General and Institutional Affairs Department

Director: Hector MAMIA

Deputy Director and Data Protection Officer (DPO): Laurent BOURGUE

Responsibilities:

The General and Institutional Affairs Department advises the political team, supports internal structures, and handles highly technical issues relating to procurement, legal affairs, and institutional matters. In this context, it contributes to legal security and ensures the smooth running of institutional operations as well as the regularity and performance of procurement.

Presentation of services and their missions

Legal Affairs Department (Head of Department: Anne-Marie BORROS-SEDAT)

This department provides legal assistance and defends the interests of the institution; it supports departments, services, and units in the context of administrative appeals. It also handles all of the university's litigation and organizes and monitors disciplinary committees.
It consists of two offices:

  • Conventions and Delegations Office: email
  • Office of Litigation and Disciplinary Affairs: email

Procurement and Contracts Department (Head of Department: Laure VAILHÉ)

This department oversees and implements the institution's purchasing policy in accordance with purchasing performance objectives and in compliance with applicable public procurement rules. It plans future contracts and ensures their award and follow-up in accordance with the deadlines set. It advises, supports, and ensures the development of skills among those involved in the purchasing chain.

It includes:

Institutional Life Department (Head of Department: Kévin GILLET)

This department organizes and oversees the election, installation, and operation of the UM's Central Councils (Board of Directors, Academic Council, Social Administration Committee). It drafts the institution's statutes and internal regulations, as well as any amendments thereto. In accordance with the policy guidelines set by the Management team, it ensures the consistency and smooth running of the UM as an institution. It supports the institution's internal structures (central departments responsible for monitoring the CFVU and CR, shared services, teaching and research departments) in drafting their statutes, organizing their elections, and running their institutional bodies. He or she handles highly technical matters related to his or her field of activity, as well as those for which central management is more efficient (general affairs: AEF and AOT subscriptions, car and civil liability insurance, CFC, housing concessions, donations and bequests, and grants of less than €23,000).

It consists of two offices:

  • Central Council Steering Office: Board of Directors: email; Academic Council: email; Social Administration Committee: email.
  • Office of General, Electoral, and Statutory Affairs: email for general affairs; email for elections and statutes.

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