;

VI) To provide information through electronic information networks; VII) To coordinate relations with post-graduate courses relating to state reform and public administration.

Article 4

The organic structure of the Centre is composed by:

I) The Directive Council;

II) The Programming and Evaluation Commission;

III) The Board of Directors;

IV) The General Secretariat.

CHAPTER II Of the members of CLAD

Article 5

The members of CLAD are those countries of Latin America, the Caribbean and the Iberian Peninsula that have signed the corresponding Accession Agreements pursuant to the provisions set forth in clause eighth of the Accession Agreement of the Centre and those set forth hereunder.

Paragraph I — The rights and duties of the member countries shall be enforced from the date the Accession Agreement is signed. This enforcement may be postponed for a later date to be expressly set due to special reasons and provided that the parties are in agreement therefore. .

Paragraph II — Should a member country of CLAD decide to withdraw from the organization, it shall forward a formal communication to the president of the Centre in that respect. The withdrawal of the member country shall become effective one year after the date of reception of the above communication.

Article 6

The observer members are those countries not belonging to the region which have been invited by CLAD and have formally accepted to join the same by means of a written notification addressed to the president of the Directive Council.

The observer member countries shall have the right to participate in the programmes of activities of the institution and in the meetings of the Directive Council. Their representatives shall have the rights and duties set forth in article 19 of the Bylaws and shall participate with authority to speak but not to vote in the meetings of the Directive Council.

The countries adhering to CLAD are those which participate in the execution of the programs of the Centre as an organization for international technical cooperation, whether bilateral or institutional, but which have not formalised their accession to the Centre through their respective Foreign Offices.

The organizations associated to CLAD are those organizations for international cooperation which carry out joint programs and activities with CLAD on regular basis.

Sole paragraph. Both the countries adhering and belonging to CLAD shall be invited to attend the meetings of the Directive Council with authority to speak but not to vote.