Art. 1. - The "ARTE POLLINO" CULTURAL ASSOCIATION is established as a free, non partisan, apolitical and non profit association, with the perspective of unlimited duration, and governed by Title I and Chapter III, art. 36 and foll. sections of the civil code, and the hereby statute as well.

Art. 2. - The "ARTE POLLINO" CULTURAL ASSOCIATION

The aim of the Association is to encourage the cultural growth of the Pollino territory, promoting each form of artistic expression, with an emphasis on the contemporary one, also through the involvement of experiences and competences which are able to favour and enhance the openness of this reality to the international dimension, making a new cultural and traditional vision possible.The Association considers that the nature reserves are preferential places to create new cultural values for the harmony between the humans and nature, and they are considered as ideal territorial fields for the active production of environmental, architectural and artistic quality. In order to this, it intends to promote each kind of activity addressed to the sustainable socio-economic development of nature reserves in general and the territory of the Pollino national park in particular, also from the tourist point of view.

For this purpose, the Association:

• plans, it carries out and it manages cultural and artistic events as, for example, the exhibitions, concerts and dance recitals, theatrical, poetic and audiovisual performances, in open space and in public or private structures; artistic installations in the historic centres, "art in nature" tracks in natural sites, publishing and multimedia productions;

• it contributes, directly or through the honorary members, to the realization of programmes, projects and other cultural and scientific activities in cooperation with private and public authorities;

• it promotes the artistic formation both for the members and whoever is interested in these themes, creating educational laboratories, also for the residential ones, workshops, round-table conferences, forums, classes and refresher courses, internships, meetings and ludic-educational initiatives, involving also the schools at all levels with both the teachers and the students;

• it operates to study, catalogue and document the cultural and artistic activities creating databases and multimedia archives oriented to the Pollino territory's enhancement;

• it develops communicative proceedings for the events promoted by the association itself and, in general, for the promotion of the territory, using media and physical and digital supports of any sort, creating also merchandising activities;

• it supports social and cultural processes of aggregation integrating with the cultural and artistic initiatives which operate in the environmental and artistic fields;

• it interacts with the world of local craft products, agricultural, agro-industrial and small and medium-sized enterprises ones, also in order to renew and qualify the productions from an artistic and cultural point of view;

• it promotes artistic and cultural exchanges on local, regional, national and international levels in order to involve the local economic and social fabric in the process of an endless openness and integration;

• it launches initiatives carrying also out useful services for the tourist fruition and the improvement of the tourist experience that could have consequences on the tourism sector, including the tourist offer in the cultural and environmental fields in its activities;

• it promotes the subscription and the fund-raising aimed to support initiatives which have to be realized in the territory of the Pollino park;

• moreover, the Association will be able to do any other activity pertaining to its basical aims and in compliance with the laws currently in force, considering the previous list purely illustrative and not obligatory.

Art. 3. - In order to achieve its aims, the Association can: a) acquire, set up and manage all the structures, areas and establishments for the activites provided for in article 2, which are linked to the art and the nature-art and, in general, to the tourism in the owned protected natural areas or in the ones contracted out by the public or private authorities; b) do those activities linked to the institutional ones, which play an instrumental role in the achieving of the aims provided for by art.2.

Art. 4. - The "ARTE POLLINO" ASSOCIATION is open to all who share its spirit and its ideals, who are interested in the realization of the institutionals aims. The members are divided into:

• ordinary members: persons or authorities who bind themselves to pay the annual membership fee fixed by the Board of governors, for the duration of their membership;
• honorary members: persons, authorities or institutions who contributed to the creation of the Association, in a decisive way, thanks to their work or their ideal or financial support and they are exempt from the annual payment of fees. Honorary members are assigned by the Board of Governors.

All members are included in the category of ordinary members.

The fee or the associative contribution are not transferable, except for transfers due to death and they are not to be revalued.

Art.5. - The admission of members is decided by the majority of the Board of governors upon written requests of the applicant.

Art.6. - All members are required to comply with the norms of the current statute and the possible internal regulations, in accordance with the resolutions issued by the organs in charge. In case of non compliance, that is in any way prejudicial to the aims or property of the Association it shall be addressed by the Board of Governors with the following sanctions: admonition, warning or expulsion from the Association.

Art.8. - The economic resources of the association consist of:

• goods, immovables and movables;

• contributions;

• donations and legacies;

• reimbursements;

• incomes from possible initiatives and activities carried out by the association;

• any other kinds of income.

Members' contributions consist of annual membership fees and possible extraordinary contributions in the amount established by the Board.

