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CONSTITUTION
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CANCER CONTROL
JUDGE: Registered by Tbilisi Vake-Saburtalo District Court in September 21, 1999, Tbilisi, Georgia. Registration Number 5/9-213
Paragraph 1.
GENERAL REGULATIONS
Paragraph 2. FOUNDERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
Paragraph 3.
AIMS AND TASKS OF THE ASSOCIATION
Paragraph 4.
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
Paragraph 5.
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS
Paragraph 6.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES OF THE ASSOCIATION
Paragraph 7.
ASSOCIATION PROPERTY AND INCOME
Paragraph 8.
INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS OF THE ASSOCIATION
Paragraph 9.
REORGANIZATION AND LIQUIDATION OF THE ASSOCIATION
National Association of Cancer Control (NACC) is a public non-government organization, which is established by the voluntary unification of organizations and individuals with various professions and profiles.
The main aim of the Association is to stand up for social and public health defense of population in Georgia (Caucasus), cancer prevention, to help prolong the average expecting life, to integrate country (Caucasus) in international structures and to speed up economic development.
Besides oncologists, the members of the Association are: general profile doctors, epidemiologists, cancer registries, radiologists, ecologists, sanitary-hygienists, veterinarians, biologists, chemists, physicists, statisticians, computer programmers, lawyers, economists, businessmen, journalists, TV operators, other non-government organizations and individuals with different professions.
The Association conducts its activities in accordance with the Constitution of Georgia, “Citizens Public Unions Laws”, the Constitution of the Association and other laws currently in force.
The Association is non-government, non-political, non-profit juridical structure possessing private property, independent balance, monetary and
financial settlements in credit-and-banking institutions, round stamp, emblem and other attributes.
On behalf of its name, the Association may acquire propertied and
personal non-propertied rights and take obligations, be plaintiff or
defendant in a court or arbitration tribunal.
The Association is responsible for its obligations by owned property. It
doesn’t take responsibilities for state or government obligations, as
well as the state or the government is not responsible for association
obligations.
The Association is empowered to act according to the Statutes.
Address of Association: National Cancer Centre, Lisi Lake, Tbilisi,
380077.
Tel.: 98-74-08,
Fax: (95532) 38 04 86,
E-mail: nacc@ip.osgf.ge
Association is established for indefinite period.
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2.1. The founders of the National Association of Cancer
Control are the following non-government organizations:
Georgian Society of Gynecological Oncology (Registered by Tbilisi Vake-Saburtalo District Court in December 6, 1998, Tbilisi, Georgia. Registration Number 8-4523. Office address: National Cancer Centre, Lisi Lake, Tbilisi, 380077). The President of the Society - Chairman of Republican and Tbilisi Oncologists Scientific Society, Board Member of European Society of Oncological Gynecology, Georgian State Prize winner, Member of Georgian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Levan Charkviani. Home address: 4 Chikovani str, Tbilisi.
Georgian National Anti-cancer Fund (registered by the ministry of
justice of Georgia in April 30, 1999. Registration number 377, Office address:
National Cancer Centre, Lisi Lake, Tbilisi 380077). Executive Director of the Fund, Doctor Levan Ramishvili. Home address: 62 Lado Asatiani str, Tbilisi.
Georgian Military-Medical Academy (registered by Tbilisi Krtsanisi
distric court in December 29, 1998. Registration number 06/9-23. Address: 3A
D.Gulia str., Tbilisi). President of Academy– winner of Georgian State
Prize, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Irakli Nadiradze. Home address:
12 Bako str., Tbilisi.
Foundation for Smoke Free Georgia (registered by the ministry of
justice of Georgia in October 24, 1997. Registration number 03194. Office address:
National Cancer Centre, Lisi Lake, Tbilisi, 380077). President of the Fund-
Candidate of Medical Sciences, Teimuraz Chachkhiani. Home address: 37/116
Ioseliani str, Tbilisi.
Georgian Blood Bank, Ltd (registered by Tbilisi Krtsanisi district
Court in December 11, 1998. Registration number 06/4-836. Address: 3A D.Gulia str, Tbilisi. Georgian Military–Medical Academy). Executive Director -Doctor of Medical Sciences, Vasil Tkeshelashvili.Home address: 45/30 Gamsakhurdia str, Tbilisi.
VT Ltd (registered by Tbilisi Vake-Saburtalo District Court in July 7, 1998. Registration number 5A/4-1751. Office address: 45/30 Gamsakhurdia str. Tbilisi). Director - Vasil Tkeshelashvili. Home address: 45/30 Gamsakhurdia str, Tbilisi.
