The Charter
of The Russian Society of Subsoil Use Experts
1. GeneralProvisions
1.1. The Russian Society of Subsoil Use Experts (hereinafter referred as the Society) is a voluntary, self-regulating public association of geologists, mining engineers, petroleum engineers, hydrogeologists, surveyors, ecologists and other specialists in related fields of subsoil use.
1.2. The Society is not a legal entity and operates on a voluntary basis.
1.3. In its activity the Society is guided by the laws of the Russian Federation.
1.4. The Society operates in most of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation through its regional branches.
1.5. The Society conducts its activities under authority of the Non-Commercial Partnership Self-Regulating Organization National Association for Subsoil Examination (hereinafter referred as the NP NAEN).
1.6. Full name of the Society in Russian:
Общество экспертов России по недропользованию
Short name of theSociety in Russian:
ОЭРН
The Society name in English:
The Russian Society of Subsoil Use Experts (OERN)
1.8. Location of the Executive Committee of the Society: office 2.204 in BC «Brent city», build. 2, Dubininskaya Str., 57, Moscow, 115054, the Russian Federation.
2. The Goals, Tasks and Activities of the Society
2.1. The objectives of the Society are:
- association of specialists in field of subsoil use to develop the best solutions to pressing issues of functioning of the mining complex of Russia;
- development and popularization of expert activity in sphere of subsoil use;
- recruiting numbers of highly skilled experts in field of subsoil use, employed as experts for the state expert review of mineral reserves and as competent professionals for reporting and auditing of mineral reserves and resources;
- ensuring conditions for sustainable integrated development and use of mineral resources and their protection;
- developing unified approaches in implementing the state expert review of mineral reserves, ensuring rational use of subsoil of the Russian Federation;
- increasing status value of specialists of mining-and-geological professions;
- protection of their interests and facilitating career development;
- professional development of the specialists through theoretical and practical seminars and conferences, exchange of opinions, expert technical councils;
- training of new experts on subsoil use;
- support of efforts of mining-and geological profession specialists for propaganda and introduction of best practices in exploration and sustainable subsoil use;
- forming of conditions and implementation of policy aimed at the environment and subsoil protection.
2.2. These objectives shall be achieved through solving the following tasks:
- Compilation/synthesis of knowledge and best practices, existing experience in geological surveys, exploration work, preparation of economic-geological evaluation and mineral reserves estimate;
- development and improvement of uniform rules, requirements, industry standards, aimed atrational use of mineral resources in Russia, raising of extraction ratio of minerals from the subsoil;
- professional development and training of experts for preparation of expert opinions on documentation, submitted by subsoil users for the state expert review;
- promotion of introduction of advanced techniques in projects for geological exploration, prospecting and exploration of various types of mineral resources and technical projects for mining;
- creation of consultative and information infrastructure, providing improving professional activity effectiveness of the Society’s members and practical assistance to members of the Society;
- holding topical meetings, round tables, seminars, conferences, training courses, organization of trainings, public conferences or Internet teleconferences;
- ensuring harmonization of Russian and international classifications of reserves and prognostic resources of minerals, recognition of international status of experts;
- encouraging professional development and training of new specialist-experts in field of subsoil use;
- registration of all experts on subsoil use in a single registry.
2.3. To achieve the goals and to solve the tasks, the Society within its powers and in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation conducts the following activities:
·professional education activities;
·scientific and methodical activities;
·outreach activities;
·international activities;
·interaction with state run public authorities in sphere of subsoil use;
·consulting, expertise and monitoring of subsoil use;
·other activities within its competence.
3. The rights and obligations of the Society
3.1. To fulfill its goals, the Society is entitled to:
3.1.1. Freely disseminate information on its activities.
3.1.2. Found territorial branches within the Russian Federation.
3.1.3. Represent and maintain its rights and legitimate interests of its members and participants in governmental authorities, local authorities and public associations.
3.1.4. Advance initiatives on issues related to implementation of its goals, and make proposals to governmental and local authorities.
3.1.5. Independently form plans and programs of its activities.
3.1.6. Collaborate with other expert and non-governmental organizations on professional issues of subsoil use.
3.1.7. Cooperate with similar international communities.
3.1.8. Create temporary creative teams or working teams, involving also foreign experts, for solving individual major problems.
3.1.9. Institute awards and prizes, as well as other incentives for contribution to implementation of the goals and objectives of the Society.
Duly petition to governmental authorities and sectional ministries for rewarding members of the Society with awards, instituted by these authorities and ministries.
3.1.10. Promote the Society activities, freely and widely disseminate information about the Society.
3.1.11. Join international public associations, acquire rights and obligations corresponding to status of these associations, maintain direct international contacts and links, and enter into agreements with foreign non-commercial non-governmental organizations.
