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Ref. No.09/0793/17

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Organizational Rul es of the Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

Article 1 lntroductory Provision

Organizational rules of the Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters (hereinafter referred to as the Organizational rule s of FFPW USB) of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice specifies, pursuant to Act 111/1998 Sb. (hereinafter referred to as the Higher Education Act), the Statute of the University of South Bohemia in české Budějovice (hereinafter referred to as the USB Statute) and the Statute of the faculty {hereinafter referred to as the FFPW Statute), the interna! structure and organization of the faculty. The Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters of the USB {hereinafter referred to as the faculty or FFPW USB) is a scientific research faculty offering tuition at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral level with the habilitation and professor rights.

PART I Bodies of the Faculty

Article 2 Academie Senate of the Faculty (hereinafter referred to as ASF)

The activities of the ASF are defined by the Higher Education Act, the USB Statute and the FFPW Statute, USB, the Electoral Code and the Rul es of Procedure of the Academie Senate of the USB {hereinafter referred to as AS USB) and, most of a ll, of the Academie Senate of the Faculty. The powers of the ASF include a proactive and supervisory role.

Article 3 Dean of the Faculty

At the head of the faculty is the Dean, who acts and makes decisions in matters concerning the faculty. The position of Dean is provided for in the Higher Education Act, the USB Statute and the FFPW USB Statute. The Dean is appointed and dismissed by the Rector of the USB upon the recommendation of the ASF. The Dean answers for his actions to the Rector and the academic community of the faculty.

Article 4 Vice Deans

Vice Deans and the Dean's deputy are appointed by the Dean afterthe ASF has delivered an opinion thereon. The job description of the Dean includes his delegation to the Vice Deans of certain administrative areas, which the Vice Deans manage through a subordinate workplace or which they manage methodically in their area of responsibility.

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Article S Scientific Committee of the Faculty (hereinafter referred to as SCF)

The competence of the SCF is defined by the Higher Education Act, the USB Statute and the FFPW USB Statute. SCF members are appointed and dismissed by the Dean, subject to approval by the ASF. SCF meetings are convoked and presided over by the Dean through the Vice Dean for science and research. The SCF deals with conceptual matters involving the faculty in respect of the educational, scientific and research activities of the faculty. lt expresses its views on matters placed before it by the Dean, and its decisions take the form of a resolution. The SCF is governed by the SCF's Rules of Procedure. The tasks of the SCF are defined by the Act on Universities, possibly by other interna I regulations of the USB and the FFPW USB.

Article 6 lnternational Board of the Faculty and South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity

of Hydrocenoses, CENAKVA (IBFC)

The IBFC is an independent advice and evaluation authority of the dean of the faculty and director of South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses (CENAKVA}. IBFC consist of minimally 7 members and brings together domestic and mostly foreign internationally recognized leaders in the field of science and research, management of science and research centers or international projects. IBFC members elect one of their members as a Chairman and a Vice-chairman. IBFC members are nominated by the Dean in cooperation with the director of CENAKVA and appointed and dismissed by the Rector. Negotiations of IBFC are called and controlled by the Dean through the registrar of IBFC- deputy Vice-dean. The IBFC deals with conceptual issues, in particular the expertise of faculty and CENAKVA activities evaluations. The outcomes of the meetings are recommendations formulated by IBFC. The IBFC also comments questions submitted by the Dean and give decisions. The IBFC is controlled by binding conditions of the project CENAKVA (including NPU) defined by the Ministry of Education. IBFC is controlled by the Rules of Procedure.

Article 7 Control Board of the Center (CBC)

CBC is a control authority of CENAKVA director in relation to the development and implementation of CENAKVA. CBC consists of minimally 5 important members mostly from the Czech Republic, who guarantee impartiality of the control mechanisms. CBC elects one of their members as a Chairman and Vice-chairman of the CBC, who control CBC meetings. Members of CBC are nominated by the director of CENAKVA and appointed and dismissed by the Rector with the statement of the Dean. Negotiations of CBC are called by the director of CENAKVA in agreement with the Dean together with the office of the Rector of USB. CBC discussed economy, implementing of commitments and persona! development of CENAKVA. The outcomes of the meetings are recommendations formulated by CBC. CBC is controlled by the Rules of Procedure.

Article 8 Disciplinary Committee

The competences of the disciplinary committee are provided for in the Higher Education Act, in the FFPW USB Statute and in the Disciplinary Code for the FFPW USB students. The disciplinary committee investigates disciplinary misconduct by students enrolled at the faculty and presents the Dean with proposals for a deci si on regarding such misconduct. Members of the disciplinary committee are appointed and dismissed by the Dean, subject to approval by the ASF.

