UNU CDC Alumni Association Charter

1. Background: For the last two decades, United Nations University (UNU) has practiced UNU Capacity Development Courses to tackle urgent problems of the international society, and to foster practicians and specialists, targeting world youth. Especially, the courses provided in the UNU headquarters in Tokyo and UNU-IAS in Yokohama have a long history, and more than 1,000 people have participated in the courses. Today, many of them are taking an active part in UN and other international organizations, NGOs, and research institutes, making tremendous efforts to solve global issues.
Unfortunately, however, they are currently so disconnected that they have few chances to share important information, exchange their views, and they do not have any substantial access to information provided by UNU, once they finished their courses. Many alumni are concerned about this situation and wish they had an alumni association.

2. Objectives: To change the situation above, we should get the most out of our human resources and its network by setting up the alumni group called “UNU Capacity Development Course Alumni Association”, and by implementing the following activities, the Alumni Association aims to contribute to the United Nations University.
(1) share mutual information among alumni,
(2) make alumni and UNU stay connected, and
(3) contribute to alumni’s future activities.

3. Qualification: For the time being, the membership of UNU Capacity Development Course Alumni Association should be limited only to those who have successfully completed the courses provided by UNU headquarters in Tokyo and UNU-IAS in Yokohama, and the members of the Association should be called ALUMNI.

4. Organization: The Association should be a loose organization just like a circle of like-minded people or a club. Accordingly, detailed rules and regulations will not be provided for the time being.

5. Representatives and Secretary-General: The Association will have its Board of Directors as decision makers, and one of the directors should be the executive called “Chairman of the Board” who shall represent this Alumni Association. Secretary-General should also be appointed.

6. Membership fee: Membership fee is basically free. However, participants of some special events may occasionally be required to pay for the expenses for the benefits they will receive.

7. Events and projects: The Association will have the following events and projects.
(1) General alumni meeting(s) or alumni get-together event(s)
(2) Small group meeting(s) to share common interests and information.
(3) Dissemination of information about activities of UNU and etc.
(4) Others.

8. Secretariat: The Japan Foundation for United Nations University (jfUNU) will be the Secretariat of the Association and the office of the Association will thus be located in the above foundation.