PREAMBLE
We, participants from Kurdish regions and the Kurdish diaspora worldwide—together with civic, academic, professional, humanitarian, cultural, and economic institutions—establish the Kurdish Cooperation Organization (KCO) as a permanent, strictly non-partisan and non-violent system for cooperation to advance dignity, wellbeing, cultural continuity, sustainable development, and resilience for Kurdish communities everywhere.
KCO is constituted as a federated cooperation institution for a transnational people whose communities, institutions, and livelihoods span multiple jurisdictions and host societies. KCO is designed to be sovereign-compatible: it operates through lawful coordination with host countries, local communities, and competent authorities, and does not claim public authority or territorial implication. KCO’s authority is earned by method: transparent criteria, evidence-based outputs, peer review with implementation tracking, disciplined publication and correction, independent integrity oversight, protected participation, and enforceable safeguards against capture, conflicts of interest, and misrepresentation.
KCO strengthens development readiness and cooperation across economic, social, cultural, sustainability, and resilience domains, including financing for development readiness, while maintaining a strict non-execution boundary with respect to regulated financial services and market operations.
PART I — ESTABLISHMENT, NATURE, AND DEFINITIONS
1.1 Establishment. The Kurdish Cooperation Organization (KCO) is hereby established as a permanent, federated cooperation organization.
1.2 Nature and non-attribution. KCO is a civic and institutional cooperation organization. KCO is not a political party, not an armed actor, not a government, not a government-in-exile, and not a substitute for any competent authority. Recognition, representation, and participation under this Charter do not imply statehood, borders, territorial claims, diplomatic status, or public authority.
1.3 Sovereign compatibility and host-country coordination.
(a) KCO shall operate in a manner compatible with the sovereignty, laws, and public order of host countries and jurisdictions in which it operates.
(b) KCO shall pursue constructive, lawful coordination with host-country communities, institutions, and competent authorities where safe, appropriate, and permitted by law.
(c) Nothing in this Charter shall be construed to impair the lawful authority of any host jurisdiction or to authorize activities prohibited by applicable law.
1.4 Federated structure. KCO is constituted as a federation of:
(a) a Global level (General Assembly, Council, Secretariat, and integrity bodies);
(b) Regional Chapters and Diaspora Chapters recognized under this Charter; and
(c) Community Cells operating under the chartering, handling, and integrity requirements of this Charter.
1.5 Seat and presence. The principal seat of KCO shall be determined by the General Assembly. KCO may operate through liaison offices and secure virtual modalities as approved by the Council, subject to safety requirements and applicable law.
1.6 Emblems, identity, and misrepresentation. The name “Kurdish Cooperation Organization (KCO)” and any marks, credentials, or attestations issued by KCO shall be governed by this Charter and enforced under Part XI.
1.7 Definitions. For purposes of this Charter:
(a) “Region” means a Kurdish region or district recognized for representation purposes under this Charter, without implying statehood, borders, or territorial claims.
(b) “Diaspora District” means a diaspora representation district recognized under this Charter.
(c) “Delegation” means a credentialed Regional Delegation or Diaspora Delegation.
(d) “Institutional Member” means a credentialed organization admitted under this Charter.
(e) “Observer” means a participant without voting rights unless expressly granted under this Charter.
(f) “Regional Chapter” means a recognized KCO chapter serving a Region or defined set of Regions under this Charter.
(g) “Diaspora Chapter” means a recognized KCO chapter serving a Diaspora District under this Charter.
(h) “Community Cell” means a local cooperation unit chartered by a Chapter under this Charter.
(i) “Neutrality” means strict non-endorsement, non-campaigning, and non-operation for any political party, faction, or armed actor, and the prohibition of organizational capture.
(j) “Protected Participation” means safety-aware participation modalities, including confidentiality options and anti-doxxing controls.
(k) “Double-lock” means the dual-legitimacy voting requirement specified in Part VIII.
(l) “Designated Matters” means the matters subject to the double-lock under Part VIII.
(m) “Handling Framework” means the confidentiality, distribution, publication, and security controls under Part XIII.
(n) “Peer Review” means a structured assessment conducted under Part X.
(o) “Standards” means KCO-issued non-binding standards, protocols, methods, and templates under Part V.
(p) “Execution” means regulated financial execution, market operation, underwriting, custody, pooling, brokering, placement, routing, or disbursement of funds for third parties.
PART II — PURPOSES AND STRATEGIC FUNCTIONS
2.1 Purposes. KCO’s purposes are to:
(a) strengthen social wellbeing, education, health, protection, and humanitarian coordination;
(b) promote economic cooperation, livelihoods, skills, trade facilitation, and diaspora-to-region economic bridges;
(c) protect and advance Kurdish culture, languages, heritage, archives, arts, scholarship, and cultural institutions;
(d) advance sustainability, disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation, and infrastructure resilience;
(e) strengthen development readiness by improving governance integrity, project preparation, safeguards, procurement quality, and monitoring and evaluation capacity;
(f) reduce fragmentation through shared indicators, standards, and voluntary cooperation compacts with measurable KPIs;
(g) enable a federated, safety-aware, lawful cooperation network connecting Kurdish communities and institutions across Regions and Diaspora Districts and with partners in host countries worldwide.
2.2 Strategic functions. KCO shall operate as:
(a) an epistemic network producing shared definitions, indicators, evidence protocols, and peer learning;
(b) a standards and readiness institution producing non-binding protocols, toolkits, and maturity frameworks to accelerate credible, auditable development preparation;
(c) a federated coordination backbone enabling Chapters and Community Cells to coordinate programs lawfully in diverse legal and political environments;
(d) a risk reduction and resilience accelerator focusing on de-risking, preparedness, continuity planning, and sustainable development outcomes across communities.
PART III — GOVERNING PRINCIPLES AND SAFEGUARDS
3.1 Strict neutrality. No organ, Chapter, or Community Cell of KCO shall endorse, campaign for, fundraise for, operationally support, or provide platform advantage to any political party, faction, or armed actor.
3.2 Non-violence and civilian orientation. KCO activity is exclusively non-violent and civilian-centred.
3.3 Inclusion. KCO shall pursue inclusion across Regions, Diaspora Districts, dialects, genders, generations, and minorities within Kurdish society, and shall promote intercultural respect with host-country communities.
3.4 Do-no-harm. KCO shall maintain safeguards to prevent harm to individuals and communities, including risk screening, confidentiality options, protected participation, and a grievance mechanism.
3.5 Safety-aware transparency. KCO shall publish methods and outcomes to the maximum extent compatible with safety and applicable law. Where disclosure creates risk, KCO shall publish redacted summaries consistent with the Handling Framework.
3.6 Anti-capture. KCO shall implement donor concentration limits, beneficial-control screening where feasible, mandatory conflict-of-interest disclosures, and enforceable sanctions to prevent domination by any actor or bloc.
3.7 Subsidiarity and lawful perimeter. KCO shall respect local contexts and lawful perimeters. Chapters and Community Cells shall adapt implementation modalities to host-country requirements while remaining compliant with KCO core safeguards.
PART IV — PERIMETER, LIMITATIONS, AND RELIANCE
4.1 Non-execution boundary. KCO is a cooperation, standards, readiness, and peer review body. KCO shall not:
(a) underwrite, insure, broker, place, manage, custody, pool, route, hold, or disburse funds for third parties;
(b) operate payments, securities, commodity, or insurance markets;
(c) hold client monies or conduct regulated financial services;
(d) represent itself as a regulator, supervisory authority, enforcement body, or diplomatic authority.
Any financing facility, escrow, fund, or execution vehicle shall be legally separate, independently governed, and outside scope unless this Charter is amended pursuant to Part XVI.
4.2 Civilian scope clarification. Any activity touching resilience, crisis coordination, or safety shall be limited to civilian standards, preparedness protocols, humanitarian coordination practices, infrastructure resilience guidance, and do-no-harm safeguards. KCO conducts no armed operations and no intelligence functions.
4.3 No endorsement; no implied authority. No publication, credential, peer review, recommendation, or standard shall be construed as endorsement of a political platform, armed actor, or regulated financial product or transaction. Use of KCO name and marks requires authorization under Part XI.
4.4 Non-reliance and limitation of liability. KCO outputs are non-binding and informational. KCO does not assume a duty of care to third parties in respect of decisions taken by such third parties. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, KCO disclaims liability for loss arising from reliance on KCO outputs.
4.5 Conflicts, capture, and integrity. KCO shall maintain enforceable safeguards against conflicts of interest, donor capture, credential misuse, and misrepresentation as set forth in Parts XI and XII.
PART V — STANDARDS, METHODS, AND TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
5.1 Standards mandate. KCO shall develop, maintain, and publish non-binding Standards and Protocols, including shared definitions, indicators methods, peer review protocols, readiness frameworks, safeguards minima, and procurement integrity minima.
5.2 Technical infrastructure mandate. KCO shall maintain a secure, safety-aware, and interoperable technical infrastructure to support:
(a) controlled collaboration among Chapters and Community Cells;
(b) version control of standards and methods;
(c) publication, correction, and supersession discipline;
(d) protected participation and role-based access controls;
(e) data governance and statistical reproducibility requirements under Part XIII.
KCO’s technical infrastructure shall not be used to operate regulated financial execution.
5.3 Open and licensed outputs. KCO may publish standards and toolkits under open or permissive licenses where safe and appropriate, while protecting sensitive materials under the Handling Framework. Publication terms shall prohibit misrepresentation and imply no endorsement.
5.4 Revision control and correctionability.
(a) Each Standard, method, and major publication shall include a stated purpose, scope, definitions, method summary, data posture, and version identifier.
(b) KCO shall maintain public revision histories for public outputs and shall publish corrections and supersessions promptly.
(c) Material methodological changes require integrity review under Part XII and approval under Part VIII.
PART VI — FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT READINESS AND DE-RISKING COOPERATION
6.1 Mandate. KCO shall strengthen financing-for-development readiness by improving the quality, comparability, and auditability of development preparation so that lawful execution by competent authorities and partners is accelerated and de-risked.
6.2 Readiness framework (R1–R5). KCO shall maintain a readiness framework with defined evidence requirements and templates:
(a) R1 — Concept Readiness: problem definition, beneficiaries, preliminary feasibility, initial risk scan;
(b) R2 — Program Readiness: theory of change, governance arrangements, baseline indicators, stakeholder engagement plan;
(c) R3 — Implementation Readiness: procurement plan, budget structure, delivery capacity, safeguards plan, grievance channel;
(d) R4 — Financing Readiness: funding strategy mapped to lawful counterparts, full cost and risk disclosure, procurement integrity controls, M&E plan, implementation schedule;
(e) R5 — Performance Readiness: results framework operational, audit trail live, reporting cadence established, corrective action and learning loops defined.
Readiness outputs are non-binding and do not constitute investment advice or financial promotion.
6.3 Safeguards minimum. KCO shall apply safeguards minima including:
(a) social inclusion and non-discrimination;
(b) protection of vulnerable groups;
(c) cultural heritage respect and preservation;
(d) community engagement and, where applicable, documented consent processes consistent with law;
(e) grievance and remedy pathways;
(f) environmental and climate risk screening proportionate to context;
(g) conflict sensitivity and do-no-harm checks.
6.4 Procurement integrity minimum. KCO shall maintain procurement integrity standards including:
(a) competitive and transparent procurement principles;
(b) conflict-of-interest declarations for procurement decision-makers;
(c) documentation and audit trail requirements;
(d) vendor beneficial-control disclosure where feasible;
(e) bid protest and remedy procedures proportionate to context;
(f) publication and redaction rules under Part XIII.
6.5 De-risking and resilience acceleration. KCO shall publish and maintain non-binding approaches for:
(a) resilience planning and continuity of essential services;
(b) disaster risk reduction and adaptation planning;
(c) community-level resilience scorecards and improvement pathways;
(d) pipeline integrity practices for development preparation.
KCO shall not execute financing, but may support lawful partners with standards and readiness notes.
PART VII — MEMBERSHIP, REPRESENTATION, CHAPTERS, AND COMMUNITY CELLS
7.1 Participation classes.
(a) Regional Delegations;
(b) Diaspora Delegations;
(c) Institutional Members;
(d) Observers;
(e) Regional Chapters;
(f) Diaspora Chapters;
(g) Community Cells.
7.2 Recognition schedule. The General Assembly shall maintain a schedule of recognized Regions and Diaspora Districts for representation purposes. Recognition does not imply statehood, borders, or territorial claims.