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Article 9

Faculty Registrar The position of Faculty Registrar is defined by the Higher Education Act (Section 32), the USB Statute and the FFPW USB Statute. The Faculty Registrar is appointed and dismissed by the Dean after the ASF has delivered an opinion thereon. The Registrar answers directly to the Dean. The Registrar manages the workplace mentioned in Article 21 of these rules and his competences include the methodical management of the institutes and the CENAKVA at the level of directors. The Registrar answers to the Dean for adherence to the budget and in matters relating to the economic activities of the faculty.

Article 10 Quality Coordinator

The competence of the faculty' s Quality Coordinator i s defined by the USB's interna I regulations. The Quality Coordinator is appointed and dismissed by the Dean. The Quality Coordinator is responsible for documentation of quality at the faculty, manages the activities of the Council of Study Programs at the faculty, coordinates the processes of assurance and evaluation of quality in co-operation with Vice-Deans and the Registrar, the Board for Interna! Evaluation of the USB, or the Scientific Councils of the USB and the faculty.

Article ll Directors of lnstitutes

The highest executive, management and supervisory body at the each institute is the director, who acts and makes decisions in matters concerning institute. The director is appointed and dismissed by the Dean of the faculty and answers directly to the Dean. lf the Dean does not appoint a director, the position is assumed by the Dean of the faculty temporarily. The director answers to the Dean and the academic community of the faculty for fulfilling the mission of the institute. Working together with the Faculty Registrar and the relevant Vice Deans, the director is responsible for the economic activities, management, administration, business activities, adherence to contracts and to Dean's decisions as well as for the development of the institute area of activity. Working together with the Dean, the director is responsible for the staff development of the institutes. The director of CENAKVA is authorized by the Dean's decision to perform lega I acts relating to the operation of the institute or the centers. The director controls selected heads of research programmes by agreement with the director of CENAKVA.

Article 12 Director of CENAKVA

The highest executive, management and supervisory body of CENAKVA is the director, who acts and makes decisions in matters concerning CENAKVA in cooperation with directors of institutes. The director is appointed and dismissed by the Dean of the faculty by agreement with the Rector and answers directly to the Dean. lf the Dean does not appoint the director, the Dean takes the position. The director answers to the Dean for CENAKVA mission fulfilling and economy.

Article 13 Heads of Research Program

Research program CENAKVA is controlled by the head who acts and makes decision in matters concerning research program. The heads are appointed and dismissed by the director of CENAKVA by the agreement with the Dean of the faculty and director of institute. The heads answer directly to the director of CENAKVA and to the Dean of faculty, or to the director of institute in the case of mutual agreement between the director of CENAKVA and relevant director of the institute. The heads answer to the director of CENAKVA, to

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the Dean and to the academic community of the faculty for fulfilment of a scientific mission of research program. The heads of research programs directly control individua! staff in their research programs after agreement with heads of laboratories.

Article 14 Heads of Scientific Laboratory

Laboratories are controlled by head who acts and makes decisions in matters concerning the laboratory program. Heads are appointed and dismissed by the director of the respective institute, subject to approval by the Dean of the faculty, and answer directly to the director and by extension to the Dean of the faculty. Furthermore, heads of laboratories work together dosely with Vice Deans and the faculty Registrar in fulfilling the mission of the faculty and ensuring its efficient operation. The heads answer to the director and the Dean for the fulfilment of the academic mission of the laboratory and the research aims set out for it. They are responsible for the economic activities, management, administration, business activities, adherence to contracts and to decisions by the director, the Faculty Registrar and the Dean and for the development of the laboratory in their respective areas of activity. Heads of laboratories directly manage the individua! workers in their laboratories

Article 15 Advisory Bodies

• The Management of the Faculty generally comprises the Dean, Vice-Deans and the Faculty Registrar. • The Dean's Board serves, pursuant to the FFPW USB Statute, as a permanent advisory body to the Dean.

The board members include Dean, Vice-deans, the Faculty Registrar, Directors of institutes and CENAKVA, others when appropriate. The ASF Chair is invited as a guest to meetings of the Dean's Board.

• Committees are other advisory bodies under the FFPW USB Statute and other interna I rules of the USB and the faculty.

