Who we are: structure; Party structure

Chapter Four   :: Membership :: 1
Article (45):Secretariat for Organisation
Article (46):Secretariat for Policies
Article (47):Secretariat for Media
Article (48):Secretariat for Financial and Administrative Affairs
Article (49):Secretariat for Training and Political Education
Article (50):Secretariat for Membership
Article (51):Secretariat for Peasants
Article (52):Secretariat for Labourers
Article (53):Secretariat for Women
Article (54):Secretariat for Youth
Article (55):Secretariat for Professionals
Article (56):Secretariat for Business Sector
Article (57):Secretariat for Values and Legal Affairs
Article (45):Secretariat for Organisation (Organisational structure)

The Secretariat for Organisation is responsible for all organisational matters that relate to the party. It is also responsible for supervising the party units, the committees and the steering offices of Districts and governorates. The Secretariat For Organisation is also responsible for establishing a database of the organisational cadres and plans for future rise of these cadres. The Secretariat For Organisation also makes a daily supervision of the performance of the Chairmen of the governorate committees and the work of the Parliamentary Committee. It coordinates the activities of the General Secretariat and the Party Parliamentary Bureau, supervises the choice of party candidates for the parliamentary elections and the municipal councils and the choice of the members of the committees and the steering offices of the party on the governorate level. The Secretariat For Organisation levels its recommendations in relation to the performance of party levels to the General Secretariat for it to take the necessary decisions.

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Article (46):The Secretariat For Organisation Policies (Organisational structure)
The Secretariat for Policies is responsible for preparing the general policies of the party and its general programs for them to be referred to the General Secretariat for primary endorsement and then to the Political Bureau for final endorsement. It is also responsible for preparing the other documents defined in the proper procedures and distributes them.

The Supreme Policies Council

The Supreme Policies Council is an affiliate body of The Secretariat for Policies being headed by the Chairman of the Secretariat for Policies . The Council consists of 200 of the members of the party at most spanning various specialisations. The members of the council are appointed as such upon a decision by the General Secretariat in the light of the recommendations of the Chairman of the Secretariat for Policies . The Council is responsible for making a detailed study of the issues referred to the Secretariat for Policies and then makes its recommendations about them. The Council can refer these issues to specialised policies committees to make a study of the technical aspects in them.

Specialised policies committees

Each of the specialised policies committees consists of 100 members at most. They are appointed as such as well as the chairman of the committee upon a decision by the General Secretariat in the light of the recommendations of the Chairman of the Secretariat for Policies . Theses committees are formed regularly and so are the frameworks of their activities in the light of the priorities of the party. However, committees that are specialised in issues of a continual nature would remain to work as they are without a change according to the Work Methods.

Work groups in the governorates

the Secretariat for Policies refers the issues it reckons necessary to the governorates committees. The committees then level their recommendations about these issues to the Secretariat for Policies again. A governorate committee is authorised to form a work team to study the issue referred to it by the Secretariat for Policies . The work team has to level its recommendations about the issue in the period of time specified for that end. It then levels the recommendations to the Governorate Secretary who refers them to the Secretariat for Policies .

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Article (47): Secretariat for Media (Organisational structure)
The Secretariat for Media is responsible for explaining party norms, programs and objectives to the public in a way that increases party membership. The Secretariat for Media also makes a regular survey of the extent to which party programs have responded positively to the demands of the different classes of society. The Secretariat is also responsible for everything that is related to communication between the party and the public. It also supervises all the magazines, newspapers and publications of the party.  
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Article (48):Secretariat for Financial and Administrative Affairs (Organisational structure)
The Secretariat for Financial and Administrative Affairs is responsible for all financial and administrative affairs in the party. It is also responsible for managing party money and receiving its revenues and managing expenditure. It is particularly responsible for the following jobs:

1- Supervising all levels of the financial and administrative apparatus of the party

2- Supervising the training of the workers at the financial and administrative apparatus of the party

