Utente non loggato
it en
Home | Communities abroad
Council of San Marino Communities Abroad
Council of San Marino Communities Abroad

The Council of San Marino Citizens Abroad is a body governed by San Marino public law and ensures the connection and cooperation between State Institutions and San Marino citizens living abroad, who represent more than one third of the entire population.

 

Law no. 77 of 30 November 1979, partially reformed by Law no. 55 of 28 March 2019, establishes the Council and specifies its purposes.

 

The Council is aimed at protecting the rights of San Marino citizens residing abroad and, to this end, it performs the following functions:

 

Examining the problems of the Communities and reporting them to the central government;

Expressing opinions, proposals and recommendations on legislative, administrative and electoral initiatives concerning San Marino citizens abroad;

Participating, through its representatives, in the annual meetings of the Council to discuss the matters falling within its competence and interest.

Bodies

The Council's bodies provided for by the Law establishing it are the following:

- The Assembly, composed of the representatives of San Marino Communities abroad, yearly convened in plenary session in October in San Marino;

- The President of the Assembly, who is elected annually by simple majority by the Assembly; he/she performs coordination and representation functions in the institutional bodies and implements the decisions taken by the Council;

- The Minister of Foreign Affairs as Honorary President, with the right to speak but without the right to vote;

- The Board of the Council, made up of four members representing the four geographical areas of the Communities: North America, South America, Italy, other European countries. The individual geographical areas, called "rings”, elect their representative annually.

Composition

The Council consists of:

- The President of the Council;

- The Honorary President;

- The Official of the Department of Foreign Affairs responsible for the Communities, who has a consultative and executive role;

- The Presidents of the legally recognised Communities;

- The representatives of the legally recognised Communities (1 for the Communities with 1 to 500 members, 2 for the Communities with 501 to 800 members and 3 for the Communities with more than 800 members).

 

At the invitation of the President, the members of the Government and of the Great and General Council, the diplomatic and consular representatives of the Republic, the representatives of political parties and any other interested person may attend the meetings of the Council, but without the right to vote.

 

The decisions of the Assembly are taken by a simple majority of those present and the meetings are validly held when at least a relative majority of the Communities is present.

 

The Concluding Statement is the document adopted at the end of the Council meeting, on which the Government and the Permanent Parliamentary Commission for Foreign Affairs are required to express their opinions, to be discussed by the following Council.

 

The works and operations of the Council are governed by internal Regulations, while the organisational and economic modalities of travel and stays in San Marino of the participants in the Council meetings are governed by specific Regulations adopted by the Government.

Representatives of the rings

The Board of the Council is currently composed as follows:

- Otello Pedini, President of the Council;

- Giovanna Gasperoni, President of San Marino Community of Milan, for Italy’s ring;

- Germán Carlos Tura, President of San Marino Community of Central Argentina, for South America’s ring;

- Maria Theresa Maiani Giulianelli, President of San Marino Community of Detroit, for the North America’s ring;

- Maryse Mularoni, President of the Association of San Marino citizens residing in Eastern France, for the other European countries’ ring.

Risoluzioni
Risoluzione conclusiva della 33° Consulta (San Marino, 2-3.10.2012)
Risoluzione conclusiva della 34° Consulta (San Marino, 7-8.04.2013)
Risoluzione conclusiva della 35° Consulta (San Marino, 2-3.10.2013)
Risoluzione conclusiva della 36° Consulta (San Marino, 2-3.04.2014)
Risoluzione conclusiva della 37° Consulta (San Marino, 2-3.10.2014)
Risoluzione conclusiva della 38° Consulta (San Marino, 11-12.04.2015)
Risoluzione conclusiva della 39° Consulta (San Marino, 3-4.10.2015)
Risoluzione conclusiva della 40° Consulta (San Marino, 2-3.04.2016)
Risoluzione conclusiva della 41° Consulta (San Marino, 2-3.10.2016)
Risoluzione conclusiva della 42° Consulta (San Marino, 8-9.04.2017)
Risoluzione conclusiva della 44° Consulta (San Marino, 7-8.04.2018)
Risoluzione conclusiva della 45° Consulta (San Marino, 2-3.10.2018)
Risoluzione conclusiva della 46° Consulta (San Marino, 6-7.04.2019)
Risoluzione conclusiva della 48° Consulta (San Marino, 2-5.10.2021)
Risoluzione conclusiva della 49° Consulta (San Marino, 7-9.10.2022)
Risoluzione conclusiva della 50° Consulta (San Marino, 6-8.10.2023)