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.