PART ll Principal Workplaces of the Faculty

Article 16 lnstitutes and CENAKVA

The princi pal workplaces of the faculty are its institutes and CENAKVA, their respective are a s of activity being:

• The Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology (RIFCH) based in Vodňany. This institute specializes in basic and applied research as well as educational and economic activities in the area of fisheries and water protection. The institute takes care of the greater part of the tuition given to students enrolled in the doctoral study program (DSP) in the field of Fishery; moreover, the staff is responsible for tuition in the bachelor's field of study Fishery and Water Protection and follow up master's field of study Fishery and Protection of Waters including the accompanying economic activities.

• Institute of Aquaculture and Protection of Waters (IAPW) based in české Budějovice. The activities carried out at the institute include, in addition to research, first and foremost tuition in the bachelor's fields of study Fishery, Protection of Waters and follow up master's field of study Fishery and Protection of Waters, as well as economic activities. Training of doctoral students (DSP) in the field of Fishery, as well as the economic activities takes place here as well.

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• Institute of Complex Systems (ICS) based in Nové Hrady. This institute specializes in t he study of complex systems in natural and social sciences, and in the technological and other applications of its research results. lt is in charge of relevant study programs and takes cares ofthe accompanying economic agenda.

• South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses (CENAKVA) based in Vodňany. CENAKVA specializes in applied and targeted research in the areas of aquaculture quality of waters. lt creates conditions for multidisciplinary scientific, development and institutional research programmes solved across the parts of the faculty.

Article 17 Scientific Laboratories

Scientific laboratories are the basic managerial, administrative and specialist units within the academic part of the institutes. ln terms of their operations, they are subordinate to a director and by extension to the Dean. ln carrying out the scientific, educational and creative mission of the faculty and a s well as its economic activities, the laboratories also coordinate their activities within the competence of different Vice Deans and the Faculty Registrar. Laboratories design scientific projects, establish relationships abroad, carry out economic activities. ln case of multidisciplinary and development programs are laboratories or their staff associate in research programs for solutions within CENAKVA. The head of a project can bring together workers from different laboratories. The activities of scientific laboratories are managed, in respect of professional matters, by laboratory heads. The establishment of a laboratory requires at least 5 persons from among staff members in full-time employment at the faculty and full-time doctoral students enrolled at the faculty. Every worker or DSP student is assigned, within the structure of the faculty, to one laboratory only. He/She may also be assigned to other structures of the faculty too, e.g. the research program of CENAKVA, the Dean's Office etc.

Article 18

Research Programs (RP) The research programs as specialized units of CENAKVA are solved by research teams which consist of excellent academic, research and technical staff across laboratories, institutes and faculty. Every employee in research program must have his own basic position in laboratory orat workplace. The research programs are directly controlled by the director of CENAKVA. The conduct of individua ! research programs, whether in terms of content or results, is the responsibility of the respective heads of the RP s concerned, t he Director of CENAKVA and directors of institutes and the Dean.

Article 19 Organization of the lnstitutes and CENAKVA

These organizational units consist of the following scientific laboratories, workp laces and research programs:

RIFCH based in Vodňany

• Experimental Fish Culture Facility (EFCF) • Genetic Fisheries Center (GFC) • Laboratory of Molecular, Cellular and Quantitative Genetics (LMCQG)

• Laboratory of Reproductive Physiology (LRP)

• Laboratory of Germ Cells (LGC) • Laboratory of lntensive Aquaculture (LIA) • Laboratory of Ethology of Fish and Crayfish (LEFC) • Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Biochemistry (LECB)

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• Laboratory of Aquatic Toxicology and lchthyopathology (LATI )

IAPW based in České Budějovice • Laboratory of Controlled Fish Reproduction and lntensive Fish Breeding (LCFRIFB)

• Laboratory of Nutrition (LN)

• Laboratory of Applied Hydrobiology (LAH)

• Shop w ith Fish and Fish Products (SFFP)

ICS based in Nové Hrady

• Laboratory of Experimental Complex Systems (LECS)

• Laboratory of Signal and Image Processing (LSIP)

CENAKVA and research programs • RP 1 Reproductive and genetic procedures for fish biodiversity and aquaculture conservat ion

• RP 2 "New" pollutants in the environment and their effect on freshwater ecosystems

• RP 3 Sustainable aquaculture with a responsible water and nutrient management

• RP 4 Biology under varying Conditions of freshwater ecosystems

Article 20 Workplaces of the Dean under direct Management of the Vice Deans

• Study Workplace is controlled by the head and under the authority of the Vice Dean for Study Affai rs. This workplace secures study and foreign agenda at the faculty except for LLL.

• Workplace of Science and Research is controlled by the Vice-Dean fo r Science and Research. The workplace secures agenda of the science and research, editorial board, science and research evaluation and the Library.

