Decisions of the University Senate of November 22, 2018

1. Decision regarding the approval of the composition of the vote counting commission, as follows:
  • President:
    • Assoc. Prof. Cristian Dan Lesenciuc, PhD
  • Members:
    • Lect. Renato – Gabriel Petrea, PhD
    • Student Constantin Claudiu Micu
    • Student Nicolae Hilohi

2. Decision regarding the validation of the election of student Costel Marian Dalban as student representative in the Executive Bureau of the Board of Administration of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași.

3. Decision regarding the endorsement of modifying the composition of the Ethics Commission of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, by replacing Mr. Marian Ionuţ Hariuc and Mr. Cătălin Dumitru Rotaru, who completed their studies, with student Silvian – Emanuel Man as titular member and student Izabela Raluca Munteanu as substitute member. The new composition of the Ethics Commission of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași is as follows:
  • President:
    • Assoc. Prof. Ovidiu Gavrilovici, PhD, Habil.
  • Members:
    • Prof. Liliana Foșalău, PhD, Member
    • Assoc. Prof. Ionela Corina Chersan, PhD, Member
    • Assoc. Prof. Dan Gheorghe Dimitriu, PhD, Member
    • Lect. Daniel Atasiei, PhD, Member
    • Lect. Rev. Paul Cezar Hârlăoanu, PhD, Member
    • Ioana Păștinaru, Member
    • Student Silvian – Emanuel Man, Member
    • Prof. Carmen Cozma, PhD, Substitute member
    • Liliana Graţiela Tienhoven, Substitute member
    • Student Izabela Raluca Munteanu, Substitute member

4. Decision regarding the validation of the election of the following students as student representatives in the Quality Management Commission of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași:
  • Izabela Raluca Munteanu – titular member;
  • Claudiu Dulgheru – substitute member.

5. Decision regarding the validation of the election of the following students as student representatives in the Administrative Council for Social and Student Problems:
  • Student Adina Breabăn – member;
  • Claudiu Dulgheru – member.

6. Decision regarding the validation of the election of student Alexandra – Claudia Chirica, 2nd year of bachelor’s university studies, as student representative in the Council of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, starting with the 2018–2019 academic year.

7. Decision regarding the validation of the election as student representatives in the Council of the Faculty of Geography and Geology, starting with the 2018–2019 academic year, of the following students:
  • Dumitru Daniel Badea – representative of master’s university students;
  • Bogdan – Marian Bucur – representative of students from the Geological Engineering Domain;
  • Nicolae – Alexandru Cîrstea – representative of students from the Geology Domain.

8. Decision regarding the validation of the election as student representatives in the Council of the Faculty of Mathematics, starting with the 2018–2019 academic year, of the following students:
  • Alexandru Căliman – representative of the bachelor’s university study cycle;
  • Crina – Otilia Purice – representative of the bachelor’s university study cycle;
  • Alexandra – Maria Chiper – representative of the master’s university study cycle.

9. Decision regarding the validation of the election of student Andreea – Veronica Bratu, 1st year of bachelor’s university studies, as student representative in the Council of the Faculty of Biology, starting with the 2018–2019 academic year.

10. Decision regarding the validation of the election as student representatives in the Council of the Faculty of Physics, starting with the 2018–2019 academic year, of the following students:
  • Cosmin Glovnea, 1st year, master’s university studies – member;
  • Raluca Igescu – 1st year, bachelor’s university studies – substitute member.

11. Decision regarding the validation of the election of student Valentin – Bogdan Roşca, 1st year of master’s university studies, as student representative of master’s university studies in the Council of the Faculty of Computer Science, starting with the 2018–2019 academic year.

12. Decision regarding the validation of the election as student representatives in the Council of the Faculty of Chemistry, starting with the 2018–2019 academic year, of the following students:
  • Roxana – Elena Ciorteanu – representative of the bachelor’s university study cycle;
  • Georgiana Negru – representative of the doctoral university study cycle.

13. Decision regarding the validation of the election as student representatives in the Council of the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, starting with the 2018–2019 academic year, of the following students:
  • Octavian Candel, doctoral university studies;
  • Laura Catana, master’s university studies;
  • Mihaela Plugariu, bachelor’s university studies, Education Sciences domain;
  • Gabriel Zarojanu, bachelor’s university studies, Psychology domain.

