Partnership for Economic Policy Inc

“The corporate members shall be comprised of the following: i) the board of directors; ii) a maximum of three representatives of the partners as selected by the partners; and iii) a maximum of two representatives of the research fellows as selected by the research fellows. Partners are the institutions that are approved as a formal part of the pep network. New partners may be proposed by any existing partner or by the executive director of pep. Approval by a meeting of the corporate members is required before issuing a formal invitation to become a partner. Acceptance as a partner remains conditional upon the further requirements set forth in the pep governance, management and operations manual (hereinafter "the pep gmo manual") as it may be amended from time to time. Pep research fellows are reseachers who have served as members of a research team in a pep project and who wish to continue playing an active role in the pep network. The process for proposing, evaluating, and selecting research fellows shall be as set forth in the pep gmo manual. Any corporate member may resign as such at any time by written notice to the clerk of corporation. Any corporate member may be removed from corporate membership status, with or without assignment of cause, by a vote or two-thirds of the entire corporate membership. No corporate member shall be removed from corporate membership unless the notice of the meeting at which removal is to be considered states such purpose and opportunity to be heard at such meeting is given to the corporate member whose removal is sought.”

“The corporate members by majority vote shall elect the board of directors of the corporation. The corporate members shall establish a nominating committee comprised of two directors, one partner, and one external member to nominate individuals for consideration as directors. Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors shall be filled by the corporate members.”

“The corporate members by majority vote shall have the following powers and rights of the corporation: i) to elect the board of directors of the corporation as provided in artlice 4.2 of the bylaws, ii) to approve all amendments to article 3 (corporate members) and article 4 (board of directors) of the bylaws, as provided below in article 14 (amendments to bylaws), and iii) such other powers and rights as are vested in members by the laws of the state of delaware. Approval by a meeting of the corporate members is required before issuing a formal invitation to become a partner.”

“The secretariat emailed a copy of the finalized form 990 to each of the board members for their review before filing. Upon review, the form 990 was filed with the irs.”

“Yes, the policy has been continually encorced by the executive director and the board of directors. All members upon appointment, declare any private, professional or commercial interests that might be conceivably in conflict with the interests of pep. Members must complete a short return to register of interests that indicate any substantive interest in institutions that might receive pep awards, or organizations that might receive sub-contracted work. The interests are registered centrally and updated annually. Before any meeting, the chair will be briefed on any potential conflicts of interest that might be generated by items on the agenda. The register of interests is used as a source material for the briefing. At the beginning of each agenda item, the chair draws attention to any potential conflict of interest and invites the committee to agree what action to take. A member who has a conflict of interest on any agenda item under discussion, withdraws from the meeting for that item. Members are also expected to declare at meetings any interests that may be perceived as conflicting and that are not identified by the chair. The minutes of such meetings record decisions about conflict of interest, any withdrawals for particular items and the reasons for the withdrawals. The policy has been continually enforced by the executive director and the board of directors. Policies will also be reviewed periodically to ensure compliance with current law.”

“Comparisons were made for similar organizations (i.e. Aerc, pasgr, cgiar systems, idrc tec) and salary history to ensure competitiveness and to attract the selected candidate through an open international competitive selection. Final review and approval was made by the board of directors and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision was recorded in the meeting minutes. As pep grows and begins to hire more employees, other key employees will be hired, and compensation determined, subject to final review and approval of the hr policy by the board of directors, examination of appropriate salary survey data, and contemporaneous substantiation of the final decision in board meeting minutes”

“The organizations governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request.”

“Jane mariara - c/o pep inc, duduville (icipe) campus, kise road, po box 3077 kasarani, nairobi, kenya. Philip ade - c/o pep inc, duduville (icipe) campus, kise road, po box 30772- kasarani, nairobi, kenya. Carol newman - 10 phoenix court, palatine square, arbour hill, dublin, ireland. Go shimada - 6 5 14 hongo, bunkyo, tokyo, japan 113-0033. Antoni estevadeordal - 8705 harness trail, potomac, md 20854. Rohinton medhora - 716 77 mcmurrich street, toronto, ontario, canada. Dominique van de walle - 2126 leroy place, nw, washington, dc 20008. Alemayehu seyoum - 1201 i street nw, washington, dc 20008. Ingrid woolard - 11 edinburgh drive, claremont, south africa 7708.”

“Foreign exchange loss on kes, euro and gbp conversions -22,383.”

“Foreign telephone number - the full phone number for the organization is +254 (20) 8632681.”