Statute for the Institute of Public Administration and Management

L.N. 18 of 2014

EDUCATION ACT

Statute for the Institute of Public Administration and Management

(Amendment)

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by articles 74(5) and

75(6) of the Education Act (Cap. 327), the Chancellor of the University of Malta has

promulgated the following statute made by the Council of the University of Malta in

virtue of the powers conferred upon it by articles 72(h), 75(2) and 77(c) of the said

Act

Citation

This statute may be cited as the Statute for the Institute of Public Administration

and Management (Amendment) and shall be read and construed as one with the Statute

for the Institute of Public Administration and Management, published as Legal Notice

8 of 2013, hereinafter referred to as “the principal statute”.

Applicability

This statute shall be applicable from 30 September 2013 onwards.

Amendment to article 3 of the principal statute

For article 3 of the principal statute there shall be substituted the following

“3. The Institute of Public Administration and Management is established as

an institution between the University of Malta and the Government of Malta, and

having a strategic partnership with CDRT, in respect of the provision of tuition and

conducting of research.”

Addition of paragraphs (g), (h), (i), (j) and (k) to article 4 to the principal

statute

The following paragraphs (g), (h), (i), (j) and (k) shall be added after

paragraph (f) of article 4 of the principal statute

“(g) administer a resource centre which includes a public policy library;

(h) operate from CDRT and possibly other public administration venues, as

designated University of Malta sites, both regarding the conducting of courses of

study and research, in addition to the main campus of the University;

(i) facilitate University Library resources access to public administration

employees;

(j) assist CDRT to identify and prepare specialised short courses in specific

fields with respect to high-level functions within the public administration; and

(k) draw academia and government into mutually beneficial relationship that

contribute to good governance, and to improve the quality of policy formulation and

decision-making in the public administration.”

Amendment to article 5 of the principal statute

For article 5 of the principal statute there shall be substituted the following

“(i) Chairman: the Rector or his delegate (from July to December of each year);

and the Principal Permanent Secretary or his delegate (from January to

June of each year) – on a 6 month rotating basis;

(ii) Vice-Chairman: the Rector or his delegate (from January to June of each

year); and the Principal Permanent Secretary or his delegate (from July to

December of each year) – on a 6 month rotating basis;

(iii) the Director of the Institute;

(iv) a person appointed by the Council of the University in consultation

with the Principal Permanent Secretary;

(v) a person appointed by the Senate of the University;

(vi) members appointed ex officio, who shall be

(a) the Head of the Department of Public Policy; and

(b) the Directors responsible for training within the Centre for

Development, Research and Training within the public

administration;

(vii) a representative of the academic staff lecturing or conducting research

within the Institute;

(viii) a representative of the students registered with the Institute; and

(ix) one member nominated by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry responsible

for Finance.

The Registrar or his/her delegate shall act as Secretary to the Board.

Amendment and addition to article 7 of the principal statute

For sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of article 7 of the principal statute

there shall be substituted the following

“(iii) publish an annual report; that includes a statement of accounts, which is

to be made available to the public administration through CDRT;”

The following paragraphs (x) and (xi) shall be added after paragraph (ix) of

article 7 of the principal statute

“(x) provide free access and full rights of use with respect to any research

conducted by or through the Institute, including students’ dissertations and long

essays, to the public administration through CDRT; and

(xi) meet formally with a frequency of not less than quarterly basis.”

Amendment to paragraph (e) of article 10 of the principal statute

For paragraph (e) of article 10 of the principal statute there shall be substituted

the following

“(e) with the exception of the public administration through CDRT, shall not give

access to any information to any third party that is not associated with the University

of Malta, about any work or data that relates to tasks conducted at the University of

Malta without the prior approval of the University of Malta; all work carried out within

the Institute must be treated according to Maltese data protection legislation;”

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