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offered constructive criticism and commentary and complimented TU on focusing on an open partnership with society.
After the conference, work continued by focus fields on the plans for implementation of the Development Plan, which also created a framework for the development of a new academic structure. It was agreed that each new institute under creation should bear the main responsibility for developing one focus field. Therefore the final ver- sion of the Development Plan follows the idea that the implementa- tion plan would reflect the main objectives of activities of the new academic units. The Development Plan was discussed in the Senate on 15 December 2014 and adopted on 26 January 2015.
In 2014, organisation of the structure of academic units was one of the more important activities alongside the compilation of the Development Plan. In the spring, preparatory discussions took place in the domain councils, academic units and in development seminars for Heads where different possibilities of shaping the structure were discussed. The bases for re-organisation of the academic structure were adopted in the Senate session on 29 September 2014. The aim is to focus resources and activities into five interdisciplinary focus fields, integrating different research and study areas with potential for contributing to development for the formation of new academic units. Restructuring is coordinated by a steering committee that includes Vice-Rectors, the Director of Facilities and Finances and two representatives from each focus field. The committee is tasked with developing the concept of new academic units and will partici- pate in forming and initiating new academic units. The steering com- mittee consists of:
» Tiit Land, Rector (Chairman of committee);
» Priit Reiska, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs;
» Katrin Niglas, Vice-Rector for Research;
» Eve Eisenschmidt, Vice-Rector for Development;
» Peep Jonas, Director of Facilities and Finance;
» Kätlin Vanari, Quality Manager;
» Kristi Vinter, Director of the Institute of Educational Sciences,
representative of the focus field of educational innovation;
» Peeter Normak, Director of the Institute of Informatics, repre-
sentative of the focus field of educational innovation;
» Ruth Shimmo, Director of the Institute of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, representative of the focus field of healthy and
sustainable lifestyle;
» Mihkel Kangur, Director of the Institute of Ecology, representa-
tive of the focus field of healthy and sustainable lifestyle;
» Sirje Vaask, project manager of the field of health, representative
of the focus field of healthy and sustainable lifestyle;
» Katrin Saks, Director of Baltic Film and Media School, represent-
ative of the focus field of digital and media culture;
» Orest Kormašov, Director of the Institute of Fine Arts, represent-
ative of the focus field of digital and media culture;
» Tõnu Viik, Director of the Estonian Institute of Humanities,
representative of the focus field of cultural competences;
» Aigi Heero, Director of the Institute of Germanic and Romance
Languages and Cultures, representative of the focus field of cul-
tural competences;
» Anu Toots, Director of the Institute of Political Science and Gov-
ernance, representative of the focus field of open society and gov-
ernance;
» Airi-Alina Allaste, Director of the Institute of International and
Social Studies, representative of the focus field of open society and governance.
The discussion of the university development objectives and the aca- demic structure needed to support their achievement demonstrated that management and financial reforms were necessary. Hence, the Rector formed workgroups for revising the management system and financing principles. The workgroup of the TU Statute prepared amendments to the Statute, recognizing that the new Statute should provide autonomy of the university as a whole, guarantee sustaina- bility of the university and its academic units, increase cooperation among university members and contribute to management efficiency. In 2014, different university management models were studied and compilation of the Statute began. The assignment given to the financ- ing workgroup was to analyse the structure of the university income and costs and prepare proposals for the division of university income since 2016 (including activity support, RDC and other income where the university can decide how to use these funds).
5.2 FINANCIAL ACTIVITY
The 2014 university budget was 36.2 million euros, which is 20% more than the volume of the budget of the previous period. The increase was caused by a 7% growth of the budgets of other units (Conference Centre, Open University, Press, EPAM). From the total budget, the budget for the academic units accounted for 64.1% - the institutes 40%, the colleges 17% the Academic Library 4.9% and the academic sub-units 2.4%. In comparison to the previous year, the budget volume for the academic units in the total budget has somewhat decreased (in 2013, 66.8%). The proportion of the budget of administrative units has decreased by 3%.
Income from the provision of studies forms 60% of the income base (See Figure 10). Income from research and development
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