3.1.12. Establish centers for training and advanced training of experts for training and certification/recertification of specialists followed by awarding a rank of a Competent Person.
3.1.13. Organize and conduct seminars, conferences, forums on subsoil topical issues.
3.1.14. Carry out other activities not prohibited by the laws and not inconsistent with this Charter.
3.1.15. The Society has other rights and fulfill other obligations as stipulated by the laws of the Russian Federation.
3.2. The Society is obliged to:
3.2.1. Observe the laws of the Russian Federation, generally recognized principles and norms of international laws relating to expert activities, as well as the basic provisions of the Charter and the Code of Professional Ethics of the Society Expert.
3.2.2. Ensure compliance with principles of voluntarism, self-governing, transparency, legality and equality of the Society’s members in all spheres of professional activity.
3.2.3. Protect professional rights and legitimate interests of the Society’s members.
4. The Society Governing Bodies
4.1. The governing bodies of the Society are as follows:
• the Executive Committee;
• Chairman of the Society;
• Board of Trustees.
4.2. Members of governing bodies of the Society, when exercising their rights and functions to the benefit of the Society, exercise their rights and functions in good faith and reasonably.
4.3. General Meeting of the Society members
4.3.1. The highest governing body of the Society is General Meeting of the Society members.
4.3.2. General Meeting of the Society members shall be convened by the Executive Committee of the Society at least once every five years. Extraordinary General Meeting of the Society may be convened by the decision of the Executive Committee of the Society and on initiative of Chairman of the Society or heads of territorial branches of the Society.
4.3.3. General Meeting of the Society members shall be valid if attended by more than half of the invited delegates.
4.3.4. Electoral quotient, date and place, agenda of General Meeting of the Society members shall be determined by the Executive Committee of the Society and reported to members of the Society and heads of territorial branches of the Society not later than two months before convening of General Meeting of the Society members.
4.3.5. The exclusive competence of General Meeting of the Society members includes the following issues:
• approval of the Society Charter, introduction of amendments into the Charter;
• approval of the Code of Professional Ethics of the Society Expert, introduction of amendments into the Code;
• approval of the Executive Committee of the Society;
• defining priorities and programs of the Society activity, ways and methods of their implementation, basic principles of formation and use of the Society property;
• election of Chairman of the Society and early termination of his powers;
• making decision on reorganization or dissolution of the Society.
4.3.6. Decisions on matters referred to in paragraph 4.3.5 of the Charter shall be made by simple majority vote of General Meeting of the Society members.
4.3.7. Minutes of General Meeting of the Society members shall be kept and drawn up by academic secretary of the Executive Committee of the Society, which is responsible for their timely drawing-up and storage, providing copies of the minutes to authorized persons, informing members of the Society.
4.4. The Executive Committee of the Society
4.4.1. In the period between General Meetings of the Society Members, the Society activities is governed by the Executive Committee of the Society, which is a permanent collegiate executive body of the Society.
The authority of the Executive Committee of the Society includes:
• convening General Meeting of the Society members, defining time and place of the Meeting, electoral quotient and procedure for electing delegates to the General Meeting of the Society members;
• approval of the regulations and other normative, methodical documents relating to the Society activities, which lie beyond cognizance of General Meeting of the Society members;
• making decisions on establishment, reorganization, liquidation, and appointing heads of territorial branches of the Society;
• providing methodical and other assistance to the territorial branches and coordination of their activities;
• making decisions on the establishment of economic partnerships and companies, interim committees, technical advisory committees, joining the Society to other non-governmental organizations, unions and associations of non-governmental organizations,as well as on withdrawal from them;
• organization and holding of meetings, symposia, conferences, seminars, exhibitions, competitions, reviews, sittings of technical advisory committees and round tables on issues of statutory activities of the Society;
• making decisions on establishment of mass media;
• making decisions on awarding or encouragement of members of the Society;
• approval of sample illustrations of a seal, stamps, forms, symbols, emblem and other symbols and attributes of the Society;
• approval of annual topical work plans for sections of the Society;
• elaboration of core directions of activity and development program of the Society;
• maintaining contacts with mining-and-geological organizations of foreign countries and other communities, organization of joint activities with them;
• filing petitions to the relevant governmental authorities on awarding members of the Society by the established state prizes, awards, titles in science and technology;
• deciding on giving the internationally recognized status of a Competent Person and a European Level Geologist to members of the Society;
• awarding title of Honorary Member of the Society;
• making decisions on other issues of the Society activities beyond the scope of activities of General Meeting of the Society.
4.4.2. The structure of the Executive Committee of the Society includes the Presidium of the Executive Committee and the Secretariat of the Executive Committee of the Society.
4.4.3. The Executive Committee is guided in its work by the internal document approved by the General Meeting of the Society.
