Council
Acting pursuant to §21 of the Foundation’s Bylaws the Board decides to establish the River//Cities Platform Foundation’s Council as its advisory body. Representatives of organisations/institutions and individuals that want to be active within the Platform can be River//Cities Foundation Council members.
The Council Members shall especially:
- contribute to defining strategies of the River//Cities Platform Foundation
- participate in at least one River//Cities project or event per year
- Include River//Cities in at least one own activity per year
- promote River//Cities internationally and locally in all possible ways e.g. events, press releases, promotional materials, presentation of River//Cities short films, fund-raising, partners search, translations, providing information for web site etc.
- attend the annual meeting
- take part in River//Cities events and projects
- choose Activity Group
- put the logo and link of www.river-cities.net on their own website in a visible position.
Benefits for Council Members include:
- involvement in a substantial international network
- learning and capacity-building opportunities
- participation in collaborative projects
- access to network resources
- access to reliable knowledge resource
- access to multidisciplinary perspective
- international promotion
- influence on the decision-making for the future of the network
Only Foundation Council Members representatives can be elected to the River//Cities Foundation’s board.
Foundation Council Members representatives have a right to vote during the Foundation Council’s meetings. The decisions of the Council are made by consensus and only when necessary, on the basis of majority voting.
