Statute of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
TITLE II - University bodies and regulations
Art. 13 - Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is the body of strategic direction, planning, coordination and verification of the activities relating to the administrative, financial and asset management of the University, without prejudice to the powers of the individual scientific and educational facilities.
The Board of Directors approves the strategic development direction of the University ensuring the financial sustainability of the plans and programmes in compliance with the principles of effectiveness and efficiency; supervises the administrative, financial, economic and patrimonial management of the University, coordinates the guidelines of the facilities, controls the achievement of objectives; promotes the dissemination of economic rationality criteria in decision-making processes by evaluating the costs and yields of the University facilities and organisational units in relation to the objectives assigned and the results achieved, by measuring the effectiveness and efficiency of University management. To this end, it elaborates, giving maximum dissemination and publicity, indicators to quantify the use of resources, to assess the degree of their use and to verify the consistency between set objectives and achieved results.
the Board of Directors is responsible for:
a) approving, upon proposal of the Rector, the strategic direction of the University;
b) approving the annual and three-year financial and personnel planning;
c) supervising the financial sustainability of the activities;
d) approving, after obtaining the opinion of the Academic Senate, the activation, modification or suppression of offices, Study and Higher Education Programmes, Departments, University Schools, PhD and Specialisation Schools, Service Centres and Interdepartmental Centres of Research;
e) adopting the Regulations for Administration, Finance and Accounting;
f) on the proposal of the Rector and after consulting the Academic Senate for the aspects of its competence, approving the annual and three-year budget, the final account and the three-year planning document referred to in articles 10 and 12 of this Statute;
g) transmitting to the Ministry of Education, University and Research and to the Ministry of Economy and Finance both the annual and three-year budget and the final balance;
h) conferring the position of Director General pursuant to art. 16 of this Statute;
i) exercising disciplinary functions relating to university professors and researchers, pursuant to art. 18 of this Statute;
j) approving the proposals for calls by the Departments, pursuant to art. 27 of this Statute, after verifying their financial sustainability;
k) expressing a mandatory opinion on the regulations and on the University Code of Ethics, pursuant to art. 3 of this Statute;
l) deliberating, after consulting the Academic Senate and the Student Conference, the provisions relating to fees and contributions for the enrolment in Degree Programmes and other educational initiatives; the granting of exemptions and scholarships charged to the budget; the methods of collaboration of the students; service activities;
m) deciding on the amount of any indemnity for the Rector, the Pro-rector Vicar, the Pro-rector of Reggio Emilia, the Department Directors, the Academic Senate, the Evaluation Committee, the Board of Auditors and for those in charge of institutional activities or otherwise pertaining to the functioning of the University.
n) deciding on the amount of any indemnity of the members of the Board of Directors subject to the favourable opinion of the Academic Senate.
o) exercising any other attribution that is delegated to him/her by the Law, the Statute and the regulations.
The Board of Directors is made up of eleven members:
a) the Rector, who presides over it;
b) three members, not belonging to the roles of the University for the five years preceding the designation and for the entire duration of the appointment, designated by the Rector from a list of at least nine names proposed by the University Supporters Committee, as referred to in art. 41 of this Statute, identified through public notices among candidates in possession of proven competence in the management field or a high-level professional experience, with a necessary attention to scientific and cultural qualification;
c) two student representatives elected within the same component, pursuant to art. 23 of this Statute;
d) five belonging to the roles of the University (professors, researchers, technical-administrative staff), in possession of proven competence in the management field or a high-level professional experience, with a necessary attention to scientific and cultural qualification, designated by the Academic Senate on basis of motivated candidacies. Applications must be public; the designation of the members by the Senate takes place with a majority of those entitled. Each seat must have at least two representatives among the members designated by the Academic Senate.
In all appointments, the competent bodies value the professionalism, skills and experience of the candidates by ensuring an articulated and differentiated composition of the Board of Directors, also in compliance with the constitutional principle of equal opportunities between men and women in access to public offices. A special selection committee of candidates referred to in letters b) and d) is set up, consisting of three members of consolidated experience and prestige appointed by the Rector, two of whom belong to the roles of the University and one not belonging to the same roles. The Committee ascertains that the candidacies meet the requirements established by law and the Articles of Association; if, following this assessment, the number of admissible candidates is less than nine for the component referred to in letter b) or ten for the component referred to in letter d), the deadlines for the presentation of the relative nominations.
The Director General, the Pro-rector Vicar and the Pro-rector of Reggio Emilia participate in the Board of Directors without voting rights.
The Board of Directors remains in office for four years. The student component remains in office for two years. The mandate of the directors is renewable only once.
The members of the Board of Directors forfeit, according to the procedures established by the internal regulations of the body, if they do not participate continuously in the sessions, being absent from more than half of the meetings convened during an entire calendar year.
Those who find themselves in situations of incompatibility identified by art. 2, paragraph 1, letter s) of Law 23/12/2010, n. 240 cannot be members of the Board of Directors.
The passive electorate for student representation is established by art. 23 of this Statute.
In the appointment of the members, the Board of Directors must respect the constitutional principle of equal opportunities between men and women in accessing public offices.
