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Elected members and election process


 

Elected members 2022 - 2024

Elections to the Staff Committee were held at the beginning of December 2024.

Of the 12 seats to be filled (4 per body), only 6 were filled, including all those of the PAT. This is due to the limited number of valid candidates received (two for the intermediate corps, none for the teaching corps), for the four representatives per corps provided for in Directive 1.27 - article 3, the teaching staff and the intermediate staff may not each delegate more than one member of the same faculty.

The members of the Board elected in January 2025 are:

  • Ms Marcelina Klaus Gaillard (PAT), President
  • Mr Luca Da Pare (PAT), Vice-Chairman
  • Mr Robin Augsburger (Middle Body)
  • 4ᵉ member to be re-elected

Faculty

Intermediate body

Elena Simonato

Elena Simonato

  • Master of teaching and research
    Section of Slavic and South Asian Languages and Civilisations

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Robin Augsburger

Robin Augsburger

  • Assistant diplômé - Ci - FGSE

I'm a PhD student in environmental studies. I work on issues of power, justice and democracy in relation to the energy transition. Before that, I studied at the University of Neuchâtel, where I achieved a bachelor's degree in biology and ethnology and a master's degree in social sciences, intermingled with a year of civil service.
 
I was involved in several student associations, and sat on various councils and commissions (Institute Council, Faculty Council, Nominations Surveillance Committee, Quality Commission, Sustainability Commission, etc.). I have also been and I am still active in associations and collectives outside of university, in the fields of migration, environment, culture, and accessibility of education - in university, school or apprenticeship.
 
I have always strived to defend good study conditions for students, without forgetting the interests of other bodies, in particular intermediary staff and technical and administrative staff. I have often been able to help forge solutions to problems encountered and/or build compromises, without abandoning my values of inclusiveness and social justice.
 
I would now like to represent and defend the intermediary body, which includes many people with different and often quite precarious statuses, and, beyond that, to put my experience and dedication at the service of Unil employees. It's important that we commit to ensure good working conditions at our university, and I'm determined to do my share.

Administrative and technical staff

Valérie Savoy

Valérie Savoy

  • Executive secretary
    Faculty of Social and Political Sciences

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Marcelina Klaus Gaillard

Marcelina Klaus Gaillard

  • Coordinator at the Welcome Centre
    International Relations Department

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Luca Da Pare

Luca Da Pare

  • Responsable informatique, numérisation, processus et communication
    Service des immatriculations et inscriptions

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Kevin Gross

Kevin Gross

  • Lab Manager
    FBM

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Composition of the CoPers

The Commission is made up of 12 elected members, i.e. 4 representatives for each staff category at UNIL:

  • Faculty: 4 representatives
  • Intermediate staff: 4 representatives
  • Administrative and technical staff: 4 representatives

In order to ensure that the diversity of the Faculties and Services is represented, the teaching staff and the intermediate staff may not each delegate more than one member from the same Faculty.

Administrative and technical staff are represented by two members from Faculties that do not belong to the same Faculty and two members from Central Services that do not belong to the same Service.

Directives, laws and regulations

Participating in the CoPers enables you to represent your professional body in a spirit of dialogue with the management of UNIL, providing governance with valuable human resources information and suggesting possible improvements to the organisation and working relationships at UNIL. It is also an opportunity to support staff on certain occasions with their hierarchy in the event of problematic professional situations.

Contributing to the activities of the CoPers is an opportunity to broaden your internal network, to learn more about the mechanisms and issues at UNIL and to develop your understanding of the professional reality of your colleagues at UNIL;UNIL and to develop its understanding of the professional reality of colleagues from other bodies, faculties and departments. CoPers members are also represented on the following Directorate advisory committees: food, health and sustainability. Added to this is participation in Inter-CoPers, which brings together all the staff committees of the Etat de Vaud.

The CoPers sets its own timetable. It meets on average 3 to 5 times a year. It also meets with management twice a year. It should be noted that the time devoted to CoPers meetings and tasks is counted as working time.

Any member of staff (with the exception of members of the Executive Board, Deans and Vice-Deans, Directors of Sections, Departments or Institutes and Heads of Service) may stand for election to the CoPers provided that they have been working in UNIL's Faculties, Centres and Services for more than 6 months and have at least a 50% contract, the terms of which guarantee that they will be able to remain a member of the committee for at least one year.

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