2.2. Rights and obligations of the Association Founders:
The leaders of
non-government organizations, who have founded the Association, make
Advisory-Consulting Board. The rights of the Advisory-Consulting Board are
shown in Paragraph 6. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES OF THE ASSOCIATION
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3.1. Aims of NACC:
3.1.1. The main aims of the National Association of
Cancer Control (NACC) is to stand up for social and public health
defense of population in Georgia (Caucasus region), cancer prevention, to help
prolong the average life, to integrate country (Caucasus region) in
international structures and to speed up economic development.
3.1.2. The Association acts throughout the whole territory of
Georgia. It serves the promotion of cancer prevention, the improvement of the
quality of oncology patients’ medical service, the maximum realization of
creative abilities of specialists, the introduction of new techniques and
technologies. All these will improve national oncology service, help to work out
the conception of development of scientific-practical activity, to train the
staff, to equip medical institutions with modern technologies, to raise prestige
of the field, to ensure social and legal protections of association members.
3.1.3. The main aim of the Association is to
determine strategy, tactics and politics of scientific-practical activity in the
field of cancer control. It means organizational-methodological, scientific,
preventive educational-teaching, propaganda-publishing, projective-constructive,
legislative activities.
3.2. Tasks of the Association
3.2.1. Organizational tasks of the NACC:
To organize Adjarian Association of Cancer Control (AACC:
Batumi)
To organize Caucasian Union Against Cancer (UCCC)
To create Caucasian Network of Cancer Control (CNCC: Tbilisi-Erevan-Baki)
To create Caucasian Network of Cancer Registries (CNCR:
Tbilisi-Erevan-Baki)
To create Tele-morphology system: Tbilisi-Batumi
To create Tele-medicine system: Tbilisi-Erevan-Baki
To create Caucasian Tele-medical Consultation Board (CTC)
3.2.2. Methodological Tasks of the NACC:
To modernize National Program of cancer Control
To determine the common policy and strategy of Cancer Control in
Caucasus region.
To work out the common sanitary-hygienic standards in Caucasus region
(to determine the maximally permissible content of tar and nicotine in tobacco
production and dosage and concentration of each carcinogenic substances in
environment).
To prepare Caucasian Plan of Cancer Control.
To adopt Caucasian Plan of Cancer Control at the meeting of the
Caucasian Union Against Cancer (UCCC).
To work out Cancer Notification Form according to
recommendations of the International Association of Cancer Registries and to
adopt it at the meeting of the Caucasian Union Against Cancer (UCCC).
To modify 10 recommendations suggested by American Cancer Society for
implementation
of healthy life style in population, to reduce the cancer risk.
3.2.3. Scientific Tasks of the NACC:
To determine priorities of scientific-research work.
To help coordinate scientific-research work.
To work out and adopt new methods, methodologies and technologies.
To finance preferable scientific works of the Association and its individual
members on the basis of submitting written request and Association Expert
decision.
To organize cooperated investigations (including international) according to
programs and projects, to take orders for conducting scientific-research work
based on contracts from different funds (as a grant), government and private
structures.
To organize conferences, seminars and other scientific activities. To take
part in analogous activities in foreign countries.
To organize scientific competitions and award the winners with prizes and
other forms of rewards.
To conduct scientific competitions and to grants the winner projects.
To start creating the computer dBase of cancer incidence in Georgia
according to Cancer Notification Form, to process the dBase statistically, to
prognosticate cancer incidence, to create and publish epidemiological
maps of cancer incidence in Georgia (Caucasus) according to
descriptive epidemiological studies.
To conduct cancer epidemiological research in Georgia (Caucasus).
To evaluate the efficiency of cancer control programs in Caucasian
countries.
3.2.4. Medical Tasks of NACC:
To prepare and realize cancer screening and early detection programs in
Georgia (Caucasian countries)
To coordinate telemorphology system Tbilisi-Batumi;
To coordinate telemedicine system Tbilisi-Erevan-Baku;
To coordinate Caucasian telemedical consultation board;
To organize distant screening of cancer in Georgia (Caucasian countries) and
to evaluate its efficiency using telemedicine;
To evaluate and carry out monitory control of distant results of cancer
treatment in Georgia (Caucasian countries);
To help improve the efficiency of oncology patients medical service and to
organize consultations with world-leader specialists;
To introduce new methods and technologies;
To help create the laboratories for determination the far and nicotine
content in tobacco products;
To help create the laboratory for determination the dosage and concentration
of chemical and radioactive carcinogenic substances in atmosphere and working
place environment, soil, drinking water, alcoholic and non-alcoholic
beverages, food and etc.