4.5. Chairman of the Society
4.5.1. Chairman of the Society, heading simultaneously the Executive Committee of the Society, directs the Society activities.
4.5.2. Chairman of the Society shall be elected by General Meeting of the Society members from among members of the Society.
4.5.3. The term of office of Chairman of the Society is five years. The issue of early termination of powers of Chairman of the Society may be resolved by Extraordinary General Meeting of members of the Society.
4.5.4. Chairman of the Society:
• provides overall management of the Society activities;
• presides over General Meeting of the Society members;
• controls implementation of decisions of General Meeting of the Society members;
• presides over meetings of the Executive Committee of the Society and organizes its work, distribute duties among the members of the Executive Committee of the Society, has the right to initiate convening an extraordinary General Meeting of the Society;
• represents the Society in relations with governmental authorities and local administrations, domestic and foreign legal entities and natural persons;
• acts without power of attorney on behalf of the Society: concludes non-repayable agreements, treaties, contracts, holds negotiations, makes transactions, gives powers of attorney, represents the Society in arbitration and referees courts;
• signs executive documents of the Society;
• appoint heads of sections by direction and territorial branches of the Society;
• forms administrative machinery of the Executive Committee of the Society, performs general supervision over the Executive Committee of the Society;
• approves the work plans of the Society sections and activity programs of territorial branches of the Society;
• signs minutes of the Executive Committee of the Society sittings;
• makes decisions on other issues not pertaining to exclusive competence of General Meeting of the Society members, approves internal acts of the Society, approval of which is not directly referred by the Chapter to the competence of other bodies and officers of the Society, exercises other powers in the management of the Society in accordance with the requirements of the Chapter and orders of the governing bodies of the Society.
4.5.5. In the absence of Chairman of the Society, his authority is fully vested in the First Deputy Chairman of the Society.
4.6. The Board of Trustees of the Society
4.6.1. The Board of Trustees of the Society may be formed on the initiative of the Executive Committee of the Society.
4.6.2. The Executive Committee shall provide administrative and technical servicing of the Society's Board of Trustees activities, including allocating rooms and equipment necessary for its operation, space for documents storage, provides an employee for conducting clerical work.
4.6.3. The Board of Trustees of the Society is formed of individual-representatives of federal and local executive and legislative authorities, business, financial and scientific communities, public organizations and associations, enterprises, organizations and institutions, regardless of pattern of ownership.
4.6.4. Board of Trustees of the Society's Board of Trustees may form a trustee fund to provide financial support to the Society and its members in carrying out its Charter activities, maintaining and developing the material and technical base.
4.6.5. Areas of activities of the Board of Trustees of the Society include:
• promoting development of the Society, approval of plans of the Society work for the long term;
• supporting research and innovation activities of the Society, foundation and development of the Center for Training and Advanced Training for members of the Society and the Institution of Competent Persons;
• attracting Russian and foreign specialists and companies for joint training and advanced training of members of the Society;
• charitable activities;
• assistance in financing and implementation of promising programs, promoting improving training of the Society members;
• formation of fund of the Board of Trustees of the Society;
• approval of proposals for implementation of important public initiatives to promote the activities of the Society.
4.6.6. The Board of Trustees of the Society includes: Chairman and members of the Board of Trustees of the Society.
4.6.7. Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Society, who accepted the proposal of Chairman of the Society, directs and organizes work of the Board of Trustees.
4.6.8. In its work the Board of Trustees is guided by an internal document approved by the Executive Committee of the Society.
5. Sources of Financing for the Society
5.1. The Society's activities are funded by the NP "NAEN."
5.2. Sources of financing of the Society are also:
• voluntary contributions of members of the Society;
• voluntary contributions and donations from members of the Board of Trustees of the Society, legal and natural persons, philanthropic grants;
• receipts from events organized by the Society;
• revenues from publishing activities.
6. The Society Membership
6.1. Members of the Society shall be adult capable individuals, regardless of nationality, religion, citizenship, place of residence, who share goals of the Society, being professional and qualified experts in field of subsoil use and are willing to actively participate in activities of the Society in accordance with the Charter.
6.2. Membership in the Society is voluntary. Rights of a member of the Society can’t be transferred to third parties.
6.3. In their activities, members of the Society are guided by an internal document, approved by the Executive Committee of the Society.
7. Introduction of Amendments
7.1. Contributed suggestions shall be drawn up in writing and handed to Chairman of the Society, which submit them for discussion at General Meeting of the Society members.
7.2. Introduction of amendments into the Charter is to be approved at General Meeting of the Society by a majority of 2/3 of votes of delegates participating in General Meeting of the Society.
7.3. Amendments shall be introduced into the Charter by the secretary of the Executive Committee of the Society after approval by General Meeting of the Society.