7.3 Delegation formation standard. Each Delegation shall be formed under a documented process meeting all minimum requirements:
(a) Multi-stakeholder composition across at least four categories: (i) civil society/humanitarian, (ii) academia/professional bodies, (iii) private sector/labour/cooperatives, (iv) women and youth (mandatory), with local public administration participation only where applicable and safe;
(b) Anti-capture test: no political party, faction, armed actor, or controlled affiliate may exceed the permitted share of delegation seats (default maximum 20%);
(c) Process transparency: publication of eligibility criteria and seat allocation rationale, subject to safety-based redactions;
(d) Credential challenge window: a fixed period before each Assembly session for challenges and adjudication;
(e) Rotation: fixed terms, term limits, and replacement rules;
(f) Attestation: neutrality, non-violence, COI disclosure, and handling compliance attestations signed by delegates.
7.4 Chapter chartering (Regional and Diaspora).
(a) A Chapter may be chartered by the Council upon integrity review and confirmation of host-country lawful posture, subject to ratification by the General Assembly.
(b) Each Chapter shall adopt internal rules consistent with this Charter, including neutrality enforcement, COI discipline, handling rules, and do-no-harm safeguards.
(c) Chapters shall operate as cooperation and standards bodies, and shall not perform prohibited execution activities under Part IV.
7.5 Community Cells.
(a) Community Cells may be chartered by a Chapter to enable local cooperation in a city, municipality, campus, professional network, or community cluster.
(b) Community Cells shall be strictly non-partisan, shall adhere to handling and safety requirements, and shall operate only within lawful host-country perimeters.
(c) Community Cells shall not be constituted or controlled by political parties, factions, or armed actors.
7.6 Chapter and Cell minimum controls. Every Chapter and Community Cell shall maintain:
(a) an integrity lead responsible for neutrality and COI enforcement;
(b) a protected participation mechanism and anti-doxxing rules;
(c) basic financial transparency for local operating funds subject to safety constraints;
(d) recordkeeping and version discipline for any public outputs;
(e) escalation pathways to KCO integrity bodies.
7.7 Suspension and de-chartering. A Chapter or Community Cell may be suspended or de-chartered for breach of neutrality, capture, misrepresentation, do-no-harm violations, or repeated handling breaches, subject to due process under Part XII and appeal under Part VIII.
PART VIII — ORGANS, DECISION-MAKING, AND DUE PROCESS
8.1 General Assembly. The General Assembly is the supreme deliberative organ. It:
(a) adopts the annual Work Program and budget;
(b) adopts and supersedes KCO Standards and Recommendations;
(c) appoints and removes the Secretary-General and heads of integrity bodies;
(d) maintains the recognition schedule for Regions and Diaspora Districts;
(e) approves Charter amendments pursuant to Part XVI;
(f) exercises oversight through hearings, reporting requirements, and audits.
8.2 Council. The Council is the executive coordination organ between Assembly sessions. It:
(a) supervises the Secretariat;
(b) ensures delivery against the Work Program;
(c) charters and supervises Chapters consistent with Part VII;
(d) authorizes external cooperation instruments under Part XV;
(e) enforces integrity controls and misrepresentation measures under Part XI;
(f) may adopt urgent interim measures subject to ratification.
8.3 Secretariat. The Secretariat is the professional administrative organ led by a Secretary-General. It:
(a) implements mandates and supports the federation;
(b) maintains publications, methods, and revision histories;
(c) administers peer reviews and indicators;
(d) operates secure technical infrastructure consistent with Part XIII;
(e) supports Chapters and Community Cells with training, templates, and standards.
8.4 Independent integrity bodies. KCO shall maintain independent bodies:
(a) Credentials and Elections Commission (CEC);
(b) Ethics and Conflict-of-Interest Commission (ECOI);
(c) Audit, Finance, and Donor Integrity Commission (AFC);
(d) Safeguards and Ombudsperson Office (SOO).
8.5 Dual-legitimacy voting (Double-lock). For Designated Matters, adoption requires:
(a) a majority of Regional Delegations voting; and
(b) a majority of Diaspora Delegations voting.
8.6 Designated Matters. The double-lock applies to:
(a) amendments to this Charter and constitutional ratification steps;
(b) the annual budget and acceptance of audited accounts;
(c) appointment or removal of the Secretary-General and heads of integrity bodies;
(d) public Standards, Recommendations, and major Resolutions;
(e) recognition schedule changes;
(f) sanctions at Level 3 or higher;
(g) chartering, suspension, or de-chartering of Regional or Diaspora Chapters.
8.7 Quorum and due process clocks. Quorum requirements and due process clocks shall be fixed by this Charter and implemented through procedural rules adopted by the General Assembly, including notice, agenda discipline, right to respond, right to appeal, and fixed timelines.
