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Interdepartmental Research Center on the "Earth Critical Zone" for
Landscape and Agro-environment Management Support

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REGULATION

CRISP

INTERDEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON THE “EARTH CRITICAL ZONE” FOR THE SUPPORT OF LANDSCAPE AND AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

INTERNAL REGULATIONS FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF THE CENTER

Art. 1
(Subject)

  1. This Regulation governs the internal organization and operation of the Interdepartmental Research Center on the Earth Critical Zone for the support of agro-environmental and landscape management “CRISP”, (hereinafter referred to as the Center), whose establishment and activation, pursuant to art. 33, paragraph 2, of the Statute, does not entail additional costs for the University budget.
  2. The following Departments participate in the establishment of the Centre:
  • Department of Agriculture, University of Naples Federico II
  • Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences, University of Naples Federico II

Art. 2
(Purpose and activities)

  1. The Center aims to promote and contribute to the development of research on the Earth Critical Zone and on geospatial cyberinfrastructures aimed at developing decision support systems for the management of agro-environment and landscape.

In compliance with this purpose, the Centre will carry out the following research activities:

  • Pedological and geomineralogical characterization of the regolith-soil-plant-atmosphere system (Re-SPA),
  • Multiscale characterization and functional analysis of the Re-SPA system,
  • Spatial inference models of the Re-SPA system,
  • Development of environmental modelling (e.g. hydrological models, SPA models, slope stability, pollutant dispersion) of the Re-SPA system or part of it,
  • Creation of Web-accessible Spatial Decision Support Systems (S DSS),
  • Creation of thematic maps (e.g. Land Evaluation studies, aquifer vulnerability).

To achieve these objectives, the Centre carries out the following activities:

  • promotes and coordinates the research activities within its competence;
  • participates in research and consultancy activities established through contracts and agreements with public and private institutions and bodies, as provided for by the University regulations for activities on behalf of third parties;
  • contributes, limited to its institutional purposes and in coordination with the Departments and Degree Courses, to the teaching activities of students, graduates, PhD students, researchers and promotes and manages advanced training courses, post-graduate Masters and, where applicable, PhD courses as well as training and/or refresher courses.

Art. 3 (Structures and subjects participating in the activities of the Center)

  1. The Departments that have demonstrated, through
specific council resolution, adopted upon proposal of one or more tenured professors or researchers, including those with fixed-term contracts, belonging to the Departments themselves, the will to promote the establishment and activation of the Center. Tenured professors or researchers, including those with fixed-term contracts, belonging to the Departments constituting the Center, who submit a request to the Management Board, may join the Center after its activation. The proposing Departments guarantee, in case of need, financial support to the Center in proportion to their involvement in the activities and use of the facilities.
  1. Departments that, after its activation, make a request to the Director of the Center, through a specific, motivated and detailed council resolution, may participate in the activities of the Center. The request must also indicate the availability of the requesting Department to guarantee, in case of need, financial support to the Center in proportion to its involvement in the activities and use of the facilities.
  1. Tenured professors or researchers, even temporary, from other Departments, who are interested in the activities of the Center and share its inspiring criteria and goals, may also participate in the activities of the Center. The individual request for participation must be motivated and accompanied by a didactic and scientific curriculum that documents a continuous research activity inherent to the specificities of the Center.
  1. The requests for participation referred to in paragraph 2 are evaluated by the Centre which, in the event of a positive outcome expressed by a specific resolution of the Management Board, referred to in the following 6, proposes approval to the Board of Directors, after consulting the Academic Senate.
  1. The requests for participation referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3 are approved by the Management Board of the Centre.
  1. The Centre may enter into collaboration agreements with public and private entities, according to the procedures established by University regulations.

Art. 4
(Administrative management)

  1. The Center has managerial, regulatory, organizational and spending autonomy in accordance with the current University Regulations for Administration, Finance and Accounting.
  2. The administrative organization of the Center is defined by a provision of the General Director, after consulting the Director of the Center. Within the same, a person responsible for accounting processes is identified, among those belonging to at least category D, to support the Director of the Center.
  3. For its operation, the Centre has financial resources acquired independently from outside or made available by the participating structures in proportion to their involvement in the activities and use of the structures of the Centre.
  4. The Center may enter into contracts and agreements with public and private entities for activities on behalf of third parties.

Art. 5
(Bodies)

  1. The bodies of the Centre are:
  2. Management Board
  3. Director
  4. The Scientific Council

Art. 6a
(Composition of the Management Board)

The Management Board is composed of:

  1. Tenured Professors and Researchers, including those with fixed-term contracts, who have proposed to the Departments to which they belong the establishment and activation of the Centre or who, belonging to the said Departments, have submitted, after its activation, a request for participation in the Centre, which has been accepted.
  2. The tenured Professors and Researchers referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, including those with fixed-term contracts, whose request to participate in the Centre, submitted after its activation, has been accepted.
  3. The Representatives of the technical-administrative staff, where assigned to the Centre, elected from among the assigned staff, equal to 5% of the total number of tenured professors and researchers, in any case, in a number not less than one, appointed for 3 years.
  4. The minutes-taking functions are carried out by a member of the Council, identified, on the proposal of the Director, at the beginning of the proceedings of each session.
  5. The Coordinator of the Scientific Council, without the right to vote, participates in the Management Council on specific scientific issues, as decided by the Scientific Council.

