Internal Regime Regulation

Updated April 19, 2018

Posted April 19, 2018

RULES OF OPERATION OF THE INSTITUTE

The operation of the IVAGRO will be governed by the operating regulations contained in Annex VI, following the guidelines of the current regulations of the UCA.

PRELIMINARY TITLE

Article 1. Object

1. The purpose of this Regulation is to establish a framework for regulating the internal regime and operation of the University Institute for Viticulture and Agrifood Research of the University of Cádiz (hereinafter referred to as the Institute).

2. Its precepts will be of preferential application, unless there is contradiction with higher standards, of obligatory observance.

3. In matters not covered by this Regulation, the provisions of the Government and Administration Regulations of the University of Cádiz will be followed by the Operating Regulations of the Research Institutes of the University of Cádiz, in the General Electoral Regulation of This University, in the respective Regulations of Internal Regime approved by the different University Research Institutes and, where appropriate, in the Agreements of creation or affiliation of the Institutes.

TITLE I. OF THE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH

Article 2. Nature, object and classification

1. The Institute is a Center devoted primarily to scientific and technical research in aspects related to vitiviniculture and agri-food, which may also carry out teaching activities related to specialized education, postgraduate and doctoral studies, as well as providing technical advice within the scope of its competences.

2. The Institute is constituted as a Reference Research Center of the Agri-Food International Campus of Excellence (CeiA3), with facilities and infrastructures linked to this Campus.

3. The Institute is constituted as a university, as an Institute of the University of Cádiz, without which in the future it could become an Interuniversity Institute, integrating other universities, especially the members of CeiA3.

4. The Institute is headquartered in the Andalusian Center for Wine Research (CAIV), located on the Campus of Puerto Real of the UCA.

Article 3.- General and specific objectives

1. The general objectives of the Institute are:

a) Realization of R + D + i projects in viticulture and agro-food.

b) Resolution of socio-economic problems in the wine and agri-food sector.

c) Technological transfer to the wine and agri-food sector.

d) Technological advice to companies in both sectors.

e) Training of technicians.

f) Creation of technology-based or similar companies.

g) Mobility of personnel with companies and public or private centers.

h) Collaborate with other Centers, Technology Parks and other institutions related to viticulture and agrifood.

i) Offer the provision of services, through the provision of the scientific-technical infrastructure of the Institute to companies and institutions of the wine and agri-food sector.

j) To promote the internationalization of all the scientific-technical activities of the Institute.

k) To promote the dissemination of the activities carried out in the Institute to society.

2. The specific objectives of the Institute are mainly the development of the following lines:

a) New technologies and trials in viticulture and agriculture in general.

b) Application of new technologies to feasibility studies and soil quality.

c) Microbiology in vitiviniculture and agrifood.

d) Biotechnology in wine and agri-food processes.

e) Application of pest detection systems in viticulture and agriculture.

f) Development of new technological processes and new wine and agri-food products.

g) Treatments and valuation of vitivinicultural and agri-food waste.

h) Reuse and use of remains, waste and by-products of wine and agrifood.

i) Studies of new phytosanitary products and other alternatives in viticulture and agro-food.

j) Food quality and safety.

k) Characterization of wine and agri-food products and processes.

l) Studies in nutrition and health and obtaining new foods with added values.

m) Studies in gastronomy and new culinary processes.

n) Historical, socioeconomic and legal studies in viticulture and agrifood.

ñ) Other studies related to vitiviniculture and agrifood.

Article 4.- Functions

The following functions correspond to the Institute, within the scope of its competences:

a) Promote, organize, develop and evaluate research plans, in accordance with the objectives of CeiA3, as well as with the general research plans of the UCA, encouraging the realization of competitive research projects in all areas (regional, national and international) and the search for resources from different public and private sources.

b) Promote, program and carry out training activities and collaborate in teaching in the official qualifications of their field of specialization, as well as in postgraduate, doctorate and own degrees.

c) Promote scientific and technical updating of its members and the University Community as a whole, as well as companies, public and private entities, organizing specialized courses, seminars, conferences, meetings and any activities aimed at this purpose.

d) Promote the contracting and performance of scientific-technical and technological works and services, both for the university community and for other public or private entities, using the Institute’s own resources or, where appropriate, the Research Support Services with which the University of Cádiz counts, all this within the framework of the current legislation.

e) Cooperate with other centers, both at the University and other public or private entities.

f) Promote the dissemination of the research activities of the Institute, organizing and participating in activities aimed at this purpose.

g) Encourage the international mobility of research personnel, facilitating the exchange of personnel in training and the reception of excellent researchers.

h) Collaborate with the other organs of the University of Cádiz in the performance of their duties.