PART IX — WORK PROGRAM DISCIPLINE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
9.1 Annual Work Program. The General Assembly shall adopt a rolling 12-month Work Program with limited flagship outputs.
9.2 Output cap. Unless otherwise approved, the Work Program shall be limited to:
(a) one annual flagship report;
(b) one baseline indicator refresh;
(c) up to three peer review cycles;
(d) up to five standards/toolkits;
(e) up to three program compacts.
9.3 KPIs and accountability. Each output shall include KPIs, timelines, and a named accountable organ. The Secretariat shall publish progress updates subject to the Handling Framework.
PART X — INDICATORS, PEER REVIEW, AND PUBLICATION DISCIPLINE
10.1 Indicators function. KCO shall maintain an indicators and methods function producing:
(a) a published methodology charter;
(b) baseline dashboards and periodic scorecards;
(c) an annual flagship report on cooperation, readiness, and resilience;
(d) published correction and supersession notices.
10.2 Peer review mechanism. KCO shall conduct peer reviews under published protocols, including:
(a) defined scope and questions;
(b) evidence and data requirements;
(c) stakeholder engagement procedures;
(d) findings and recommendations;
(e) implementation trackers with milestones and progress updates.
Peer reviews are voluntary unless a delegation elects mandatory participation for itself.
10.3 Independence and quality. Peer review teams shall be screened for conflicts of interest and shall distinguish verified evidence, stakeholder submissions, and analytic judgment. Methodology shall be reviewed periodically to prevent bias and ensure consistency.
10.4 No advice; no promotion. Peer review reports, readiness notes, and standards do not constitute investment advice, financial promotion, or regulated activity.
PART XI — INTEGRITY, SANCTIONS, AND MISREPRESENTATION CONTROL
11.1 Conflict-of-interest discipline.
(a) All voting delegates, senior officers, peer review team members, procurement decision participants, and persons with material influence shall file conflict-of-interest disclosures.
(b) ECOI shall require recusals where conflicts exist and shall impose sanctions for concealment or misuse.
(c) Gifts, hospitality, and sponsored travel shall be disclosed and may be prohibited or capped.
11.2 Donor integrity and anti-capture controls.
(a) AFC shall apply donor concentration limits (default 15% of annual operating budget per donor or commonly controlled group).
(b) Significant contributions are subject to beneficial-control screening where feasible and integrity review.
(c) AFC may quarantine or refuse funding that creates capture risk or violates neutrality or do-no-harm requirements.
11.3 Sanctions ladder. For violations of this Charter:
(a) Level 1: written warning and corrective action plan;
(b) Level 2: temporary suspension of voting/participation rights;
(c) Level 3: de-credentialing, removal from office, de-chartering, and/or funding quarantine;
(d) Level 4: public correction notice, emblem/name enforcement, and permanent exclusion, subject to appeal.
11.4 Grounds. Sanctions may be applied for:
(a) partisan campaigning or platforming through KCO;
(b) concealment of conflicts of interest or beneficial control;
(c) donor capture attempts or prohibited funding arrangements;
(d) doxxing, threats, or breach of protected participation rules;
(e) false or misleading claims of KCO endorsement, credential, or representation;
(f) material breach of handling and confidentiality rules;
(g) material falsification of data or methods.
11.5 Stop-the-line authority. Where credible harm risk exists, SOO may impose temporary protective measures including access restriction and publication holds, subject to rapid review and due process.
11.6 Appeals. All Level 2+ sanctions are appealable under due process clocks with conflict-screened appeal panels.
PART XII — FINANCE, AUDIT, AND PROCUREMENT
12.1 Budget and reporting. KCO shall adopt an annual operating budget and publish periodic financial reporting subject to the Handling Framework.
12.2 Independent audit. KCO shall maintain independent audit arrangements and publish audited statements subject to safety-aware redactions.
12.3 Restricted funds. Program-restricted funding is permitted only with transparency, auditability, and safeguards against capture.
12.4 Procurement. KCO procurement shall be fair, competitive, conflict-controlled, and auditable, applying the procurement integrity minimum under Part VI.
PART XIII — HANDLING, DATA GOVERNANCE, SECURITY, AND PROTECTED PARTICIPATION
13.1 Handling Framework. KCO shall adopt and enforce handling rules with tiered confidentiality, distribution controls, and publication gates applicable to the Global level, Chapters, and Community Cells.
