Area for Governance, Legal Affairs and Quality

Areas of Responsibility
Systematization, strengthening, and exploitation of potential synergies within the area; enhancement of organizational units within the area in line with the School's objectives; oversight and integration of administrative and management processes related to the activities of the area of responsibility; coordination of the activities of the technical and administrative staff assigned to the structure; legal, administrative, and technical support to the bodies for matters within their jurisdiction; legal, administrative, and technical support to the committees responsible for the area; administrative, technical, and legal support to the governing bodies; definition and implementation of administrative and legal policies for the oversight, optimization, and enhancement of the processes within the area's jurisdiction; oversight of the planning process and subsequent monitoring of the area's objectives and services for users and stakeholders; development of guidelines that integrate the School's needs in the areas of Quality Assurance, Evaluation, Legal Support, Anti-Corruption and Transparency, and Personal Data Processing; cross-functional support for the area and services in managing activities, in collaboration with Management.

Governing Bodies and General Affairs Unit

Ing. Giuseppe Conti, Office Head interim
Tel: +39 0382 375859 | giuseppe.conti@iusspavia.it

Marzia Balestrazzi
Tel: +39 0382 375843 | marzia.balestrazzi@iusspavia.it

Ambra Giusy Costantini
Tel: +39 0382 375862 | ambra.costantini@iusspavia.it

Claudio Borella
Tel: +39 0382 375827 | claudio.borella@iusspavia.it

Main duties:

● Management of support activities for the Rector and the Director General;
● Management of the Class Councils, the Academic Senate, and the Board of Directors and Supervisory Board;
● Management of support activities for the Guarantor Committee; the Advisory Board; the Single Guarantee Committee; the Disciplinary Board, and the Stakeholder Council;
● Support for institutional activities, meetings, and events;
● Management of granting sponsorships;
● Management of appointments;
● Management, filing, and sorting of incoming correspondence, including electronically, and coordination of incoming filing activities; Technical support to administrative structures in relation to outgoing filing and registering of directories, carried out by individual organizational units;
● Management and development of the IT filing and document management system;
● Management of archival tools (classification records, management manual,
conservation, discard register, etc.);
● Implementation of procedures for updating the University Register and the Digital Preservation service;
● Management of elections;
● Coordination activities regarding access and privacy;
● Management of relationships with participating entities;
● Opinion/intervention, upon requests from other units, on agreements and agreements regarding data processing in collaboration with the DPO;
● Opinion/intervention, upon requests from other units, on agreements and agreements regarding insurance;
● Management of the School's insurance;
● Management of the register of agreements and conventions;
● Management of the register, digital preservation;
● Management of digital signatures.
● Administrative and technical support for the negotiation and conclusion of relevant contracts and agreements;
● Preparation of relevant investigations;
● Preparation of relevant decrees and decisions;
● Management of relevant sections of the Transparent Administration;
● Updating of the website and my portal - relevant sections;
● Publication of relevant practices in the Register;
● Support in the preparation and review of internal sources of expertise;
● Performance of contact functions with the relevant public.

Legal Affairs, Quality Assurance and Evaluation Unit
Valentina Cimichella, Office Head
Tel: +39 0382 375848 | valentina.cimichella@iusspavia.it

Micaela Foresi
Tel: +39 0382 375828 | micaela.foresi@iusspavia.it

Nicola Infantino
Tel: +39 0382 375879 | nicola.infantino@iusspavia.it

Main duties:

● Support for the management of the individual and organizational performance measurement and evaluation system;
● Support for the drafting of the Activity and Organization Plan - relevant sections;
● Support for the strategic planning process;
● Support for the three-year institutional planning process;
● Support for the PRO3 planning process;
● Management of teaching and service evaluation processes;
● Support for the implementation and monitoring of the Quality Management System;
● Coordination of process mapping and service charter;
● Statistics service - data processing;
● Support for the School accreditation process;
● Administrative and technical-legal support for the Evaluation Unit;
● Administrative and technical-legal support for the Quality Committee;
● Administrative and technical-legal support for the Joint Commission;
● Administrative support for the Sustainability Group;
● Regulatory support for the School's departments regarding the preparation and review of internal sources;
● Legal advice on specific issues, respecting the legal-administrative autonomy of individual departments;
● Opinion/intervention on contracts/agreements, at the request of the competent unit, regarding compliance with applicable regulations (fundamental elements of the contract, legal aspects such as rules, jurisdiction, indemnity, liability, surety, compensation, and code of ethics);
● Support in managing first-level administrative disputes (data collection,
preparation of preparatory administrative documents);
● Support in preparing framework agreements with external entities;
● Support for the RPCT and the management of regulatory compliance relating to transparency and the prevention of corruption, and management of the transparent administration portal (PAT);
● Management of the monitoring and evaluation procedure for teaching and research staff;
● Management of the reporting process for teaching and research staff;
● Administrative and technical support for the negotiation and conclusion of contracts and agreements within the scope of competence;
● Preparation of relevant investigations;
● Preparation of relevant decrees and decisions;
● Management of the relevant sections of the Transparent Administration;
● Website and my portal updates - relevant sections;
● Publication of relevant practices in the Register;
● Support for the preparation and review of internal sources of expertise;
● Performance of contact functions with the relevant public.

Accreditation Specialist Function
● Administrative and technical-legal support for the Accreditation Commission;
● Support for updating the School's documentation in accordance with the provisions set by ANVUR regarding accreditation;
● Support for Governance in preparation for the periodic accreditation visit;
● Coordination of processes for preparing for the periodic accreditation visit;
● Ministry contact for organizing and conducting the visit;
● Support to the Quality Committee in drafting the documents required by the ANVUR Quality System;
● Management and monitoring of the SUA-SCUOLE Platform;