Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 45.62
Liaison Alvaro Pena
Submission Date Oct. 10, 2024

STARS v2.2

Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.38 / 3.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Part 1. Shared governance bodies

Does the institution have formal participatory or shared governance bodies through which the following stakeholders can regularly participate in the governance of the institution?:
Yes or No
Students No
Academic staff No
Non-academic staff No

A brief description of the institution’s formal participatory or shared governance bodies:

  1. The Comité Operativo Administrativo (COA) is composed of the directors of the Regional Technological Institutes, the Director of Corporate Services, the Director of Management and Operations, and the Director of the Center for People Development.

  2. The Consejo General Académico e Innovación (CGA) includes the academic department directors, the Directorate of Education, the Center for People Development, and the Directorate of Research and Development.

  3. Strategic Committee, which includes representatives from all directorates, as well as the communication and audit units. This committee plays a vital role in the strategic planning and implementation of institutional objectives, ensuring alignment with UTEC's mission and vision.  
  4. Comisión General de Diversidades, which focuses on diversity-related matters.
  5. Mesas de Transformación Digital, which guide and support digital transformation processes within the institution. 

Part 2. Campus stakeholder representation in governance

Total number of individuals on the institution’s highest governing body:
3

Number of students representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
0

Number of academic staff representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
0

Number of non-academic staff representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
0

Part 3. Gender equity in governance

Number of women serving as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:
1

Percentage of official members of the highest governing body that are women:
33.33

Website URL where information about the institution’s highest governing body may be found:
https://utec.edu.uy/es/sobre-utec/

Part 4. Community engagement bodies

Does the institution host or support one or more formal bodies through which external stakeholders have a regular voice in institutional decisions that affect them?:
No

A brief description of the campus-community council or equivalent body that gives external stakeholders a regular voice in institutional decisions that affect them:
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Optional Fields 

Number of people from underrepresented groups serving as official members of the institution’s highest governing body.:
0

Website URL where information about the institution’s governance structure is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Currently, the institution operates under a Provisional Central Board of Directors, consisting of three individuals appointed by the Executive Power of Uruguay, with approval from the Legislative Power.


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