3.2.5. Educational Tasks of the NACC:
To work out the educational programs for training the specialists in the
field of cancer control.
To establish permanent advanced training courses in the field of cancer
control (including joint courses together with educational institutions of
foreign countries).
To prepare specialists in the field of cancer control at the different
stages of their Pre-and-Post graduate training (residency, qualification
courses, training at the work place, etc).
To set up special scientific council (in the field of cancer control), which
will conduct certification of members according to the regulations adopted by
the Association.
To conduct licensing and certification of association members, to give them
appropriate certificates.
To give recommendations to association members concerning their professional
work in Georgia and foreign countries.
To promote the training of scientific staff (post-graduate courses,
conferences, symposiums, congresses, seminars and other scientific forums).
3.2.6. Propagandistic and Publishing work of NACC:
To establish Home Page of National Association of Cancer Control.
To place National Program of Cancer Control on Association Home Page.
To place Caucasian Plan of Cancer Control on Association Home
Page.
To place Epidemiological Maps of cancer incidence in Georgia
(Caucasian countries) on Association Home Page.
To rise the level of hygienic-sanitary knowledge of population by promoting
healthy life style using TV, radio, press, etc.
To publish 10 modified recommendations concerning healthy life style and
distribute booklets among the population in order to reduce cancer morbidity.
To publish monographs, textbooks, epidemiological maps, atlases, brochures,
reports.
To publish magazine: “Cancer Epidemiology and Control in Georgia
(Caucasian countries)”.
To conduct advertising activity.
To control advertising in Mass media.
To popularize scientific achievements in oncology.
To review inventions.
To finance the publishing of important scientific works.
To conduct the lectures, seminars and training at work place.
3.2.7. Projective-and-Constructive activity of the NACC:
To plan the development of cancer services in different regions of Georgia;
To help reconstruct and build cancer control offices;
To conduct scientific-research, experimental-constructive, projective and
service work in a field of medicine.
3.2.8. Legislative Work of NACC:
To lobby the obligatory submission of Cancer Notification Form
in the Health Care System of Caucasian Countries (Georgia, Armenia,
Azerbaijan);
To lobby the establishment of common hygienic-sanitary standards (standard
of tar and nicotine permissible dosage and concentration of each carcinogenic
substances in environment) in the Health Care System of Caucasian Countries
(Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan);
To prepare and lobby the bill in the Parliament of Georgia (Caucasian
countries), which will protect the environment (atmosphere, work place
environment, Black Sea, flora, food) from the pollution by chemical and
radioactive carcinogenic substances, biological agents (virus, bacteria, etc),
put limit on their effect on population, set testing and certification on
cancer risk for national, exported, imported products (food, tobacco product,
alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages), set up fines on cancer risk products;
To prepare and lobby the bill in the Parliament of Georgia (Caucasian
countries) which will prohibit:
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Tobacco smoking in state and non-state organizations and public places;
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Advertising tobacco products (as a harmful narcotic substance for human
organism), strong alcoholic beverages;
To prepare and lobby the bill in the Parliament of Georgia (Caucasian
countries) which will prohibit advertising food, non-alcoholic beverages and
other products without their testing on the content of carcinogenic agents;
To prepare and lobby the bill in the Parliament of Georgia (Caucasian
countries) which will put NACC control on advertising food, non-alcoholic
beverages and other products;
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4.1. Individuals as well as collective group may become
association member;
4.2. The Association member may become an individual who will
recognize the Association Constitution and will honestly carry out membership
obligations;
4.3. The main requirement for individual membership is high
professionalism and sense of responsibility of the person. Nationality,
religious affiliation, political orientation, sex, age, marital status will not
be taken into the consideration;
4.4. Individuals who want to participate in the Association
programs (association member who will get paid according to association
contract) must get interviewed and tested on professionalism. Selected members
will sign the contract;
4.5. Work enterprises, organizations, institutions, firms and
companies (despite amount of the property), Georgian and foreign public unions,
scientific associations and societies, funds who recognize the Association
Constitution and pay registration and annual fees may become association
collective members.
4.6. Individual citizens, their unions and work groups may
become association members by submitting written request to the Association
Board of Administration.
4.7. The Association member can leave the Association by
submitting written request to the Board of Administration. The Board of
Administration must summarize and make decision no later than one month after
getting the request form.
The Board of Administration may include or discontinue
membership of member by open ballot and simple majority of votes.