13.2 Information classification. KCO shall classify information at minimum as:
(a) Public;
(b) Controlled (limited distribution);
(c) Restricted (need-to-know; heightened safeguards).
Classification shall protect safety, sources, and legitimate confidentiality.
13.3 Data governance and statistical integrity. KCO shall apply:
(a) data minimization and proportionality;
(b) aggregation by default;
(c) source protection and consent-sensitive collection;
(d) retention and deletion rules;
(e) reproducibility and revision history for published statistics;
(f) breach response and incident notification clocks consistent with safety and law.
13.4 Identity minimization. Where risk exists, KCO may use role-based attribution and limited-disclosure rosters consistent with law and safety.
13.5 Protected participation. KCO shall enforce anti-doxxing rules, protected reporting channels, and non-retaliation rules, including for whistleblowers and safeguarding complaints.
13.6 Grievance and remedy. SOO shall operate a grievance mechanism with response timelines, protective measures, and remedy options.
PART XIV — LEGAL STATUS, GOVERNING LAW, AND INTERNAL DISPUTES
14.1 Legal status. KCO shall be constituted in an appropriate legal form as determined by the General Assembly, consistent with this Charter’s neutrality, non-violence, and non-execution boundary.
14.2 Governing law and venue. The governing law and dispute venue for internal constitutional disputes shall be specified by the General Assembly in a public notice consistent with this Charter and applicable law.
14.3 Internal dispute resolution. KCO shall maintain an internal dispute resolution pathway for credentials, sanctions, and procedural disputes, including notice, right to respond, and appeal.
14.4 Intellectual property. KCO shall publish clear licensing terms for its outputs, protecting sensitive materials under Part XIII and prohibiting misrepresentation of endorsement.
PART XV — EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND HOST-COUNTRY COOPERATION
15.1 Cooperation instruments. KCO may enter into non-binding cooperation instruments (MoUs, joint workplans, cooperation compacts) with universities, municipalities, civil society, professional bodies, development and policy institutions, and other partners consistent with neutrality and safety.
15.2 Host-country coordination posture.
(a) KCO Chapters and Community Cells shall prioritize constructive coordination with host-country communities and institutions and, where safe and appropriate, competent authorities, in compliance with law.
(b) All external instruments shall include non-endorsement, non-reliance, non-execution, and safety clauses consistent with Parts IV and XIII.
15.3 Communications integrity. Any partner reference to KCO shall comply with Part XI misrepresentation controls and written guidance approved by the Council.
PART XVI — AMENDMENTS, CONTINUITY, DISSOLUTION, AND ENTRY INTO FORCE
16.1 Amendment discipline.
(a) Amendments require a two-reading process: introduction in one session and adoption in a later session.
(b) Proposed amendments must be published with rationale and integrity review notes at least 60 days before adoption, subject to safety redactions.
(c) Amendments may not weaken strict neutrality, non-violence, non-execution boundary, protected participation, or anti-capture safeguards except by explicit, separately enumerated vote language.
16.2 Amendment threshold. Amendments require double-lock supermajority (default two-thirds of Regional Delegations and two-thirds of Diaspora Delegations voting), plus quorum satisfaction.
16.3 Continuity and emergency governance. KCO shall maintain operational continuity through secure virtual modalities. Where ordinary meetings are disrupted, the Council may activate emergency continuity procedures with time-limited measures, subject to ratification and integrity review.
16.4 Dissolution. Dissolution requires double-lock supermajority and independent audit and integrity review. Upon dissolution, remaining assets shall be applied exclusively to non-partisan, non-violent public-interest purposes consistent with this Charter and applicable law.
16.5 Entry into force. This Charter enters into force upon adoption by the Founding Assembly of local chapters and key organs.
16.6 Founding implementation timeline 2026-2027.
(a) appoint interim heads of CEC, ECOI, AFC, and SOO; publish initial neutrality and COI attestations.
(b) operationalize handling, chapter chartering criteria, and protected participation channels; publish donor caps and COI disclosure requirements.
(c) publish indicators methodology v0.1 and baseline dashboard; charter initial pilot Chapters.
(d) complete at least one peer review pilot and publish a redacted public summary; charter initial Community Cells.
(e) publish the first annual flagship report and conduct ratification review to harden federation operations.