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Statutes of the association JugendInterKult e.V.

§ 1 Name and registered office of the association

The name of the association is JugendInterKult e.V. It has its registered office in Sankt Augustin.

§ 2 Purpose and tasks of the association

The association JugendInterKult is committed to the promotion of international youth exchange and intercultural understanding. It also supports non-profit facilities that serve this purpose. It in particular supports children and youth, but also women and other individuals, who are socially or otherwise disadvantaged.
The association is active worldwide, particularly in the Middle East. It addresses all people of good will and all religions, especially Christians, Muslims and Jews, who want to recognise and promote the fundamental equality of world religions. It may in the case of the tasks in question delegate employees, who voluntarily bind themselves under contract to the association and its project specifications for a certain period of time.
The association is politically neutral, cross-national and inter-religious.
It aspires to support the equal coexistence within the societies and social groups, especially among Christians, Muslims and Jews.
The objects of the statutes are in particular realised through:

Organisation, implementation and support of encounter measures of international youth exchanges, as well as intercultural understanding

Projects with children and youth (including artistic design, theatre, dance, film) and through childcare

Support of projects for development aid, peace and international understanding

Support for young people, who volunteer their services in social and humanitarian facilities, especially in the Middle East

Support for young people in the fields of theatre, dance, film, music and visual arts

Organisation, implementation and support of projects for the integration of immigrants in Germany, in particular war refugees and asylum seekers

Support for events which serve the purpose of support.

§ 3 Non-profit status

The association exclusively and directly pursues non-profit and charitable purposes within the meaning of the section "tax-privileged purposes" of the duties regulation.
The association is selflessly active. It does not primarily pursue own economic purposes.
The means of the association may exclusively only be used for purposes, which are compliant with the objects of the statutes. Members receive no benefits from the funds of the association. No person may benefit from expenses which are foreign to the purpose of the association or through disproportionately high remuneration.

§ 4 Membership

Any natural or legal person, who supports the objectives set out in § 2, may become a member of the association.
There are active and supporting members (Board of Trustees). Active members have active and passive voting rights. Supporting members have no voting rights.
Prerequisite for acquiring membership is a written declaration of membership to the Board of the Association. The admission of a member is decided by the Board of the Association by way of a simple majority. The application may be rejected without stating reasons.
Legal entities have as members, only an active voting right. Natural persons do not have an active voting right until they reach the age of 16 and at the age of 18 also passive voting right.
Membership is terminated by voluntary resignation, expulsion or death of the member. The voluntary termination of the membership must be declared by written notice to the Board of the Association (by post or e-mail) at the end of the financial year, subject to a three-month deadline.
The exclusion of a member with immediate effect may be pronounced, insofar as the member to a large extent violates statutes, objects of the statutes or association interests, or is despite a reminder, in arrears with the membership fee for over a year.

The Board of the Association decides on the exclusion of a member by way of a simple majority. Prior to the exclusion, the member shall be given an opportunity to comment on the allegations made within a period of 14 days. The decision of the Board of the Association has to be communicated to the member in writing.

A written objection to the exclusion of a member by the Board of the Association, which then has to be decided upon by the General Meeting, is permissible within 14 days.

§ 5 Membership fees and donations

The annual membership fee is determined by the General Meeting. The fees are due at the end of the first quarter of the calendar year. The members should join the procedure for the direct debit of the fee.
In addition, the members of the association should contribute a donation annually.
Honorary members are exempted from the fee obligation.

§ 6 Organs of the association

Organs of the association are

the Board of the Association

the General Meeting

the Board of Trustees

§ 7 The Board of the Association

The Board of the Association must consist of members of the association. Insofar as a member of the Board of the Association resigns, his or her organ position automatically expires.

The Board of the Association is comprised of:

The Chairman

Up to two deputy chairmen

The treasurer

The Board of the Association may also include up to five assessors.

The Board of the Association is elected by the General Meeting for a period of two years. The election of members of the Board of the Association takes place in separate ballots. The Board of the Association remains in office until the new election. Re-election is permitted. At the request of a member the election may be held in secret. Insofar as a member of the Board of the Association retires during an election period, the Board of the Association will complement itself until the next General Meeting.
The Executive Board of the Association within the meaning of § 26 of the German Civil Code (BGB) is comprised of the chairman, the deputy chairman and the treasurer.
The chairman is entitled to the sole representation of the association, the other members of the Board of the Association only together with another member of the Board of the Association, within the meaning of § 26 of the German Civil Code (BGB).
The Board of the Association shall be quorate, insofar as at least half of the members are present. The resolutions of the Board of the Association shall be recorded. The Board of the Association decides by way of a simple majority. In the case of a tie, the chairman's vote shall be decisive
Tasks of the chairman:

The chairing of the meetings of the Board of the Association and of the General Meeting

Setting the agenda

Presentation of the Annual Report for the General Meeting

Applications for grants, as well as the pursuing of sponsorships and donations

The Executive Board of the Association has in particular the following tasks:

The business management of the association and the management of the assets. For this purpose, the entire Board of the Association (see below) can hire employees and rent office space.

