Academia Panamericana de Ingeniería
Academia Pan-Americana de Engenharia
Pan American Academy of Engineering
In force as from December 1º, 2008
TITLE I CREATION, LINKS AND LOCATION
Article 1 The Pan American Academy of Engineering is a non-profit engineering Institution, of a technical, scientific, educational and cultural nature, that is established with a Pan American scope, institutionally linked to the Pan American Federation of Engineers Societies (UPADI).
Article 2 The creation of the Academy was unanimously determined by the International Board of Directors of UPADI during the meeting held in Asunción , Paraguay in August 1995 and the first version of these By Laws was approved by the International Board of Directors of UPADI held in August 1996 in San José , Costa Rica . The Academy was formally established on the 24 th August, 2000 with the incorporation of the first thirty Founder Members and the signature of the Foundation Charter during the Solemn Ceremony held in the City of Panama .
Article 3 The legal headquarters of the Academy should preferably be in the same country and city than UPADI, unless a Plenary Session resolves to change it on the basis of a proposal of the Board of Directors.
Article 4 UPADI at the time of establishing the Academy has delegated in it the power and right to carry out, with total autonomy of decision, the qualification and election of its Members as prescribed in these By-laws .
TITLE II OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSES
TITLE III POWERS
TITLE IV MEMBERS. CONDITIONS
TITLE V DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE MEMBERS
TITLE VI NOMINATION, ELECTION AND TERMINATION OF THE CATEGORY OF THE MEMBER.
TITLE VII WORKING, INFORMATION AND CONTROL INSTRUMENTS
TITLE VIII MEETINGS OF THE ACADEMY
TITLE IX BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TITLE X FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE AUTHORITES OF THE ACADEMY
TITLE XI ELECTION COMMITTEE
TITLE XII ADVISORY BOARD
TITLE XIII AUDITING COMMITTEE
TITLE XIV ASSETS
TITLE XV MODIFICATIONS TO THE BY-LAWS
TITLE XVI DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
TITLE XVII OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
By Laws approved by the International Board of UPADI in San José, Costa Rica, 1996
Modified by the Plenary Extraordinary Session of the Academy – Mexico 2004
Modified by the Plenary Extraordinary Session of the Academy, Brasilia , Brazil . December 2008