14. Decision regarding the validation of the election as student representatives in the Council of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, starting with the 2018–2019 academic year, of the following students:
  • Adrian Ciobanu – 1st year, bachelor’s university studies;
  • Ştefan Cristinel Cotoman – 1st year, master’s university studies;
  • Andra – Maria Dimitriu – 1st year, bachelor’s university studies;
  • Benianmin Vlăduţ Faraonel – 3rd year, bachelor’s university studies;
  • Iulia Simona Neculai – 1st year, master’s university studies.

15. Decision regarding the approval of the nominal composition of the permanent specialized commissions of the University Senate, according to the annex.

16. Decision regarding the approval of the Operational Plan for Institutional Development for the year 2019, as well as the Operational Plans of the Vice-Rectorates of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași for the year 2019.
  • Operational Plan of the Vice-Rectorate for Bachelor’s Programs and Training Activities for Pre-University Education Teaching Staff;
  • Operational Plan of the Vice-Rectorate for Master’s Programs and Doctoral Studies;
  • Operational Plan of the Vice-Rectorate for Student Activities and Partnerships with the Economic Environment and the Public Sector;
  • Operational Plan of the Vice-Rectorate for International Relations and Study and Research Partnerships;
  • Operational Plan of the Vice-Rectorate for Strategy, Institutional Development, and Quality Management;
  • Operational Plan of the Vice-Rectorate for Scientific Research Programs and Knowledge Transfer;
  • Human Resources Operational Plan.

17. Decision regarding the approval of the Operational Plan of the Faculty of Chemistry for the year 2019.

18. Decision regarding the approval of the Operational Plan of the Faculty of Law for the year 2019.

19. Decision regarding the approval of the Operational Plan of the Faculty of Physics for the year 2019.

20. Decision regarding the approval of the Operational Plan of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration for the year 2019.

21. Decision regarding the approval of the Operational Plan of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports for the year 2019.

22. Decision regarding the approval of the Operational Plan of the Faculty of Biology for the year 2019.

23. Decision regarding the approval of the Operational Plan of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences for the year 2019.

24. Decision regarding the approval of the Operational Plan of the Faculty of Geography and Geology for the year 2019.

25. Decision regarding the approval of the Operational Plan of the Faculty of Computer Science for the year 2019.

26. Decision regarding the approval of the Operational Plan of the Faculty of Letters for the year 2019.

27. Decision regarding the approval of the Operational Plan of the Faculty of Mathematics for the year 2019.

28. Decision regarding the approval of the Operational Plan of the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences for the year 2019.

29. Decision regarding the approval of the Operational Plan of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology for the year 2019.

30. Decision regarding the approval of the Operational Plan of the Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology for the year 2019.

31. Decision regarding the approval of the Tutoring Activity Regulation.

32. Decision regarding the approval of verifying compliance with procedures established by the specific methodology and approval of the synthesis report on the competition for filling the temporary Scientific Researcher I position, put up for competition within the research project entitled Ethnoarchaeology of salt in the intracarpathian space of Romania, acronym EthnosalRo, project code PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2016-0759. Appointment to the position shall be made effective January 1, 2019.

33. Decision regarding the approval of establishing the continuous training and development postgraduate program entitled Information Systems Security Analyst (Security analyst), starting with the 2018–2019 academic year.

34. Decision regarding the approval of the result of the competition organized for filling the positions of director of structures: Stations / Museums / Botanical Garden within the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași. Appointment to the position shall be made starting December 1, 2018, and until the end of the mandate of the current executive management of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași. Candidates declared admitted to the positions of director of structures: Stations / Museums / Botanical Garden, shall conclude a Management Contract with the executive management of the University specifying at least: the duration of the mandate, activity evaluation criteria and periods, etc.

35. Decision regarding the approval of the Competition methodology for filling research positions at the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, as well as the nominal composition of the evaluation commissions for competition files within the Institute of Interdisciplinary Research – Science Department, Socio-Human Sciences Department, and CERNESIM.

