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== Vice Rectors-Presidents Boards and Steering Committees ==
Political boards comprising '''VR/VP''' are established to provide high-level oversight and strategic feedback while maintaining the established operational [[Structural_Viewpoint|Work Packages]].

=== Specific tasks ===
* Providing political guidance to [[Structural_Viewpoint|WP]] and [[Task_Team_Co-Leaders|Task co-leaders]].  
* Ensuring deployment of UNITA’s mission and vision and guiding strategy development.  
* Providing strategic feedback on milestones and deliverables.  
* Facilitating resolutions on academic issues escalated from the operational level.  
* Ensuring continuous support to Rectors/Presidents in relation to UNITA governance.  
* Creating a community of practice of '''VR/VPs''' actively involved in the Alliance.  

=== Domains ===
The '''VR/VP''' Boards are formed around five strategic domains and related Tasks in the UNITA project:
* '''Education and Pedagogy Innovation''': initiatives like teaching enhancement and micro-credentials  
* '''Research and Innovation''': thematic research hubs, inter-territorial innovation, open science strategies  
* '''International Strategies and European values''': mobility strategies and international relations policies  
* '''Communities Building''': student and staff engagement, dissemination initiatives, cooperative models  
* '''Quality, Impact, and Sustainability''': quality assurance, financial sustainability, impact observatory efforts  

This organization fosters synergies across related tasks and reduces the risk of isolated thinking in the current `[Structural_Viewpoint|WP Structure]].

=== VR/VP Boards per group of strategies ===
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==== Composition ====
Each '''VR/VP''' Board is composed of 12 '''VR/VPs''' representing all partner institutions and the specific domain experts. The full list for each board is available [https://datacloud.univ-unita.eu/index.php/apps/files/files/2034880?dir=/5_Unita_Phase_II/UNITA/Project_docs/Organization_and_Teams&openfile=true here].

==== Meetings ====
* The five '''VR/VP''' Boards may convene independently for political discussions as needed.  
* Every three months, each Board holds a Steering Committee —an enlarged meeting with the respective [[Structural_Viewpoint|WP]] and [[Task_Team_Co-Leaders|Task co-leaders]] videoconference.  
* [[WP_Co-Leaders|WP co-leaders]] initiate and chair the Steering Committees, gathering inputs from [[Task_Team_Co-Leaders|TT co-leaders]].  
* Chairs for each domain:
  ** Education and Pedagogy Innovation – [[UNITA_Lifelong_education|WP3]] co-leaders  
  ** Research and Innovation – [[Knowledge-based growth in rural, mountain and cross-border territories|WP4]] co-leaders  
  ** International Strategies and European values – [[Developing UNITA communities|WP2]] co-leaders  
  ** Communities Building – [[Governance, management and quality|WP1]] co-leaders  
  ** Quality, Impact, and Sustainability – [[Impact and dissemination|WP5]] co-leaders  
* Meetings are scheduled on the [[https://datacloud.univ-unita.eu/index.php UNITA Datacloud]] calendar; convocations always CC the [[Improve_and_transform_the_governance_of_UNITA|TT1.1]] co-leaders, the [[Executive Coordinator|EC]], and the [[UNITA Offices|UOs]].  
* '''VR/VP''' Boards hold in-person sessions during UNITA Weeks and may optionally participate—onsite or online—during WP Staff Weeks.
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