3- Supervising the information systems at the party to advance them

4- Supervising the documentation of party papers and publications

5- Making the general budget of the party and the financial plan each three years and then presenting it to the General Secretariat

6- Supervising the revenues of the party from membership fees and donations

7- Managing the investment of party money

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Article (49): Secretariat for Training and Political Education (Organisational structure)  
The Secretariat for Training and Political Education is responsible for spreading political awareness and understanding of the problems of society and the attitude of the party towards them among the members of the party particularly the youth. The Secretariat does that through a number of conference and training courses. Publications are also used to reach that end.  
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Article (50):Secretariat for Membership (Organisational structure)
This secretariat is responsible for all membership affairs. It is also responsible for increasing the party membership through attracting good elements. It makes databases containing all the necessary information about the members and freshens them from time to time to know membership trends. This secretariat also supervises the application of the annual membership plan of the party.
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Article (51): Secretariat for Peasants (Organisational structure)
This secretariat is concerned with the affairs of the farmers and their issues. It is responsible for sketching out the agricultural plans of the party. It also seeks to increase farmers' membership in the party. At the same time, the secretariat backs the candidates of the party in the elections of the agricultural societies and the parliamentary and municipal council elections. One of the other jobs of the secretariat is also to supervise the performance of the farmers' secretaries in Districts and governorates and level reports about them to the General Assembly.

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Article (52):Secretariat for Labourers (Organisational structure)
This secretariat is concerned with the affairs of the labourers and their rights. It is responsible for sketching out the plans relating to that. It also seeks to increase labourers' membership in the party. At the same time, the secretariat backs the candidates of the party in the elections of the syndicates and the parliamentary and municipal council elections. One of the other jobs of the secretariat is also to supervise the performance of the labourers' secretaries in Districts and governorates and level reports about them to the General Assembly.
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Article (53):Secretariat for Women (Organisational structure)
This secretariat is concerned with the issues of women and their rights. It is responsible for framing plans to increase women membership in the party. The secretariat also strives to urge women to register in voter lists and take part in political activities. The secretariat backs the candidates of the party in the parliamentary and municipal council elections. One of the other jobs of the secretariat is also to supervise the performance of the women's secretaries in Districts and governorates and level reports about them to the General Assembly.
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Article (54):Secretariat for Youth (organisational structure)
This secretariat is concerned with devising the party's youth policies and increasing their membership in a way that opens the door for more youth participation in the activities of the party. The secretariat also seeks to urge youth to support the candidates of the party in the parliamentary and municipal council elections. The secretariat educates youth about the norms of the party and prods them to be involved in political activities through legal channels. One of the other jobs of the secretariat is also to supervise the performance of the youth secretaries in Districts and governorates and level reports about them to the General Assembly.
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Article (55):Secretariat for Professionals (Organisational structure)
This secretariat is concerned with the issues of professionals of all professions. It frames plans to increase professionals' membership in the party. The secretariat backs the candidates of the party in the professional syndicates.

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Article (56):Secretariat for Business Sector (Organisational structure)
This secretariat is concerned with studying the issues that are of interest to investors in all fields encouraging them to take part in party activities. It also seeks to garner the support of the members of the business sector for the candidates of the party in the parliamentary and municipal council elections. It also seeks to forge more cooperation with the business community explaining the importance of the private sector in development.

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Article (57): Secretariat for Values and Legal Affairs (Organisational structure)
The Secretariat Values and Legal Affairs falls under the supervision of the Chairman of the Party himself. The Party Chairman issues the decision of forming the secretariat himself while one of the members of the General Secretariat with legal expertise becomes its chairman. The secretariat includes a number of legal experts who are members of the party. The secretariat sketches out keynotes regulating relations between the party and its members. It also opines on cases when membership of some members is revoked or rejected. The secretariat provides counselling to the Chairman of the Party and General Assembly on the party system.

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