Third Mission/Social Impact Committee

The Committee, in addition to exercising the functions assigned to it by the law, the Statute and the University regulations, draws up and updates criteria and methods for monitoring the Third Mission/Social Impact activities carried out in the University and promotes the adoption of good practices that are consistent with the strategic objectives identified by the University, encouraging their sharing and extension to the entire teaching staff.

In order to guarantee the highest levels of quality of the Committee's work, the evaluation criteria, approved by the University bodies, are public and are inspired by international and national evaluation models for the Third Mission/Social Impact. These criteria must be consistent with the University's strategic plan, with the evaluation criteria adopted at national level by ANVUR and with the indicators adopted by the self-assessment, evaluation and accreditation (AVA) system. Furthermore, the operational application of the above-mentioned criteria and the methods for the evaluation exercise flow into a specific report which is sent to the Academic Senate and the Board of Directors. 

The Committee: 

• expresses mandatory, non-binding opinions on spin-offs and business creation, in compliance with the University's internal rules and regulations;
• expresses mandatory, non-binding opinions on industrial and intellectual property matters, in compliance with the University's internal rules and regulations;
• contributes to the definition of strategic choices regarding the development of the Third Mission/Social Impact of the University, to the identification of quality policies in the Third Mission/Social Impact and to their monitoring during the implementation;
• communicates to the Chancellor any situation that it believes should be brought to the Chancellor's attention;
• expresses its opinion whenever the University regulations provide for it, or the Chancellor and the academic bodies request it. The results of the monitoring activities carried out by the Committee may be used by the University bodies in order to orient any specific development strategies, to define the criteria for the incentive of lecturers and researchers, and to direct any activities aimed at training them on Third Mission/Social Impact issues.

The Committee interacts with the University Quality Assurance Unit and with the Evaluation Unit and schedules regular meetings with these bodies to update them on the activities carried out in their respective fields of interest.