UPWr Vice-Rector presides over the Senate of the EU GREEN consortium

The tenure of the EU GREEN Senate Chair lasts for one year. The competition for the position saw Prof. Anna Chełmońska-Soyta, Vice-Rector for International Relations at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, and Prof. Catherine Passirani-Malleret, Vice-Rector for International Relations at the University of Angers in France. In the election, both candidates had to showcase their scientific achievements and organizational expertise while addressing the question of their candidacy for the Senate Chair role. Additionally, they outlined their vision for the Senate's role within the EU GREEN consortium.

Explaining the Senate's future activities, Prof. Anna Chełmońska-Soyta, the elected Chair, introduced Prof. Giorgio Pelosi from the University of Parma as the Vice-Rector for EU GREEN and Paulina Zaweracz, the project manager of EU GREEN at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, as the Senate's secretary. The upcoming year's action plan, crucial for the Senate's effective functioning, involves establishing a secretariat equipped with a repository of essential documents.

Prof. Chełmońska-Soyta stressed the necessity of this "heart" of the Senate, determining internal communication tools and analytical instruments. Given the diverse cultural backgrounds and experiences of universities within the consortium, efficient communication becomes paramount. The Senate will play a pivotal role in validating documents and results from consortium activities, submitted for approval by the European Commission, shaping the EU GREEN project.

Enumerating Senate tasks, Prof. Chełmońska-Soyta highlighted the need to define the approval process for analyses and materials sent to rectors, voting procedures for documents, and the appointment of committees. Managing the Senate's members' tenure during election cycles poses a significant challenge, given the differing election schedules among member universities.

The EU GREEN Senate will not only approve strategic documents in line with its competencies and project schedule but also set criteria for committee member appointments, address their areas of focus, and establish principles for collaboration with students and associated partners. The Senate will undertake the interaction between scientific and educational strategy validation, scheduled for 2024.

Prof. Chełmońska-Soyta desires the Senate to initiate discussions on the consortium's involvement in advancing Sustainable Development Goals. Recognizing the challenges to meet Agenda 2030's deadline, she believes universities should contemplate their role in influencing the situation. Universities are invaluable for shaping future perspectives, instilling knowledge aligned with the latest findings, and fostering awareness of modern world challenges.

The EU GREEN Senate, faced with the challenge of discussing common study directions amid structural and systemic differences between universities, benefits from broad representation. The strategic decisions made by the Senate can be communicated to rectors and the academic community within each consortium member.

The forthcoming discussions, including a physical meeting of senators in May 2024 in Wrocław, will center around the tasks assigned to the newly elected EU GREEN Senate Chair.

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