Article 5.- Financing

1. The financing of the Institute must be secured with the resources generated by it.

2. On an annual basis, the budget of the Institute shall be drawn up and approved by the Board of the Institute, within the deadlines set by the competent body, for its subsequent incorporation into the Budget of the University of Cádiz.

3. The financing of the Institute will come from:

a) The part corresponding to the indirect costs of the projects / agreements / research contracts whose managers are members of the Institute, and always in compliance with the regulations established by the University of Cádiz. As well as the projects / agreements / research contracts in which researchers who are not responsible participate, with the agreement of the corresponding managers.

b) Income that may arise from the performance of the activities that are specific to the Institute.

c) Those contributions that can be obtained from the funding agencies of research in the regional, national or international scope.

Article 6. Economic and legal system

1. The Institute is part of the organic structure of the UCA, so it lacks its own legal personality.

2. The ownership of the economic resources available to execute its objectives, programs and projects is held by the UCA. Its academic and economic management will be governed by the rules of the UCA and by this regulation. In the event that the Institute collaborates in its research activity with institutions or companies, the ownership of the resources contributed by them will be regulated in the corresponding collaboration agreement.

TITLE II. COMPOSITION AND ADSCRIPTION

Article 7.- Governing and administrative bodies

1. The governing bodies of the Institute are the Institute Council, the Director and the Secretary.

Article 8.- Members

1. The members of the Institute will be the teaching and research staff and the administrative and service personnel who are attached to it, as established in the Regulations for the Functioning of the Institutes of the University of Cádiz.

2. The members that will initially form the Institute will be those that were collected in the memory of its creation.

3. In general, the members of the Institute may not belong to a second University Research Institute. Exceptionally, such membership may be authorized by the Rector, or person to whom he delegates, following a report from the Investigation Committee. In any case, it will be considered as exceptional and may not last for more than two years.

4. The Institute may have as members attached to researchers belonging to other universities or entities different from those that constitute it, without this implying any relationship of provision of services with the University of Cádiz, under the conditions established in the agreement or agreement of creation or secondment.

5. Termination as a member of the Institute will occur at the end of the academic year in which any of the following causes occur:

a) Request by the interested party, by writing to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cádiz with competence in matters of Research, which will inform the Board of the Institute, through its director. In that sense, the withdrawal as a member will be authorized provided that the fulfillment of the commitments made on his initiative by the Institute is guaranteed.

b) Loss of the conditions required for incorporation into the Institute.

6. The University of Cádiz will maintain an official Registry that includes the members of all its University Research Institutes. These are obliged to communicate the incorporations and withdrawals of members to the General Secretariat, within a period of one month.

Article 9.- Affiliation of Researcher Personnel to the Institute

1. To apply for membership as a member of the Institute, researchers must meet any of the following conditions:

a) Participate in research projects, technical assistance or artistic creation approved by the Institute Council.

b) Participate in the organization and realization of doctoral studies and specialization or professional updating taught by the Institute.

c) To be a doctor professor at the University of Cádiz and to carry out, on a regular basis, research work in the subjects developed by the same.

2. The fact of meeting any of the conditions expressed in the previous section does not automatically imply the incorporation as a member of the Institute.

3. Any researcher who meets the conditions indicated in section 1 of this article may request, by writing to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cádiz with competence in matters of Research, which will request a report from the Council of the Institute, through its director. The report issued by the Board of the Institute must have the support of at least half plus one of its members, regardless of the number of attendees of the Board session in which the request was handled.

In order to issue its report, the Institute Council will be based, fundamentally, on the adaptation of the applicant’s research lines to the specific objectives of the Institute, included in these regulations.

It will be taken into account that is responsible for project / agreement or research contract. In the event that the applicant participates as a researcher in a project / agreement or research contract, he / she must provide the agreement of the person responsible, of the assignment of the project / agreement or research contract to the Institute.

If the application is accepted, it will be processed for approval by the Governing Council. In the event that said request is rejected, it may be appealed to the Rector of the University of Cádiz, in view of the reasons contained in the unfavorable report, taking into account the coherence of the applicant’s research lines in the field of performance of the Institute, will dictate the Resolution that proceeds as established in this Regulation. The Rector may submit the request, together with the report of the Institute, the report, as the case may be, of the Department to which the applicant is attached, and whatever documentation it deems pertinent, to the Governing Council so that it approves or denies the request.

4. In any case, the incorporation of research personnel to the Institute must be approved by the Governing Council of the UCA, following a report from the Department to which it was assigned in the case of being professors of the University of Cádiz. The condition of member of the Institute must be renewed every three years.