The contributions in money, the donations and the legacies are accepted by the Board of Governors who decides abouth their use in accordance with the statutory aims of the organization.

Art. 9. - The financial year runs from January 1 to December 31 every year.

The Board of Governors has to write a financial statement..

The financial statement has to be approved every year by the Ordinary Assembly within the month of June.

It has to be deposited in the Association Office within the 15 days before its meeting, in order to be referred to by each member.

• Members' Assembly;

• Board of Governors;

• Chairman;

• Scientific Advisory Committee.

Art. 11. - The members' assembly is the most important moment to make a comparison aimed to assure a correct management of the Association, and it consists of all the members, each of them has one vote, whichever membership fee is paid. It holds its ordinary session at least once a year, while an extraordinary session can be held when arranged by the Board of Governors or on request of at least one third of the members or if in case of necessity.

The ordinary assembly is validly established in first convocation only in the presence of the majority of its Members and its deliberations are effectively valid with the majority of those present. In second convocation the assembly is valid whatever the number of attending members.

The extraordinary assembly decides in first convocation in the presence and the favourable vote of the majority of its members and in second convocation the decision is valid whatever the number of attending members.

The convocation should be done through a written communication on the office's notice board a fortnight in advance of the date of the assembly date or, alternatively, hand-delivered registered letter or by recorded delivery letter with advice of delivery.

The deliberations have to be made public through the posting on the notice board of the minutes' office.

Art. 12. - Ordinary assembly's duties include:

• electing the Board of Governors;

• approving the financial statement;

• approving the internal regulations;

The extraordinary assembly decides on the alterations of the Statute and the possible dissolution of the Association.

Art. 13. - The members of the Board of Governors are between 3 and 5 and they are elected by the Assembly that appoints the Chiefman, the Vice-chiefman and the Treasurer among its components.The Board of Governors is validly established only in the presence of 3 members. Its members operate free of charge and they remain in office 3 years. These offices will be assigned for the first time at the Association's certificate of incorporation. The Board of Governors can be removed from the assembly by a majority of 2/3 of the members.

Art. 14. - The Board of Governors is the executive body of the Association, it usually meets twice per year and it is called by:

• the chiefman;

• at least 2 members, upon motivated request ;

• upon motivated and written request of the 30% of the members;

The Board of Governors exercises the powers of ordinary and extraordinary administration.

In the ordinary management its duties include:

• preparing the proceeds to submit to the assembly;

• searching for and obtain financial resources aimed at the realization of the projects, and in general, at the institutional activities;

• making the Association management proposals official;

• preparing the financial statement that has to include all the single expenses or incomes items per year;

• establishing the amounts of the annual fee deriving from the different members' categories.

Art.15. - The chiefman remains in office 3 years and he is is the Association's legal representative to all intents and purposes.

He calls and chairs the Board of Governors, he signs all the proceedings; he can open and close bank and post current accounts and procedures for cashing, in case of impediment the relative functions are carried out by the Vice-chiefman.

He gives special power of attorney to the members to manage different activties, subject to the approval of the Board of Governors.

Art. 16 - The Board of Governors can create an advisory scientific Committee for the projetcs, with advisory functions as follows:

• examining and judging the projects and the programmes aimed to the researches and the study and their feasibility also on the organizational and financial levels, upon request of the Board of Governors;

• upon request of the Board of governors, collaborating on the creation and the writing of projects and development and researches plans;

• informing about useful areas of intervention and development for the Association;

The number of the Committee members is variable, from 3 to 7

The members are chosen between specialists, scholars and Italian or foreign people known as authorities on art, environment and territorial development.

The chiefman of the Association is part of the Committee by virtue of position, he chairs it and he will convene it whenever he thinks it fit so to do.

The other members of the Committee will be appointed by the Board of Governors and they remains in office for the duration of the Board of Governors and they are re-eligible.

In case a member of the Committee ceases to hold the office, the Board of Governors will elect another member to replace him or her for the rest of his or her term.

The Committee will work under the directives established by the Board of Governors of the Association.

Art. 17. - The dissolution of the Association is decided by the extraordinary assembly. In case of dissolution, for whatever reason or if the aim of the association becomes unattainable, there will be the winding-up and the goods left will be donate to another non-profit association pursuing the analogous aims or of public use, under the control of the body specified in art. 3, comma 190, L. 23.12.96, n.662, unless the existing law dispose otherwise.

Art. 18. - All the elective positions are free of charge.

Only the repayment of the different expenses, regurarly documented, is due to the members.

Art. 19. - In connection with anything not provided for in this agreement, the corresponding provision of the Italian civil code and current laws are applied.

Read, approved and signed.