Department (ÖH)
A department is an organizational unit for the fulfillment of a certain area of responsibility within the Austrian student body or a student body at a university. Reports are set up via the statutes of the respective corporation , so the number and areas of responsibility vary. However, due to legal obligations, every student body has at least departments for educational policy , social policy and economic affairs .
construction
A presentation is led by a speaker. As a rule, these are elected by a simple majority on the proposal of the respective chairperson of the federal representation or the university representation. In this case they have to be students themselves, but not necessarily from the same university for the presentations at university level . Deselection is then only possible with a two-thirds majority. Alternatively, suitably qualified employees (who do not have to be students themselves) can be entrusted with the management of a department. In this case, too, the federal or university representative must approve the respective proposal by the chairperson.
The 2014 Student Union Act (HSG 2014) authorizes student unions to provide for the provisional entrustment of a department via the statutes (in order to avoid vacancies if, for example, no meetings of the respective collegial body are allowed to take place over the summer holidays ). Most student bodies make use of this provision.
In addition, the speakers can be provided by the respective chairperson "with regard to the scope of their tasks [...] with clerks and employees for support". The clerks (like employees) do not necessarily have to be students themselves (but usually they are). With the exception of the employees, all department employees work on a voluntary basis and are only entitled to a (flat-rate) expense allowance.
Special position of the economic department
The department for economic affairs ( economic department for short ) has a special position in the structure of the HSG 2014. A four-eyes principle applies to every legal transaction that has an impact on income or expenditure. With the HSG 2014 there is also a deputy function for the economic officer .
For the conclusion of legal transactions, there are different income or expenditure limits, above which a resolution of the respective decision-making body (university and federal representatives) is necessary. Due to the gross principle , the income and expenses of a legal transaction may not be netted .
| corporation | Decision-making body | Income / expenses up to |
|---|---|---|
| ÖH | Federal representation | unlimited |
| ÖH | Economic Committee | 18,000 EUR |
| ÖH | Chairman | 9,000 EUR |
| ÖH | Speaker b | 1,800 EUR |
| ÖH | Speaker c | 900 EUR |
| Student body | University representation | unlimited |
| Student body | Economic Committee a | 18,000 EUR |
| Student body | Economic Committee | EUR 12,000 |
| Student body | Chairman a | 9,000 EUR |
| Student body | Chairman | 6,000 EUR |
| Student body | Chairman of a student representative or speaker b | 1,800 EUR |
| Student body | Chairman of a student council d | 900 EUR |
| Student body | Speaker c | 900 EUR |
Lectures of the Austrian Students' Union
The following departments have been set up at the Austrian Students' Union (as of December 11, 2015):
- Department of Economic Affairs
- Social Policy Unit
- Education Policy Unit
- Public Relations Department
- International Affairs Department
- Department for foreign students
- Feminist Politics Unit
- Department for Human Rights and Social Policy
- Pedagogical Affairs Unit
- Department for University Affairs
- Department for Student and Matura Counseling
- Department for Accessibility
- Department for Private University Affairs
- Queer lecture
literature
- Alexander Egger, Thomas Frad: Student Union Act and Student Residence Act . Introduction, texts, materials, decisions, comments . WUV University Press, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-85114-444-9 .
- Stefan Huber: ÖH law. Student Union Act with ancillary provisions . 3rd revised edition. New Scientific Publishing House, Vienna / Graz 2009, ISBN 978-3-7083-0608-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ HSG 2014, Section 36 (6). Accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Section 9, Paragraph 3 of the Statutes of the Austrian Students' Union in the version dated December 11, 2015.
- ↑ Section 15, Paragraph 2 of the Statutes of the Students' Union at the University of Klagenfurt ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the version dated March 25, 2015.
- ↑ § 15 Paragraph 2 Statute of the Students' Union at the University of Vienna
- ↑ § 7 Paragraph Statutes of the Students' Union at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from December 16, 2015.
- ↑ Section 23 (6) HSG 2014
- ↑ HSG 2014, Section 31 (1). Accessed on January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Egger / Frad, pp. 44–45.
- ↑ HSG 2014, Section 30, Paragraph 1. Accessed on January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Section 17, Paragraph 1 of the Statutes of the Austrian Students' Union in the version dated December 11, 2015.