TITLE III. THE INSTITUTE COUNCIL

Article 10.- Nature, composition, mandate and constitution

1. The Institute Council is the collegiate governing body of the Institute.

2. The Institute Council will be composed of:

a) The Director of the Institute, who will preside over it.

b) The Secretary of the Institute, who will act as Secretary of the Board of the Institute.

c) All the doctors who are members of the Institute

d) A representative of the teaching and research staff not attached to the Institute.

e) Three representatives of the doctorate students assigned to the Institute.

d) A representative of the administration and service personnel assigned to the Institute.

3. The mandate of the Board of the Institute will be four years, except for the representation of PhD students that will be renewed every two years.

4. The Director of the Institute will call the appropriate elections for the representative members. In the seven school days following the end of the corresponding electoral process, the Institute Council will be established.

5. The competent Electoral Board will be that of the Center to which a greater number of the members of the Institute belong.

Article 11.- Functions

The following functions correspond to the Council of the Institute:

a) Prepare and approve the proposal for the Regulations of the Institute’s Internal Regime, as well as its modification.

b) Establish the training and service activities of the Institute.

c) Propose the election and, where appropriate, removal of the Director of the Institute.

d) Collect information on the operation of the Institute.

e) Approve the plan of activities of the Institute.

f) Prepare the proposal for the budget and staffing of the Institute for its approval and incorporation into the project of the general budget of the University by the Governing Council.

g) To administer the own resources within the budget and to organize and distribute the tasks in non-permanent commissions and among the members of the Institute.

h) To approve, where appropriate, the rendering of accounts and the annual report presented by the Director of the Institute.

i) Ensure the quality of the research and other activities carried out by the Institute.

j) Any other that is attributed to it by the Statutes of the UCA and the other applicable norms.

Article 12.- Operation

1. The constitution of the Council of the Institute will require, in first call, the attendance of a minimum of two thirds of the totality of its members and in the second call, at least 30% of the members will have to be present.

2. The Institute Council will be convened at least once a quarter. In addition, the Institute Council will meet at the request of the Director of the Institute or at the written request of at least 20% of its members, in this case the Board of the Institute must meet within a maximum period of twenty calendar days.

3. The resolutions of the Board shall be taken by a simple majority of the members present at the time of voting, unless another system of majorities is foreseen in these Regulations.

4. Any other aspect of the functioning of the Board of the Institute shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Government and Administration Regulations of the University of Cádiz.

TITLE IV. DIRECTOR

Article 13.- Nature

The Director of the Institute holds the representation of the latter and performs the functions of ordinary management and direction.

Article 14.- Election and term of office

1. The director of the Institute will be chosen by the Institute Council from among its medical members, with full-time dedication and permanent links to the University of Cádiz.

2. It will be proclaimed in the first round the candidate who achieves more than half of the votes to candidates validly cast, and in the second round, which will be held the next working day, which obtains a simple majority of votes. In case of a tie, it will be decided by category and, if necessary, by seniority. In the case of a single candidacy, only the first round will be held, and those who obtain a simple majority of votes in favor will be proclaimed.

3. The term of office shall be four years and may be re-elected for only one consecutive time.

4. The election of the Director of the Institute will take place in an extraordinary session of the Board of the Institute convened for that purpose by the Director, or a person who replaces him, with that single item on the agenda, which will be convened one month in advance of the meeting. expiration of his mandate.

5. The election will be verified with the same requirements and procedure that are indicated in the Statutes of the University of Cádiz for the election of the Department Director.

Article 15.- Substitution

1. In case of absence, illness or disability, the Director of the Institute will be replaced by the professor doctor of the highest category and, if applicable, seniority in the establishment.

2.- The substitute of the Director will only be able to exercise the attributions that are necessary for the ordinary dispatch of the subjects.

Article 16.- Appointment and dismissal

1. The Director of the Institute shall be appointed by the Rector, once proclaimed by the competent body. Said appointment will be published in the BOUCA.

2. The director shall cease to hold office at his own request, for absence or incapacity exceeding four consecutive months, or as a consequence of a motion of censure, as provided in these Regulations.

3. In the event of the Director’s dismissal, the senior and senior senior professor will replace him. The Acting Director shall proceed to call elections within a maximum period of thirty days.

Article 17.- Motion of censure

1. The motion of censure against the Director may be requested, by submitting a written document before the Vice Chancellor of the UCA competent in the field of Research, and shall have the support of at least one third of the members of the Board of the Institute.

2. Once received, the Vice-Chancellor will send it to the Director of the Institute, who must summon, within twenty days, the Council of the Institute for the debate of said motion, in which one of the promoters of said initiative will necessarily intervene. and the Director whose censorship is intended.

3.- To be approved, the motion of censure will require the favorable vote of a two-thirds majority of the total number of members of the Board of the Institute, regardless of the number of people attending the session.

4.- In the event that the motion is approved, this fact will be communicated to the Rector and whoever replaces the censored Director will proceed to call elections within a maximum period of thirty days.

Article 18.- Functions and powers of the Director

The following functions and competences correspond to the Director of the Institute:

a) Represent the Institute officially.

b) Preside and convene meetings of the Board of the Institute, as well as execute its agreements and ensure compliance.

c) Supervise the exercise of the functions entrusted to the different organs of the Institute.

d) To preside, in the absence of a higher-ranking representation, of the academic acts of the Institute to which he or she attends.

e) Propose to the Rector the appointment and removal of the Secretary.

f) Supervise the different services of the Institute and agree on the expenditure of the corresponding budget items.

g) Exercising the other functions derived from his office or attributed to him by the legislation in force, as well as those delegated to him by the Council of the Institute and those related to all other matters specific to the Institute that have not been expressly attributed to other bodies. .

Article 19.- Incompatibilities and compensation supplement

1. The Director of the Institute, to whom the general regime of incompatibilities that derives from the applicable legislation will apply, will make the functions inherent to the position compatible with his other obligations and duties.

2. The Governing Council will regulate the economic rights and the regime of dedication to teaching tasks of the Director of the Institute.

TITLE V. THE SECRETARY

Article 20.- Appointment and dismissal

1. The Rector will appoint the Secretary of the Institute at the proposal of the Director, among the researchers attached to the same, with full-time links and permanent links to the University of Cádiz.

2.- The Secretary of the Institute will cease at his own request, for incapacity or absence greater than four consecutive months, by decision of the Director, or when the term of the Director who proposed him ends.

3.- In case of absence, illness, disability or vacancy, the Secretary will be replaced by the one designated by the Director.

Article 21.- Incompatibilities and compensation supplement

1. The Secretary of the Institute, to whom the general regime of incompatibilities that derives from the applicable legislation will apply, will make the functions inherent to the position compatible with his other obligations and duties.

2. The Governing Council will regulate the economic rights and the regime of dedication to teaching tasks of the Secretary of the Institute.

Article 22.- Functions

The following functions correspond to the Secretary of the Institute:

a) Assist the Director and perform the functions entrusted to him.

b) Act as Secretary of the Board, prepare and safeguard the minutes of its meetings and issue the certifications of the agreements included in the aforementioned minutes.

c) Issue the certificates and process the procedures of their competence.

d) Exercise the other functions derived from his position or attributed to him by current legislation.

TITLE VI. THE ADVISORY COUNCIL

Article 23.- Nature and composition

1.- The Institute may set up an Advisory Board, which will act as an advisory body in the development of its scientific policy.

2.- The Advisory Board will meet, in ordinary session at least once a year and as long as it is convened by the Director of the Institute or after request of 25% of its members. The Advisory Board will not require a specific quorum for its constitution.

Article 24.- Composition

The Advisory Board will be composed of:

– The Rector of the UCA, or person to whom he delegates, who will hold the presidency.

– The director and secretary of the Institute.

– A representative of the graduate studies linked to the Institute.

– A representative of the Ministry of the Junta de Andalucía competent in matters of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment (IFAPA).

– A representative of the Agri-Food International Campus of Excellence (CeiA3).

– A representative of the Food Regulatory Councils of Andalusia.

– A representative of D.O. Regulatory Councils. vitivinícolas Andalusian.

– A representative of companies, at the proposal of the Council of the Institute.

– A representative of the Agroindustrial Science and Technology Park of Jerez.

– A specialist of recognized prestige in wine and / or agrifood research, at the proposal of CeiA3.

– Three PhD members of the Institute, at the proposal of the Council of the Institute.

Article 25.- Functions

The responsibilities of the Advisory Board are:

a) Know and inform the general lines of research established by the Center.

b) Propose research lines to the Institute Council for inclusion in the Programs of activities.

c) Promote the scientific exchange of knowledge and people with other Universities, Research Centers and Institutions, national or foreign, as well as the collaboration with these in the development of research and training activities in the third cycle.

d) Promote the connection between the Center and social needs.

TITLE VII. ANNUAL MONITORING

Article 26. Annual report

1. During the first quarter of each year, the Institute will submit to the General Secretariat of the UCA a report of activities corresponding to the previous year, which will include the following aspects:

a) The members of the Institute on December 31 of the previous year, with specification of the removals and incorporations in said year.

b) The activities developed, the projects, contracts and agreements financed.

c) The publications, scientific works and patents made by its members.

d) The modifications made in its infrastructure and equipment.

e) An economic report that reflects the income and expenses of the previous year and the budget of the present.

TRANSITIONAL PROVISION

Exceptionally, and after its initial constitution, a first session of the Institute Council will be held, attended by all the doctors who have been part of the request for the creation of the Institute. Said session will be chaired by the Vice Chancellor of the UCA with powers in matters of research, or person delegated, and will have as sole item on the agenda the election of the Director of the Institute.

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