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Chapter 3: General provisions
<ul><li>Additional departments and Committees may be formed should the need arise</li></ul><ul><li>The General Director has the right to amend these Articles in accordance with the structure of the Doha Institute of Graduate Studies</li></ul><ul><li>These Articles come into effect upon their approval by the General Director</li></ul>
Chapter 2: Organizational Structure
Article 5: Structure 1. General Director2. Scientific Council3. Executive Director4. Executive Body5. Specialist Departments Article 6: Duties and Responsibilities 1. The General Director is responsible for the academic, administrative, and financial running of the Project. His/ Her responsibilities include: <ul><li>Setting the budget and controlling its implementation</li><li>Appointing the Executive Director and his deputy</li><li>Appointing the members of the Scientific Council, and its chair, deputy, and secretary</li><li>Appointing the staff, experts, and workers on the Project (in consultation with the Executive Director)</li><li>Ratification of agreements and contracts entered into with specific parties to produce the Dictionary (in consultation with the Executive Director and the recommendations of the Scientific Council).</li></ul>2. The Scientific Council is an independent academic body that relies on academic criteria in its operation and decisions.Composition:<ul><li>The Scientific Council is composed of a chair, two deputies, and a secretary and a distinguished group of scholars and experts.</li><li>The General Director and the Executive Director and the latter's two deputies are members of the Scientific Council.</li></ul>Responsibilities:<ul><li>To approve the final form of the Dictionary at all stages of its production</li><li>To decide upon the Dictionary entries</li><li>To prepare the bibliography for the corpus according to the stages of production of the Dictionary</li><li>To produce the stylebook for Dictionary entries</li><li>To resolve academic issues raised by the Oversight and Monitoring Executive Body, and publish reports on these matters</li><li>To propose the holding of conferences and workshops related to issues of the Dictionary</li><li>To prepare the internal rules for the working of the Board</li></ul>Responsibilities of the Chair of the Scientific Council:The chair of the Scientific Council shall, with the assistance of his/her two deputies, undertake the following:<ul><li>Oversight of the administration of the business of the Board</li><li>Presiding over Board meetings</li><li>Determining the agenda for the Board</li><li>Allocating tasks to Board members and following up on their implementation</li><li>Coordination with the head of the Oversight and Monitoring Executive Body</li></ul>Responsibilities of the Secretary of the Scientific Council:<ul><ul><li>To draw up the agenda for the Board</li><li>To invite members to attend meetings</li><li>To prepare reports of Board meetings</li><li>To formulate the decisions of the Board</li><li>To keep documents and records</li></ul></ul>3. The Executive Body is the body that oversees the production of the Dictionary and monitors its operation in coordination with the Scientific Council.Composition:The Executive Body is made up of the Executive Director, his/her two deputies, and the chairs of the specialist departments.Responsibilities<ul><li>To draw up the plan to produce the Dictionary</li><li>To follow up on the stages of the production of the Dictionary</li><li>To follow up on the work of the departments</li><li>To define the problematic academic issues that need to be raised with the Scientific Council</li><li>To nominate staff and experts for employment on the Project</li><li>To propose agreements and contracts with specific parties to produce the Dictionary</li><li>To prepare the internal rules for the operation of the Executive Body</li></ul>4. The Executive Director chairs the Executive BodyResponsibilities: the Executive Director with the assistance of his/her two deputies shall undertake the following:<ul><li>Oversight of the administration of the production of the Dictionary</li><li>Coordination of work between the Executive Body and the Board</li><li>Determination of the agenda of the Executive Body</li><li>Presiding over Executive Body meetings</li><li>Determination of the agenda for Executive Body meetings</li><li>Coordination of the work among the departments</li><li>Allocating tasks among Executive Body members and following up on implementation</li><li>Raising problematic academic issues with the Board</li><li>Preparing reports on progress in the production of the Dictionary and presenting them to the General Director and the Board</li></ul> 5. The Specialist Departments and Their Tasks1. Corpus Department:<ul><li>To build a general linguistic corpus</li></ul>2. Processing Department:<ul><li>Classification and tagging</li><li>Extracting from the textual corpus</li><li>Processing dictionary entries</li></ul>3. Editing, Review, and Proofing Department:<ul><li>Editing the Dictionary</li><li>Reviewing and proofing the dictionary entries</li></ul>4. The Computing Department: <ul><li>To prepare the computing requirements needed for the Dictionary</li><li>To train and equip users</li></ul>5. The Media and PR Department: <ul><li>To cover the stages of the Dictionary's production</li><li>To undertake public relations</li></ul>6. The Department for Administrative, Financial, and Legal Affairs: <ul><li>To run the administrative affairs of the Project</li><li>To run the financial affairs of the Project</li><li>To provide legal advice</li></ul>
Chapter 1: General principles
 Article 1The words used in these Articles, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:Project: The Doha Arabic Historical Dictionary ProjectDictionary: The Doha Arabic Historical DictionaryBoard: The Scientific CouncilExecutive Body: The Oversight and Monitoring Executive BodyDepartments: The specialist departments Article 2Project name: Doha Arabic Historical Dictionary ProjectProject address: ACRPS, P.O. Box 200592, Doha, Qatar. In the future, the project may form branches or offices in other Arab countries and elsewhereProject description: An academic linguistic project with corporate personality under the authority of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, Qatar Article 3: Aims of the Project<ul><li>To produce a Historical Dictionary of the Arabic language</li></ul><ul><li>To create a comprehensive Corpus of Arabic</li></ul><ul><li>To derive sub-dictionaries from the Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language</li></ul><ul><li>To publish lexicographical research and studies</li></ul>Article 4: Instruments of the Project<ul><li>Experts in linguistics and qualified computer programmers</li></ul><ul><li>Electronic corpora</li></ul><ul><li>Advanced computer hardware and software</li></ul><ul><li>Conferences, seminars, workshops, and training courses</li></ul>