36. Decision regarding the approval of amending articles 13, 14, 17, and 25 of the Competition methodology for filling temporary academic positions at the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, as follows:
Art. 13.
(1) Within each faculty, its management proposes to the Faculty Council the composition of an evaluation commission.
(2) The evaluation commission shall be established by decision of the Faculty Council and shall be formed of 3 titular members and 2 substitutes, functioning continuously for successive competition procedures.
(3) During the enrollment period for position competitions, the evaluation commission grants for each file a resolution (Annex 5) regarding the fulfillment of University domain standards, considering the self-evaluation sheet and the sheet regarding minimal domain standards of the University, submitted by the candidate in the competition file.
(4) The evaluation commission has the responsibility to verify, for each candidate enrolled in the competition, the fulfillment of standards provided in Annex 2a, respectively whether they hold a doctoral title in the specific domain of the position or in related domains within interdisciplinary positions, whether scientific contributions are in accordance with the job description and the scientific domain for which they are running. Only published publications shall be considered, meaning those having volume, number, pages, and/or a digital object identifier (DOI), according to international standards, and in the case of books, those published (physically or electronically), in final form.
(5) The fulfillment of legality conditions regarding the competition is certified through the endorsement of the Legal Bureau of the University, based on verifying the documents in the file and the consultative endorsement of the commission provided in paragraph 2.
(6) The endorsement is communicated to the candidate, according to the Legality endorsement communication form (Annex 6), within a maximum of 48 hours from its issuance, but not less than 5 working days before the conduct of the first test of the competition. Through the same form, the candidate is invited to support the competition tests.

Art. 14.
(1) The competition commission evaluates the candidate from the perspective of the following aspects:
  1. a) relevance and impact of the candidate’s scientific results;
  2. b) the candidate’s capacity to guide students or young researchers;
  3. c) the candidate’s teaching competencies;
  4. d) the candidate’s capacity to transfer their knowledge and results to the economic or social environment or to popularize their own scientific results;
  5. e) the candidate’s capacity to work in a team and the efficiency of their scientific collaborations, depending on the specifics of the candidate’s domain;
  6. f) the candidate’s capacity to lead research-development projects;
  7. g) the candidate’s professional experience in institutions other than the organizing institution of the competition.

Art. 17.
(1) The competition commission is formed of 5 persons (a president and 4 members), specialists in the domain of the position or in closely related domains.
(11) Persons cannot be involved in the competition procedure who:
  1. a) are spouses, relatives by alliance, and relatives up to the third degree inclusive with one or more candidates;
  2. b) are employed in the same institution with a candidate holding a management function and are hierarchically subordinate to the candidate;
(2) Commission members shall give a declaration on their own responsibility containing the elements specified in Annex 6.
(3) If, for objective reasons, a commission member cannot participate in the competition, they are replaced by the substitute member, appointed following the same procedure.
(4) Decisions of the competition commission are adopted through secret vote of the members and are valid if they gather at least 3 votes.
(5) Competition commission members originate from inside the University or from other academic institutions.
(6) Competition commission members must hold a teaching title at least equal to that of the position put up for competition, be in teaching or research activity at the moment of conducting the competition, and meet minimal conditions, according to art. 2, para. (1).
(7) If the competition is organized for filling a research position in the team of an ongoing research project, the project director is exempted from the provisions of para. (6).
(8) The president of the competition commission can be:
  1. a) the dean or a vice-dean of the faculty or the director of the interdisciplinary department;
  2. b) the head of the department, of the doctoral school, or the director of the research project for which the competition is organized;
  3. c) a member of the department council or the faculty council, delegated through its vote;
  4. d) a member of the board of administration.

Art. 25.
(1) In a situation where a candidate holds elements demonstrating non-compliance with legal procedures, they can formulate a contestation, within 3 working days from communicating the result. The contestation, formulated in writing, is submitted at the University registry and is resolved by a commission, specially designated for this purpose, by the University Senate.
(2) The University Senate designates a permanent commission for resolving contestations regarding non-compliance with competition procedures. The commission is formed of a president and 4 members, one of the members being obligatorily tenured within the Faculty of Law.
(21) For the purpose of establishing the composition of contestations resolution commissions, the same procedure is followed as when establishing the composition of the competition commission. Competition commission members cannot be part of the contestations resolution commission. Following approval by the university senate, the contestations resolution commission is appointed through decision of the rector.
(3) Contestations can exclusively target non-compliance with legal procedures.
(4) Contestations are resolved in a maximum of 2 working days, and the result is communicated to the petitioner within 48 hours.
(5) The final result is published on the University’s web page within two working days from resolving the contestations.