Article 21 Workplaces of the Dean under direct management of the Faculty Registrar

• Economic Workplace of the Faculty ba sed in Vodňany i s controlled by the head. This office administrates economic and personnel matters for the faculty.

• lnternational Environmental Educational, Advisory and lnformation Center of Water Protection (IEEAIC} based in Vodňany is controlled by head. IEEAIC provide lifelong learning, short term courses and workshops for the faculty, public relations, marketing, web of the faculty, transfer of scientific and research results and external relations.

• Workplace of Project Managers is controlled by the head. The unit administrate and control faculty projects.

• Faculty Management Workplace based in Vodňany is controlled by the head. The office is responsible for the investment, management, IT and maintenance of accommodation premises, f leet and other assets of the faculty (buildings, land, etc.). lt also ensures material and techn ical supplies and agenda of health and safety protection at work at the faculty.

PART 111 Employees and Students at the Faculty

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Article 22 Students

The rights and obligations of students are defined by the Higher Education Act, the USB Statute, the FFPW USB Statute, USB, the Electoral Code and the Rules of Procedure of the USB Academie Senate (here inafter referred to as AS USB), the Electoral Code and the Rules of Procedure of the Academie Senate of the FFPW USB, the Study and Examination Code of the USB, the Study and Examination Code of DSP at the FFPW USB as well as other interna! FFPW USB rules. The consequences of non-performance of obl igations on the part of a student as well as t he consequences of conduct that contravenes interna! rules of the facu lty or of the USB, are defined by Sections 64 to 69a of the Act and by the Disciplinary Code of the Faculty. ln addition to their academic obligations, students are vested with proactive and supervisory powers at the faculty.

Article 23 Academie Workers

Their rights and obligations are defined in the Higher Education Act, Statute of the USB, Statute of the FFPW USB, Elections and procedure rules of the AS USB and AS of the FFWP USB, employment contract, Study and Examination Regulations of USB, Study and Examination Regulations of DSP of FFWP USB and other interna! regulations of the faculty and university including this Organizational rul es of FFPW USB. Academie workers have initiative and control function within their competences. Academie staffs are responsible for fulfilling science-pedagogic mission ofthe faculty and defined research focuses and goals ofthe laboratories, research programmes and projects. They are included in wage classes from 9 to 13 defined in Salary regulations of USB. Academie staff must achieve at least a master's degree education. Academie staff may apply once in 7 years for up to 6 months of sabbaticalleave (according to § 76 of Higher Education Act).

Each academic worker must meet the requirements defined in the Career System of the FFPW USB during the calendar year for securing the quality of science and teaching at the faculty.

Article 24 Research Workers

They are important for the science development of the faculty and the science demands are higher than the minimal scientific demands of academic workers. Every research worker must meet the requirements defined in the Career System of the FFPW USB during the calendar year for securing the quality of science at the faculty. Scientific staffs are not obligated to provide the tuition and lead student thesis and they do not have a statute of academic staff. They are usually included in wage class 11 on fixed term contract according to the Salary regulations. Scientific staff must achieve at least Ph. O. or CSc. or equivalent degree.

Article 25 Employees, Managers and Hierarchy at the Faculty

1. All faculty employees have their work responsibil ities set by their immediate superiors in a job description, which s hall be acknowledged by each FFPW USB employee, his immediate superior with their respective signatures.

2. All employees, who are on a position of head according to the job description, as well as relevant persons in managerial positions mentioned in these rules are obliged and authorized to assign tasks to workers at the different workplaces, laboratories and research programs, to check whether the tasks are being carried out, to propase special rewards as well as to request to sanction workers, should there be legitimate reasons therefore.

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3. Faculty heads answer to the academic community of the faculty for fulfilling their mission, which must serve to promote the development of the faculty.

4. Any dispute between employees s hall be dealt with by a superior closest to them in the hierarchy, in case of needs another superior according to the hierarchy.

5. Unless otherwise specified, the managerial hierarchy at the FFPW USB is as follows : Dean, Vice Dean, Registrar, director, heads of laboratories or research programs or workplaces.

Article 26 Organizational and Managerial Structure of the Faculty

The organizational and managerial structure of the faculty is part of Annex 1 to these Organizational Rules.

PART IV Final Provisions

Organizational rules were approved by the Dean's Collegium of the FFPW USB on 4th December 2017 and by the Academie Senate of the FFPW USB on 14th December 2017.

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Prof. Dipl. -Ing. Pavel Kozák, Ph.D. Chairwoman of the AS FFPW USB Dean of the FFPW USB

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Annex No. 1: Organizational and Managerial Structure of the Faculty

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