The regular inspection and monitoring of projects and encounter measures.

Tasks of the entire Board of the Association (§ 7 paragraph 1) are in particular

The evaluation of projects and encounter measures

The elaboration of support guidelines and corresponding application forms

The establishment of a budget

The preparation and convening of the General Meeting

The execution of the resolutions of the General Meeting

The appointment of members of the Board of Trustees

The treasurer manages the cash transactions independently. He/she is represented by the chairman. The treasurer and the chairman each have a separate right to dispose of the accounts of the association.
The treasurer may only make payments with the approval of the chairman or deputy the chairman.
Resolutions may also be made in writing or remotely, insofar as this is not objected to by a member of the Board of the Association in writing.
The members of the Board of the Association perform their duties on an honorary basis. In accordance with their temporal commitment to the Association, the Board of the Association may propose a reasonable annual compensation for each member of the Board of the Association, to be decided upon by the General Meeting.

§ 8 The General Meeting

The General Meeting is in particular responsible for:

The acceptance of the annual report of the Board of the Association

The discharge of the Board of the Association

The approval of the budget

The election and removal of the Board of the Association

The election of the cash auditors

The determination of the amount of the annual membership fee

Members' motions

The appointment of honorary members

Amendments to the statutes and dissolution of the association

The objection to the exclusion of a member

The Ordinary General Meeting takes place at least once a year.
It shall be convened in writing by post or email by the chairman, stating the agenda. There must be a time period of at least 14 days, between the dispatch of the invitation and the day of the General Meeting.
Members' motions must be submitted to the chairman one week before the general meeting. Requests for amendments to the statutes and the dismissal of the Board of the Association must be submitted to the chairman no later than four weeks before the General Meeting.
The General Meeting shall be quorate, in accordance with the statutes, regardless of the number of the members present.
The right to vote in the General Meeting may also be exercised by a representative with a written power of attorney, whereby the representative must himself/herself be member. However, each member may not represent more than one member.
In the case of a decision, the majority of the votes cast shall be decisive. Abstentions and invalid votes shall be disregarded in the majority calculation.
An amendment of the statutes, shall require a 2/3 majority of the votes cast, whereas in the case of an amendment of the objects of the association or the dissolution of the association, a 3/4 majority of the votes cast shall be required.
Extraordinary general meetings shall have to be convened by the chairman, insofar as this is required in the interest of the association, or at least one third of the members require the convening in writing, stating the reasons and the agenda items to be dealt with.
The minutes of the General Meeting have to be recorded, which have to be signed by the meeting chairperson and the secretary of the minutes.

§ 9 The Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees shall consist of at least three members, who shall not be members of the association. They are appointed by the Board of the Association for an indefinite term. A withdrawal pursuant at one’s own request or a dismissal by the Board of the Association is possible at any time.
Members of the Board of Trustees may advise the Board of the Association and attend the General Meetings in an advisory capacity.

§ 10 Financing

The association acquires the funds necessary for its purpose by means of membership fees, monetary and material donations as well as grants of all kinds
The Board of the Association decides on the use of the funds within the meaning of the objects of the statutes.

§ 11 Cash audit

The auditors, who are to be elected by the General Meeting for the current financial year, may not be members of the Board of the Association. One of the two auditors may be elected for a maximum of two consecutive financial years.
The provisions for the election of the members of the Board of the Association, shall apply mutatis mutandis for the election of the auditors.
The cash audit has to be conducted in the month preceding the General Meeting and covers the past financial year.
The auditors are required to audit the annual accounts of the Board of the Association and report on them in the next regular general meeting.

§ 12 Fiscal year

The fiscal year is the calendar year.

§ 13 Dissolution of the association

Unless the General Meeting decides otherwise, the chairman and the deputy chairman are jointly authorised liquidators.
In the event of dissolution of the association or loss of tax-privileged purposes, the assets of the association shall be transferred to the registered association Grünhelme e.V. in Troisdorf, or in the case of the dissolution of latter, to the registered association Solwodi Germany e.V., with the requirement to use the assets of the association directly and exclusively for charitable purposes.

§ 14 Statutes

The statutes shall enter into force following the entry into the association register with the Local Court Siegburg.

Sankt Augustin, 25.11. 2014