37. Decision regarding the approval of amending articles 14, 15, 18, and 24 of the Competition methodology for filling permanent academic positions at the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, as follows:
Art. 14.
(1) Within each faculty, its management proposes to the Faculty Council the composition of an evaluation commission.
(2) The evaluation commission shall be established by decision of the Faculty Council and shall be formed of 3 titular members and 2 substitutes, functioning continuously for successive competition procedures.
(3) During the enrollment period for position competitions, the evaluation commission grants for each file a resolution (Annex 5) regarding the fulfillment of University domain standards, considering the self-evaluation sheet and the sheet regarding minimal domain standards of the University, submitted by the candidate in the competition file.
(4) The evaluation commission has the responsibility to verify, for each candidate enrolled in the competition, the fulfillment of standards provided in Annex 2a, respectively whether they hold a doctoral title in the specific domain of the position or in related domains within interdisciplinary positions, whether scientific contributions are in accordance with the job description and the scientific domain for which they are running. Only published publications shall be considered, meaning those having volume, number, pages, and/or a digital object identifier (DOI), according to international standards, and in the case of books, those published (physically or electronically), in final form.
(5) The fulfillment of legality conditions regarding the competition is certified through the endorsement of the Legal Bureau of the University, based on verifying the documents in the file and the consultative endorsement of the commission provided in paragraph 2.
(6) The endorsement is communicated to the candidate, according to the Legality endorsement communication form (Annex 6), within a maximum of 48 hours from its issuance, but not less than 5 working days before the conduct of the first test of the competition. Through the same form, the candidate is invited to support the competition tests.

Art. 15.
(1) The competition commission evaluates the candidate from the perspective of the following aspects:
  1. a) relevance and impact of the candidate’s scientific results;
  2. b) the candidate’s capacity to guide students or young researchers;
  3. c) the candidate’s teaching competencies;
  4. d) the candidate’s capacity to transfer their knowledge and results to the economic or social environment or to popularize their own scientific results;
  5. e) the candidate’s capacity to work in a team and the efficiency of their scientific collaborations, depending on the specifics of the candidate’s domain;
  6. f) the candidate’s capacity to lead research-development projects;
  7. g) the candidate’s professional experience in institutions other than the organizing institution of the competition.

Art. 18.
(1) The competition commission is formed of 5 persons (a president and 4 members), specialists in the domain of the position or in closely related domains.
(11) Persons cannot be involved in the competition procedure who:
  1. a) are spouses, relatives by alliance, and relatives up to the third degree inclusive with one or more candidates;
  2. b) are employed in the same institution with a candidate holding a management function and are hierarchically subordinate to the candidate;
(2) Commission members shall give a declaration on their own responsibility containing the elements specified in Annex 6.
(3) If, for objective reasons, a commission member cannot participate in the competition, they are replaced by the substitute member, appointed following the same procedure.
(4) Decisions of the competition commission are adopted through secret vote of the members and are valid if they gather at least 3 votes.
(5) Competition commission members originate from inside the University or from other academic institutions.
(6) Competition commission members must hold a teaching title at least equal to that of the position put up for competition, be in teaching or research activity at the moment of conducting the competition, and meet minimal conditions, according to art. 2, para. (1).
(7) If the competition is organized for filling a research position in the team of an ongoing research project, the project director is exempted from the provisions of para. (6).
(8) The president of the competition commission can be:
  1. a) the dean or a vice-dean of the faculty or the director of the interdisciplinary department;
  2. b) the head of the department, of the doctoral school, or the director of the research project for which the competition is organized;
  3. c) a member of the department council or the faculty council, delegated through its vote;
  4. d) a member of the board of administration.

Art. 24.
(1) In a situation where a candidate holds elements demonstrating non-compliance with legal procedures, they can formulate a contestation, within 3 working days from communicating the result. The contestation, formulated in writing, is submitted at the University registry and is resolved by a commission, specially designated for this purpose, by the University Senate.
(2) The University Senate designates a permanent commission for resolving contestations regarding non-compliance with competition procedures. The commission is formed of a president and 4 members, one of the members being obligatorily tenured within the Faculty of Law.
(21) For the purpose of establishing the composition of contestations resolution commissions, the same procedure is followed as when establishing the composition of the competition commission. Competition commission members cannot be part of the contestations resolution commission. Following approval by the university senate, the contestations resolution commission is appointed through decision of the rector.
(3) Contestations can exclusively target non-compliance with legal procedures.
(4) Contestations are resolved in a maximum of 2 working days, and the result is communicated to the petitioner within 48 hours.
(5) The final result is published on the University’s web page within two working days from resolving the contestations.

