Statutes
International Federation of Audio-Psycho-Phonology and Listening Education F.I.A.P.E.
I – NAME, REGISTERED OFFICE AND PURPOSE
ARTICLE 1. NAME
There is hereby constituted among the parties adhering to these statutes a non-profit association:
1.1 Designated respectively, in French, in English and in Spanish,
Fédération Internationale d'Audio-Psycho-Phonologie et Pédagogie de l'Ecoute
Federación Internacional de Audio-Psico-Fonología y Pedagogía de la Escucha
Federation International of Audio-Psycho-Phonologists and Auditory Training Practitioners
1.2 In the three official languages, which are also those of the Committee, the common acronym adopted to designate the association is F.I.A.P.E.
1.3 The F.I.A.P.E. is governed by articles 60 et seq. of the Swiss Civil Code on non-profit associations.
1.4 The French text shall prevail for the interpretation of the statutes.
ARTICLE 2 - REGISTERED OFFICE
2.1 The F.I.A.P.E. establishes its registered office at the administrative Secretariat located in Switzerland, while the territorial scope of its activities is international.
2.2 The duration of the association is unlimited.
ARTICLE 3 - PURPOSE
3.1 To promote the research, development and dissemination of the scientific works and discoveries of Dr. Alfred A. Tomatis, and more generally of Audio-Psycho-Phonology or Auditory Training Program.
3.2 To identify a common foundation and a basic training in the techniques of Dr. Alfred A. Tomatis. The objective is to ensure the same level of initial training for all members of the various associations integrated into the F.I.A.P.E.
3.3 To issue certificates of professional qualifications approved by the F.I.A.P.E. council recognising the members of the associations that compose it, and their professional competencies to apply the discoveries of Dr. Alfred A. Tomatis in the fields of their academic training, known as: Auditory Training, Pedagogía de la Escucha or Estimulación Neurosensorial Auditiva o Audiopsicofonología or Audio-Psycho-Phonology and Listening Education.
3.4 To ensure, through the various ethics committees of each member Association, the correct application of the techniques of Dr. Alfred A. Tomatis. These techniques consist of a series of actions carried out with the use of technological and technical resources and specific psycho-pedagogical procedures, aimed at promoting personal development and integrity. Listening is its fundamental concept. Through Listening a neurological stimulation is carried out which fosters an overall maturity of the human being in its physical, mental and emotional aspects. The physiological and psychological development of Listening fosters communication.
3.5 To represent, defend and promote the professional, social and economic interests of the member associations.
3.6 To bring before the courts and any public or semi-public body all appropriate actions, in accordance with the law, in defence of its objectives and interests, vis-à-vis third parties.
3.7 To organise international conferences, continuing education courses and to support the initial training of new therapists for the associations that request it. To publish in any form the results of future research, to make known its activities and to publish everything concerning the legacy of Dr. Alfred A. Tomatis, also on any medium or format.
3.8 To carry out any other tasks of the same nature deemed necessary or useful for the accomplishment of its objectives and for the protection of the legitimate interests of its members.
3.9 To promote ideas for new technologies in the therapy of auditory, motor and visual attention, as well as educational activity in this framework.
3.10 To cooperate with therapeutic, educational, school and medical establishments throughout the world with the aim of forming a non-governmental lobby in order to implement new technologies in therapy and education.
3.11 To organise study tours for personnel in the therapeutic and educational sector.
3.12 To organise training courses, conferences, exhibitions and fairs.
3.13 To provide advice within the framework of the method of Professor Alfred A. Tomatis and other methods of stimulation of auditory, motor and visual attention, as well as to evaluate the equipment necessary for the said therapeutic methods.
3.14 To maintain the activities of electronic publication (Web) or in print.
ARTICLE 4 – INTERNAL REGULATIONS
4.1 Internal regulations may be established by the Management Committee, which then has them approved by the General Assembly.
4.2 These regulations govern the operation and settle various points not provided for in these statutes.
II - MEMBERS ARTICLE 5 - COMPOSITION and ADMISSION
5.1 The members of the F.I.A.P.E. may be natural or legal persons who pursue the same purposes.
5.2 The members of the F.I.A.P.E. are divided into:
5.2.1 Founding members;
5.2.2 Honorary members;
5.2.3 Ordinary members;
5.2.4 Supporting members.
5.3 Founding members The constitutive Assembly of the F.I.A.P.E. was held in Madrid, on 29 November 2013, with the participation of the natural persons listed below and henceforth called founding members:
- Patricia Becerra Acevedo delegate of the Colombian association « La Asociación Colombiana de Audiopsicophonología » ;
- Patrick Dumas de La Roque delegate of the French association « Optim'Ecoute » ;
- Martha Mack (Melbourne, Australia) ;
- Malgorzata Szurlej delegate of the Polish association “Polskie Stowarzyszenie Terapeutow Metody Tomatisa”;
- Olga Ivanovna Azova (Moscow, Russia);
- Juan Antonio Timor Pineda delegate of the Spanish association “ALTOM asociación profesional española Alumnos del Profesor Alfred A. Tomatis)”.
5.4 Honorary members, An honorary member of the F.I.A.P.E. may be a natural or legal person who has contributed significantly to the activity and development of the F.I.A.P.E. or constitutes a locally recognised authority. Such a member has no voting right:
5.4.1 Honorary members are accepted by the General Assembly at the request of 5 members of the F.I.A.P.E.
5.5 Ordinary members, An ordinary member is a national Association of Therapists using Audio-Psycho-Phonology or the Tomatis Method and possessing legal personality. It must have:
5.5.1 declared in writing its intention to become a member of the F.I.A.P.E.;
5.5.2 obtained the written recommendation of two delegate representatives, founding members of the F.I.A.P.E. federation;
5.6 Supporting members, A supporting member of the F.I.A.P.E. may be a natural or legal person who participates in the financing or ensures the achievement of the purposes of the F.I.A.P.E. through a substantial contribution of real assets but has no voting right;
5.6.1 One becomes a supporting member after having filed a written declaration.
ARTICLE 6 - CONTRIBUTIONS
6.1 The General Assembly sets the amount of the contributions for the members:
6.1.1 Founding and ordinary members;
6.1.2 Supporting members;
6.1.3 Honorary members are exempt from members' contributions.
ARTICLE 7 – RESIGNATION - EXCLUSION
7.1 A member may be struck off following:
7.1.2 The filing of a written resignation submitted to the General Assembly.
7.2 An exclusion:
7.2.1 Following a breach of the statutes or a lack of compliance noted by the Management Committee;
7.2.2 On the grounds of collaborating with or having joined other associations or bodies that practise or use technical materials incompatible with the purposes and objectives of the F.I.A.P.E. (see internal regulations).
7.3 The excluded member has the right to appeal against the decision of the Management Committee at the General Assembly of the F.I.A.P.E.;
7.4 The General Assembly may likewise pronounce the exclusion of one of its members, without stating any reason, in accordance with the provisions of the SCC art. 72 para. 1. In this case, the reasons for which the exclusion was pronounced cannot give rise to legal action (SCC art. 72 para. 2).
7.5 There is no right of appeal in the event of non-payment of contributions after formal notice.
ARTICLE 8. - RESOURCES
8.1 The amount of the members' contributions is set by the General Assembly.
8.2 Public subsidies, legacies, inheritance or donations received by legal means from persons connected with the F.I.A.P.E. or third parties.
8.3 The income from the funds of the F.I.A.P.E., interest and income on capital.
8.4 Other lawful resources such as publications, courses, conferences, or the proceeds of an economic activity insofar as and within the framework serving to achieve its statutory objectives.
