VR/VP

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 Work Packages.

Specific tasks

• Providing political guidance to WP and TT 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 structure fosters synergies across related Tasks and reduces the risk of isolated thinking in the current WP setup.

VR/VP Boards per strategic domain

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 [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 WP and TT co-leaders—via videoconference.
• WP co-leaders initiate and chair the Steering Committees, gathering inputs from TT co-leaders.
• Chairs for each domain:

 ** Education and Pedagogy Innovation – WP3 co-leaders  
 ** Research and Innovation – WP4 co-leaders  
 ** International Strategies and European values – WP2 co-leaders  
 ** Communities Building – WP1 co-leaders  
 ** Quality, Impact, and Sustainability – WP5 co-leaders  

• Meetings are scheduled on the [UNITA Datacloud] calendar; convocations always CC the TT1.1 co-leaders, the EC, and the UOs.
• VR/VP Boards hold in-person sessions during UNITA Weeks and may optionally participate—onsite or online—during WP Staff Weeks.