4.8. Founders of the Association who have taken part in the
work of the Constituent Assembly may become association members beginning from
the state registration of the Constitution.
4.9. The Association member has right:
to discuss the problems concerning the Association activities; to take
personal part in working out and realization of plans, projects, programs of
the Association;
To select and be selected in the Association Administration
To get information about association work;
To use the privileges and financial assistance prescribed by the
Association;
To help the Association financially and materially;
To ask the Association to help in securing their legal interests belonging
to the Association regulatory activities;
To be member of other public unions;
4.10. Obligations of the Association members are:
To take active part in the Association activities, to show initiative, to
help successful realization of association tasks, to make propaganda of
association goals and tasks;
4.11. The Association members are obliged to pay registration and annual fees.
4.12. The Association Administration makes registration and
annual fees for individual and collective members (different for Georgia and
foreign countries), economic plans and annual budget of the Association.
4.13. Association member, who doesn’t honestly carry out
membership obligations, damages the reputation of the Association or violates
the Statutes or the Rules may be excluded from association membership.
5.1. According to
Constitution, the Association has right:
To own buildings, transportation and communication equipment, pecuniary
funds, stocks, other valuable papers and property, which is necessary for
securing the Association activity;
To work out and accomplish the Association plans;
To introduce and protect association members interests in the state organs;
To make contracts and agreements with Georgian and foreign firms,
organizations, institutions, private individuals;
To establish local and regional organs, enterprises. representatives, other
public unions;
To conduct publishing activity and have periodical publishing organ;
5.2. The Association has right to rend property as well as lend, sell or
give for a grant its own property;
The Association has right to accomplish industrial and economic activities
for realization of the Association tasks;
The Association has right to accomplish other activities not contradicted
with Georgian legislation and the Association Constitution.
6.1. The highest organ of the Association is the Association
Members Joint Meeting, which is held once in three years. Advisory-Consulting
Board, Association administration and Inspection Committee have right to call
non-planed joint members meeting.
6.2. The Association Members Joint Meeting is considered
authorized if 2/3 of association members is presented. in order to be valid,
decisions of the Joint Meeting require a simple majority of votes.
6.3. The Rights of
the Association Members Joint Meeting are:
To determine priorities of the Association activities;
To adopt strategic programs, projects and plans of the Association;
To listen and confirm reports of the Board of Administration and
Advisory-Consulting Board to elect the Executive Board of the Association;
To make changes and addenda in the Association Constitution and inform the
registration organ about these changes;
To solve other important aspects of the Association activity;
6.4. Within the period between the Association Members Joint
Meetings the Association activity will be conducted by the Board of
Administration. The President, the Vice-President, the leaders of association
subdivisions and the Association Secretary constitute the Association
Administration, which is empowered to rule over the Association activity between
the Association Joint Meetings periods;
6.5. Advisory-Consulting Board
The leaders of founding organizations constitute the
Advisory-Consulting Board appointed by the Constituent Assembly.
6.6. Rights of Advisory-Consulting Board are:
To consult with the president about the strategic aspects of the
Association;
To give recommendations to the Executive Board in order to optimize of the
Association activities;
To control methodological work of the President and the Executive Board;
To take part in the Executive Board Meetings with the status of honorary
member and the right of casting vote.
6.7 The President of the Association
Is initially elected at the Constituent Assembly by the initiative group.
The President is reelected at the Joint Meeting of the Executive Board and
Advisory-Consulting Board;
Presides administration meetings with the right of casting vote;
Makes permanent and temporary subdivisions, according to the Association
activity;
Appoints association employees, including association secretary;
Forms the available staff and numerical strength of the Executive Board;
Manages the Association property and funds. On behalf of the Association,
the President concludes contracts;
Represents the Association interests in state authority and ruling organs,
economic and public organizations, at the international forums and in other
organizations;
Makes individual decisions, which will be discussed at the next meeting of
the Executive Board, if necessary;
Issues orders and instructions within the limits of his competence.
6.8. The Vice-President of the Association:
Is elected from the staff of the Executive Board at the Executive Board
Meeting;
Takes part in the Executive Board Meetings with the right of casting vote;
Exercises control on the fulfillment the orders and instructions,
recommendations of Association Members Joint Meeting, the Executive Board and
President;
Acts on behalf of the Association name;
Undertakes the President’s obligations in a case of his absence.
