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CID Sections
An organization must comply to the following requirements in order to be
recognized as Section of CID:
1. Be founded by a sufficient number of active members of the CID in a country
member of UNESCO, or in an administrative division of such country. For
smallcountries, this number can be limited to 50 by the CID Executive Committee,
but in no case can it be less than 20 CID members. In the case of an administrative
division (federal state, province, region, department) of the country, 20 active CID
members are required to found a CID Section.
2. Seek recognition by government authorities, or the National Commission for
UNESCO, as representative of the entire dance spectrum in the country or the
administrative division.
3. Be representative of all forms of dance (theatrical, social, traditional etc.), all
practices (performing, teaching, recreation, research etc.), as well as all parts of
the area. The extent of its membership should reflect this representative character.
4. Maintain an active policy for attracting new CID members. Accept that any
refusal of membership by the CID Section can be appealed against at the
Executive Committee of CID, whose decision the CID Section undertakes to apply.
5. Guarantee its own financial resources and the operation of a secretariat capable
to respond to demands from inland and abroad. Send every year a report on its
activities, a list of its members and a financial report to the President of CID.
6. Maintain contact with the competent government authorities of its country, as
well as with its National Commission for UNESCO. Inform regularly its members on
the activities of CID.
7. In addition to CID members, the association recognized as CID Section can
have local members, such as supporting or honorary. These members are not
assimilated to CID members, do not have voting rights at the General Assembly of
the Section and cannot be elected as officers.
8. At the CID General Assembly, each CID Section is represented primarily by its
President, or by another CID member of the Section upon written authorization of
the President of the Section.
9. To found a CID Section, all active CID Members in the area are invited by the
President of CID to a meeting where they sign the act of foundation and send it to
the CID Secretariat together with the statutes for approval. The President of CID
appoints an interim Executive Committee.
Once formally constituted according to the laws of the country, a General Assembly
is held where they elect a President, two Vice-Presidents, a General Secretary and
a Treasurer. From then on the Section functions as an independent organization
applying the general policy of CID. It grows by attracting new members for CID,
maintains contacts with government agencies and private sponsors, raises funds
and attracts subsidies, initiates activities of general interest to its members.
10. The National Dance Council of CID of each country is composed of the
members of the Executive Committees of the Sections recognized by CID in the
country. They elect among them the five-member Executive Committee of the
National Dance Council CID.
Procedure for founding a CID Section
1. One or more CID Members recommend to the Secretariat other persons for CID
membership.
2. Once there are at least 20 active members, the Secretariat sends them an
invitation to assemble in a given time and place.
3. There, the 20 members sign the statutes (which have been approved beforehand
by CID) and the act of foundation of the Section.
4. A copy of the act is sent to the CID Secretariat.
5. The President of CID sends a letter of recognition of the Section and appoints a
5-member interim Executive Committee.
6. The Section begins to function. Its Executive Committee increases the number of
members by recommending new ones to the Secretariat, and applies to the
authorities for recognition of the Section and funding.
7. The interim President of the Section, in agreement with the CID President, calls
the members to a General Assembly where they elect an Executive Committee for
4 years. Functions of CID Sections
1. Be the official representation of dance to the authorities (municipal, regional,
federal).
CID being the official summit organization for dance, is recognized by governments.
In most countries CID Sections receive a permanent subsidy from their
government.
Submit proposals to them for the impovement of conditions for dancers. Obtain a
permament subsidy to the CID Section.
2. Search funding sources, sponsors, scholarships, facilities for Section members.
3. Maintain contacts with journalists and the media. Obtain more coverage for
dance, send news to them, give interviews.
4. Represent the region within CID. Apply CID policy. Maintain contact with CID
Sections around the world.
5. Coordinate celebrations for World Dance Day (29 April).
6. Provide information to members (operate a secretariat, a web site, send
circulars). Give advice to members (free of charge) on how to organize better and
how to promote themselves efficiently.
7. Provide information on dance in the region to interested parties in the country or
abroad. Promote cooperation, travel and exchanges with other countries.
8. Organize events of common interest (non-competitive with members):
exhibitions, lectures, workshops, festivals, exchanges, travel, congresses. Publish
brochures, books, DVDs etc.
9. Operate a documentation center. Other CID Sections around the world will
send their documents.
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