Art. 7
(Tasks of the Management Board)

The Council’s duties are:

  1. define the three-year development plan to ensure the sustainability of all the Centre’s activities;
  2. determine the general criteria for the use of funds and equipment available for the performance of the institutional activities of the Centre;
  3. approve the annual research plan on the basis of what is proposed by the Scientific Council;
  4. approve the economic and investment budget and the annual report;
  5. at the end of every three years, express an opinion on the documented report relating to the results achieved to be transmitted to the Evaluation Unit;
  6. put forward proposals on the development of research activities after hearing the opinion of the Scientific Council;
  7. approve contracts and agreements with public and private bodies, verifying their possibility of implementation and their consistency with the institutional purposes of the Centre;
  8. decide on the stipulation of collaboration contracts with external personnel, in light of current legislation and after verifying the necessary financial coverage of the same;
  9. decide on subsequent requests for participation in the activities of the Centre by other Departments and on individual requests from single applicants belonging to Departments already participating or not participating in the Centre, as per paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of art. 3 of this Regulation;
  10. collaborate with the University Governing Bodies and with the national, regional and local planning bodies in the development and implementation of research programmes that meet specific professional requalification needs;
  11. decide on any other matter at the request of the Director;
  12. exercise all the powers assigned to it by law and the Statute;
  13. propose any changes to the Centre’s Regulations to the Board of Directors and the Academic Senate.

Art. 8
(Meetings of the Management Board)

  1. The Council is chaired by the Director or, in his absence or impediment, by the Deputy Director, as per the following art. 9.
  2. The Council meets in ordinary session, upon convocation by the Director, normally every 2 months and, in extraordinary session, upon motivated request of the Director or of one third of his members.
  3. The convocation of the Council must be notified in writing or by certified email, with acknowledgement of receipt, with the indication of the agenda and must be sent at least 5 days before the meeting, except in cases of justified urgency in which this term is reduced to two days.
  4. Minutes of each meeting must be drawn up and signed by the President and the
  5. The meetings of the Council are valid when an absolute majority of its members participate, less those absent with justification. Decisions are adopted by a majority of voters; in the event of a tie, the vote of the President of the meeting prevails.

Art. 9
(The Director)

  1. The Director of the CRISP Center is elected by the Management Board from among its members among the full-time tenured professors. The Management Board for the election of the Director is convened by the Dean of the full professors of the Center. Voting is conducted by secret ballot and each vote is valid if half plus one of those entitled to vote participate. In the first vote, the election takes place by absolute majority of those entitled to vote; in the second and third votes, the election proceeds by absolute majority of voters. If in the second and third votes no candidate has obtained such a majority, a run-off vote is held between the two candidates who received the most votes in the third vote. In the event of a tie in the votes received, the longest seniority in the role prevails and, in the event of a further tie, the longest seniority in age. The Director is appointed by The term of office is 3 years and can be re-elected only once.
  2. The Director appoints, from among the tenured Professors, members of the Management Board who have opted for the full-time regime, a Deputy Director to be assisted or replaced in case of absence or impediment. The Deputy Director ceases to hold office upon the termination of the
  3. The Director chairs the Management Board and ensures the implementation of its resolutions. In case of necessity and urgency, he/she adopts the appropriate measures and submits them for ratification to the Board at the first subsequent meeting. He/she is responsible for the administrative and accounting management of the Center; he/she is responsible for the assets and funds available for the operation of the Center. For the purposes of carrying out these functions, a person responsible for accounting processes to support the Director is identified among the personnel assigned to the Center, belonging to at least category D.
  4. In relation to the activities referred to in art. 2 of this regulation, the Director, taking into account the general criteria dictated by the Management Board, exercises the following functions:
  • proposes the three-year development plan to the Management Board;
  • prepares, every three years, a documented report on the results achieved with reference to the state of the research which, accompanied by the opinion of the Council, is transmitted to the Evaluation Unit, as far as it is competent;
  • ensures the proper functioning of the structure;
  • manages and arranges all administrative, business and spending acts of the centre, within the limits of its own competences.
  1. The Director also:
  • convenes the first meeting of the Scientific Council to allow the election of the Coordinator;
  • takes care of all the tasks relating to the management of the Centre that do not fall within the competence of the Management Board;
  • promotes the activities of the Centre;
  • monitors compliance with the laws, the statute and the regulations within the Centre;
  • maintains relations with academic bodies and the university administration;
  • exercises all other powers assigned to him by law, the statute and the regulations, similarly to those provided for the Department Director.

Art. 10
(The Scientific Council)

The Scientific Council is the body that carries out proactive and consultative activities in the scientific topics covered by the Centre’s activities.

  1. The Scientific Council is composed of:
  • 2 members for each of the Departments that proposed the establishment and activation of the Centre, appointed by the Departments themselves,
  • 2 members for each of the institutions, public or private, which have signed collaboration agreements with the Centre, appointed by the institutions themselves,
  • The members of the Scientific Council hold office for 3 years.
  1. The Scientific Council elects its own Coordinator chosen from among the members of the Scientific Council itself. The Coordinator remains in office for 3 years.
  2. The coordinator convenes the Scientific Council whenever it is necessary to acquire its opinions.
  3. The Scientific Council makes proposals on:
  • the annual research plan,
  • on the development of research activities.
  1. The meetings of the Council are valid when the absolute majority of its members participate, less those absent with justification. Decisions are adopted by majority of voters; in the event of a tie, the vote of the Coordinator of the Council prevails.
  2. Minutes of the meetings of the Scientific Council are drawn up; a copy of the minutes must be sent to the Director and the Management Board.

Art. 11
(Headquarters, spaces and equipment)

  1. The CRISP Center is located at the Department of Agriculture, in via Università 100, 80055 Portici.
  2. The Departments concerned grant the use of their spaces, not specifically assigned for use by the professors and researchers participating in the Center, for the performance of the activities.
  3. The Centre has its own equipment and other movable property registered in a specific inventory and, where applicable, equipment and movable property made available by participating Departments for the performance of activities of common interest.
  4. The Centre may accept and use equipment owned by public or private entities by entering into specific agreements, in compliance with current legislation.
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