General and Institutional Affairs Department
Manager: Hector MAMIA
Deputy Director and Data Protection Officer (DPO): Laurent BOURGUE
Missions :
The General and Institutional Affairs Department advises the political team, supports internal structures and handles highly technical purchasing, legal and institutional matters. Within this framework, it contributes to legal security and guarantees institutional functioning, as well as the regularity and performance of purchasing.
Presentation of departments and their missions
Legal Affairs Department (Head of Department: Anne-Marie BORROS-SEDAT)
This department provides legal assistance and defends the institution's interests; it provides support to departments, services and components with regard to appeals. It also handles all the university's litigation cases, and organizes and monitors disciplinary commissions.
It comprises two offices:
Purchasing and Contracts Department (Head of Department: Laure VAILHÉ)
This department steers and implements the establishment's purchasing policy in line with purchasing performance objectives and in compliance with public procurement rules. It plans future contracts, and ensures that they are awarded and monitored in line with set deadlines. He/she advises, supports and ensures the development of the skills of those involved in the purchasing chain.
It includes :
Service de la vie institutionnelle (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 draws up the institution's statutes and internal regulations, as well as any changes to them. In line with the policy guidelines set by the management team, he is responsible for ensuring the UM's institutional coherence and smooth operation. He assists the institution's internal structures (central departments responsible for monitoring the CFVU and CR, shared services, teaching and research components) in drafting their statutes, organizing their elections and ensuring the smooth running of their institutional bodies. It deals with highly technical dossiers related to its area of activity, as well as those for which central management is the most efficient solution (general affairs: AEF subscriptions, AOT, car and civil liability insurance, CFC, housing concessions, donations and bequests and subsidies under €23,000).
It comprises two offices:
