INCAM Office in staff to the Director General - International Affairs

Mission

The Office coordinates activities related to internationalisation policies that cut across the University’s missions, in relation to their strategic importance. It also raises awareness among the various University components regarding the adoption of international standards, promoting the full integration of the international dimension into the University’s strategic and operational planning. The Office ensures the development of relationships and agreements with foreign universities, the management of partnerships and strategic networks, the development of international inter-university cooperation projects, international mobility programs, and the management of incoming and outgoing international mobility for students and staff.The Office supports the University Governance in designing new international projects/initiatives, including from a Science Diplomacy perspective, in coordination with other University Departments and Offices. Specifically, the Office: supervises and manages the activities necessary for implementing outgoing and incoming international mobility for students, faculty, and technical-administrative staff within the main EU, national, and University programmes; handles institutional international relations, with particular attention to the negotiation of international agreements, the international delegations welcome, and the management of participation in University Networks and Alliances; supports international cooperation efforts through the management of institutionally significant projects and by assisting other University Offices in preparing proposals; implements actions to attract international students, faculty, and staff, and to foster an inclusive, international, and globally recognizable University.

In staff

The Staff Unit provides cross-functional support to the Divisions and the STARQ Officer for the following activities.In the area of procurement and budget: planning, management, and monitoring of the Office's budget, with the support of various Divisions, including reference to the budget connected to Program and Project Management activities at the international level; accounting and administrative records under the Office's responsibility; coordination of financial reporting activities and support for auditing activities for funded initiatives; planning and management of the procurement needs for goods and Divisions; management of procurement procedures in collaboration with the relevant Divisions and the AGACON Office; monitoring of payment processing operations related to purchases.In the administrative and institutional domain the Staff Unit is in charge of: management of aspects related to the international delegation welcome; management of general secretarial services and documentation activities; management of logistics and safety needs; coordination of personnel management within the Office; management of the digital protocol system; organizational support to the Office in the review process of practices to be submitted to Collegial Bodies; coordination of the Cluster Network and support to the Domain Expert in Networks.

Internal organisation