6.9. The rights of the Association Executive Board are:
To elect Vice-President from the staff of the Executive Board;
To prepare changes and addenda of Association Constitution for submitting
for consideration at the Association Members Joint Meeting;
To set salaries and other forms of financial stimulation for association
employees;
To establish local and regional organizations, public unions, enterprises,
laboratories, consultations, informative-medical systems and nets,
representations;
To complete current activities and Association Members Joint Meeting
decisions;
To get into contacts with analogous foreign organizations, firms and private
persons;
To make decisions within the limits of its competency.
6.10. The Executive Board meetings will be held in a case of
need but no later than once in a quarter.
6.11. The President of the Association calls the Executive
Board Meetings. In order to be valid, decisions of the Executive Board Meeting
require a simple majority.
6.12. The Association Executive Board is responsible for
administration work to Association Members Joint Meeting.
6.13. Machinery of the Association is formed of
temporary or permanent departments, laboratories and other structural
subdivisions. The Association employees receive salaries according to individual
contracts.
6.14. The Association Secretary
coordinates the Association plans and programs, prepares agenda and other
necessary documents for the Executive Board Meetings, takes secretary
responsibilities at these meetings, prepares orders, instructions, projects and
other documents for the President to sign.
6.15. The Advisory-Consulting Board is
initially elected at the Constituent Assembly for three years period and with
three-member constitution. The Advisory-Consulting Board is reelected at the
Association Members Joint Meeting.
The Advisory-Consulting Board functions are as follows:
To control functional-economic activities of the Association and its
enterprises;
Member of Advisory-Consulting Board can not at the same time be a member
of the Association Administration;
Advisory-Consulting Board members may participate in the work of the
Executive Board Meetings with the right of consultative vote.
7.1. General funds, circulation capital and other property,
which are shown in independent balance make up the Association property. This
property is used for maintenance the Association activity.
7.2. Association income constitutes:
Charities from Georgian and foreign juridical structures;
The Association gets grants and donations from different funds, charity
organizations, state and public organizations, enterprises and private
persons;
Granted and inherited income;
Income from publishing work;
Income from own enterprises;
Other ways of income which doesn’t contradict with Georgian legislation.
7.3. Association self-financing plan
In case of adoption a bill by the Parliament the Association
plans to go on to the self-financing using the following sources:
To pay cancer risk fines to NACC (according to Parliament
decision):
To pay tax to NACC for the control of testing the advertised
products (according to the Parliament decision);
To pay tax to CACC for international councils and
Tele-medicine services.
7.4. Part of the Association income is used as a payment to
employees and the rest for the Association further development.
7.5. Income from enterprises is used for accomplishment goals
and tasks of the Association.
7.6. Information about association work will be placed on the
Association Home Page and spread via the Internet, which will help to put the
Association activity on monitory control.
8.1. The Association has right to unite with analogous
international organizations and unions as a collective member, to establish
direct international contacts, to take part in other activities which doesn’t
contradict with Georgian legislation and Georgian International obligations.
8.2. The Association will cooperate with the
International Agency of Cancer Research (IARC, Lyon), American Cancer Society (ACS, Atlanta, New York),
Oncology Centers and dispensaries
of Caucasian countries, National Cancer Institute (NCI, Bethesda), Cancer
Research Foundation of America (CRFA), other international oncology
centers and Center of Disease Control (CDC, Atlanta).
8.3. The Association will be integrated and cooperated with
the following international structures:
To integrate NACC with International Union Against Cancer (UICC,
Geneva);
To integrate Caucasian Union Against Cancer (UCCC)
with International Union Against Cancer (UICC, Geneva);
To integrate UCCC with International Association of
Cancer Registries (IACR, Lyon);
To integrate Caucasian Network of Cancer Registries (CNCR) with
European Network of Cancer Registries (ENCR, Lyon);
To integrate Caucasian Tele-medical Board (CTC) with International Tele-medical Boards;
9.1. The Association may cease existence on a basis of
reorganization (merging, unification, division) or liquidation.
9.2. Reorganization and liquidation of the Association may be
decided:
By the Association Members Joint Meeting and requires a two-thirds
majority;
By competent state organs on the basis of systematic violation of the
state legislation from the Association side.
9.3. Liquidation of the Association is carried out according
to the following principle:
The Association congress forms Liquidation Commission, which will hold
association funds and property;
Liquidation Commission divides funds and property of the Association
according to the legislation currently in force.
9.4. The President of the Association looses his authority at a moment of formation of Liquidation Commission.
9.5. The Association looses the status of juridical structure
in the corresponding state organ at a moment of registration of its liquidation.
9.6. Information on the Association liquidation will be
spread by mass media.
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