38. Decision regarding the approval of amending the Internal Regulation regarding personnel rights and obligations by introducing point 24 at article 34, as follows:
Art. 34
  1. The employee shall precisely observe the obligations incumbent upon them regarding the recording, storage, utilization, and processing of information, data, and confidential documents to which they have access and which they process. This obligation shall be maintained even after the cessation of activities implying access to this type of information, data, respectively documents. Also, the employee is aware that this commitment does not apply in case the transmission of information is carried out as a consequence of a legal obligation.

39. Decision regarding the approval of replacing Prof. Eugen Hăvârneanu, PhD, Emeritus, from the Laudatio Drafting Commission for awarding the title of Doctor Honoris Causa to Prof. Ricardo Garcia Mira, PhD, from the University of Coruña, Spain, with Prof. Ion Dafinoiu, PhD, Emeritus. The new composition of the Laudatio Drafting Commission is as follows:
President: Prof. Ionel Mangalagiu, PhD, Vice-Rector of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași;
Members: Prof. Ion Dafinoiu, PhD, Emeritus, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași;
Prof. Daniel David, PhD, “Babeș-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca;
Prof. Dragoş Iliescu, PhD, University of Bucharest;
Assoc. Prof. Ştefan Boncu, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași.

40. Decision regarding the approval of the participation fee for the two-week modules of the Jassy Summer School, 2019 edition, amounting to 300 euros. The participation fee includes the following:
  • general organization costs: academic program, course materials, banners, roll-ups;
  • campus accommodation, breakfast, and lunch at Gaudeamus and Titu Maiorescu Canteen;
  • common social events (visits and museum entries in Iași).
Participants shall have the option additionally, at the actual value of costs, for excursions outside Iași.

41. Decision regarding the approval of the following provisions regarding indirect expenses (overheads) (I.E.) established according to B.E.C.A Resolution no. C5 of February 13, 2014, for research projects:
a) For all types of research projects/contracts (national, international, with third parties), a percentage of 25% of the value of indirect expenses (I.E.) established in the financing contract/post-calculation estimate shall be made available to project directors.
b) The resulting amounts shall constitute the Special Research Support Fund (FSSC).
c) The project director shall be able to utilize the amounts available in FSSC, with the endorsement of the resort vice-rector and the approval of the Executive Board of the Board of Administration of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași.
d) The provisions of this decision enter into force starting with the year 2019.

42. Decision regarding the approval of the periodic evaluation of the following bachelor’s university study programs within the Faculty of Letters, during the 2018–2019 academic year:
  • A modern language and literature (English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish) – Romanian language and literature;
  • A modern language and literature A (English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish) – A modern language and literature B (English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish);

43. Decision regarding the approval of utilizing the open source platform Moodle (Modular Object – Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) for conducting teaching activities pertaining to study programs organized in distance learning or part-time learning forms within the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași.

44. Decision regarding the granting of the right to conduct teaching activities at the “Ion Creangă” Gymnasium School of Iași to Lect. Csilla Iuliana Băra, PhD, from the Faculty of Biology.

45. Decision regarding the granting of the right to conduct teaching activities at the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iași in the first semester of the 2018–2019 academic year to Prof. Carmen Cozma, PhD, from the Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences.

46. Decision regarding the approval of supporting the graduation examination by Oana – Maria Mitocaru, graduate of the Faculty of Law, Law specialization, 2015 promotion, at the “Ștefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences, in the July 2019 session.

47. Decision regarding the validation of the election of the following teaching staff as members in the Council of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration:
  • Prof. Octavian Dospinescu, PhD, Department of Accounting, Economic Informatics and Statistics;
  • Prof. Andreea-Ioana Iacobuţă-Mihăiţă, PhD, Department of Economics and International Relations.

48. Decision regarding the validation of the election of the following teaching staff as members in the Council of the Department of Computer Science within the Faculty of Computer Science:
  • Prof. Florentin Olariu, PhD;
  • Assoc. Prof. Corina Forăscu, PhD.

49. Decision regarding the validation of the election of Lect. Cosmin Nicolae Vârlan, PhD, as member in the Council of the Faculty of Computer Science.

50. Decision regarding the approval of transmitting a response regarding the memoirs registered under no. 19544 of November 1, 2018, and no. 19171 of October 26, 2018, filed by the Reset Iași Civic Group, respectively by Mr. Vlad Gheorghe, as well as the 95 requests addressed to the Senate electronically.

51. Decision regarding the approval of the following documents of the Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology:
  • Regulation on the organization and functioning of the Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology;
  • Framework regulation on the organization and functioning of the Council of the Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology;
  • Organizational chart of the Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology.