In the field -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The viewpoint of Lionel Montagne, Director of the Catalysis and Solid State Chemistry Unit (UCCS) - University of Lille 1 ‘UCCS was a pilot unit in 2010, so I took part in the Moreover, this formal negotiation process is an incentive for administrative dialog on two occasions, and found it submitting requirements ahead of time. This encourages convincing. I must admit that before then, I only had a vague the unit’s team managers and facilitates more constructive idea of my unit’s consolidated budget. UCCS depends on discussions during the meetings. When projects are clearly five supervisory authorities* that use different management presented and argued, supervisory authorities are more methods and tools. Under these circumstances, it was difficult amenable to finding a solution— for example, the dialog for me to know exactly where we stood during the course of prompted the University of Lille 1 to create an engineering the year. The administrative dialog gives me an overall view position. This initiative testifies to the parties’ commitment.’ of my resources so I can manage them far more accurately. By gathering all partners, it provides us all with a global view * CNRS, University of Lille 1 Sciences and Technologies, University of the unit’s resources. The supervisory authorities also got of Artois, École centrale de Lille, École nationale supérieure de chimie involved: both the President and Vice-President for Research de Lille. at the University of Lille 1 participated in the meetings. is some initial feedback from the field. ‘We must start the process Simplifying unit management early on to make sure that all partners are available,’ notes Annie Lechevallier-Germain. ‘In April 2011, I invited all the parties involved Global management delegation consists in entrusting a single ad- to reserve the dates of the administrative dialogs planned between ministrator with the control of a laboratory’s funding, whatever its October and December. It required a lot of forward planning, but the source. ‘The purpose is to simplify the management of research result was well worth the effort.’ Thibaut Sartre acknowledges the commitment of CNRS partners: ‘They sent top-level representatives to the meetings, which shows their involvement in a procedure providing them with an overview that was hitherto unavailable due to a lack of common tools.’ Besides the advantages for all CNRS governance centers, the administrative dialog also strengthens relations between CNRS and the uni- versities. Aerial view of the Cronenbourg campus in Strasbourg, which will host the new shared services center. Strasbourg hosts the first shared services center ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For several years, CNRS has been helping its partner universities services within a shared services center. The concept was first tested implement a structured site policy based on the joint scientific governance in Strasbourg. Management functions, which could be pooled to benefit of research units. The shared service center concept is part of this several laboratories—while located in the vicinity—were grouped within strategy. More than a mere juxtaposition of services and resources, it ‘local management centers’. The Cronenbourg facility has been operational provides an integrated approach that may range from grouping abilities since 2011, and others will open in 2012. Starting in October 2012, in a formal offer of services to proposing a shared organizational model other management and governance functions will be pooled within a pooling management resources and personnel in a single location, ‘joint administrative department’ grouping staff from both CNRS and the depending on the local context. Launched in early 2010, the project University of Strasbourg. A second center to be shared by CNRS and the led to the drafting, in December 2011, of guidelines and advice for University of Aix-Marseille is being considered. organizations and laboratories to set up one or more shared management 58 A year at CNRS 2011
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