8.5 All financial means must be kept exclusively in the account of the F.I.A.P.E.
8.6. The assets of the F.I.A.P.E. alone guarantee its commitments; any personal liability of its members is excluded.
III – ORGANISATION ARTICLE
9 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY
9.1 The General Assembly is the supreme authority of the F.I.A.P.E. It meets once a year;
9.2 The Management Committee convenes all General Assemblies, by email, specifying the date, the place or means, the time and the agenda, in the case of a video conference (virtual), 30 days at the latest before the stated date. In the case of a physical (real) meeting, 6 months at the latest before the stated date;
9.3 If need be, or when one fifth (1/5) of the registered members so requests, the Management Committee may convene an extraordinary general assembly, in accordance with the procedures provided for in these statutes;
9.4 Quorum (see internal regulations):
9.4.1 The assembly may validly deliberate regardless of the number of members present or represented by one of their delegates, half an hour after the roll call.
9.5 Majority:
9.5.1 The decisions of the general assembly are taken by a majority of the members present or represented at the assembly. In the event of a tie, the vote of the person presiding over the assembly is decisive;
9.5.2. Any amendment of the statutes or dissolution of the association must be approved by a 2/3 majority of the members present at the assembly.
9.5 Powers of the General Assembly:
9.5.1 Approval of the president's annual report, of the accounts and annual budget;
9.5.2 Discharge granted to the Management Committee and to the audit body;
9.5.3 Appointment of the members of the committee and of the audit body (see internal regulations);
9.5.4 Determination of the contributions;
9.5.5 Decision on the items placed on the agenda;
9.5.6 Decisions reserved to it by law or by the statutes;
9.5.7 Any other tasks that do not fall within the competence of other corporate bodies;
9.5.8 Amendment of the Statutes (see internal regulations);
9.5.9 Expulsion from the F.I.A.P.E., at the request of the Management Committee, of associations that violate the statutes of the F.I.A.P.E.;
9.5.10 Resolutions relating to the admission of an honorary member;
9.5.11 Dissolution of the F.I.A.P.E. and liquidation of the assets.
ARTICLE 10 – THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
10.1 The Management Committee is appointed in order to direct the activity of the F.I.A.P.E. in accordance with the resolutions of the General Assembly. Its meetings are the subject of minutes which may be communicated at the request of a member.
10.2 The Management Committee is composed of the president, vice-president, secretary and two members. They are re-eligible (see internal regulations).
10.3 Powers of the Management Committee:
10.3.1 Conduct of current activity which does not fall to another body, in particular:
10.3.2 Administration of the F.I.A.P.E.;
10.3.3 Representation of the F.I.A.P.E. vis-à-vis third parties; the president, the vice-president or the secretary sign jointly by two;
10.3.4 Election of an external administrator mandated to manage all administrative and legal tasks (see internal regulations);
10.3.5 Supervision of the achievement of the objectives of the F.I.A.P.E.;
10.3.6 Execution of the decisions of the General Assembly;
10.3.7 Establishment of the annual report, of the accounts and annual budget and their presentation to the General Assembly. Proposal of the amount of members' contributions;
10.3.8 Convening of the General Assembly;
10.3.9 Admission and exclusion of members subject to appeal to the General Assembly.
ARTICLE 11 – THE AUDIT BODY
11.1 The audit body is composed of two auditors (see internal regulations).
11.2 It examines the accounts of the F.I.A.P.E. and draws up an annual report for the General Assembly, at the latest, 90 days before the holding of the latter.
ARTICLE - 12 - DISSOLUTION
12.1 The dissolution of the federation can only be decided by a General Assembly convened exclusively for this purpose. The agenda of this assembly shall include this item only. The dissolution decided by the General Assembly must be approved by a 2/3 majority of the members present or represented by one of their delegates, at the assembly;
12.2 The F.I.A.P.E. cannot be dissolved if there are at least three associations from different countries wishing to continue;
12.3 In the event of dissolution, the Administrative Council shall appoint a liquidation commission, from among its members, which, once the liquidation of debts has been settled, shall give to charity the capital and the proceeds of the material assets of the F.I.A.P.E.
Done at Geneva, 29 November 2013
These statutes were approved by the General Assembly, on 29 November 2013, and take effect immediately.