Participatory planning process
UniTo has adopted an innovative approach to the strategic planning process, fostering dialogue and discussion with the academic community.
The new UniTo Strategic Plan has been developed by ilistening to the needs of stakeholdersi and will be a guide for the university’s future policies.
The proposals and suggestions of the various UniTo components have been crucial in identifying concrete strategies to allow the university grow harmoniously, whilst maintaining its identity.
In May 2020 the Rector and a technical team began work on the new Strategic Plan. Once the structure and the scopes of reference for the new Plan had been identified, periodic meetings were held between the Rector and the main institutional stakeholders.
They gathered suggestions and shared ideas to establish priorities, goals, actions, resources and indicators. This discussion continued from July to December 2020. The Vice-rectors and the Rector's delegates played a crucial role in identifying the strategic goals, actions and indicators of the new 2021-2026 Plan.
The constant involvement of the Governing body, the Academic Senate and the Board of Directors, who were updated on a monthly basis by sharing and discussing the progress of the work with their respective committees, was also very fruitful. The contributions made by the Assessment Commettee, the Quality Commettee and the Guarantee Committee were also very important.
Political sensitivity was flanked by the technical expertise offered by the General Director and by the Director of the Administrative Areas who, in the course of dedicated meetings, offered the management point of view for the strategy being defined.
Before approval, the Rector insisted on involving the Student Council, which coordinates student representatives, and disseminates information on the activities of the Governing body, as well as the staff trade union delegation.
The new UniTo Strategic Plan for the period 2021-2026 was therefore approved by the Board of Directors, on the advice of the Academic Senate, with resolution no. 13/2020/III/1 of 18 December 2020.
In 2023, with reference to the periodic review process, the strategic Plan 2021-2026 has been revised, considering the indicators values, the activities implementation level, the current context and the new priorities. The structure of the Plan, goals and actions, was confirmed. The review concerned the indicators set: some new indicators have been introduced and no longer current ones have been removed. The review of UniTo Strategic Plan 2021-2026 was approved by the Board of Directors with resolution no 7/2023/V/1 of 23th June 2023, on the advice of the Academic Senate no 11/2023/III/1 of 20th June 2023.
