Management Board

The rights and responsibilities of the Management Board are defined by the Act on Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Science (Official Gazette 151/2022), the Institutions Act (OG 76/1993, 29/1997, 47/1999, 35/2008, 127/2019), the Agency Statute (CLASS: 003-05/13-01/0001; FILE NUMBER: 355-01-23-29) and other general acts of the Agency. 

The chair and seven members of the Management Board are appointed and relieved from office by the Government of the Republic of Croatia. The Government of the Republic of Croatia appoints one member nominated by the National Council for Higher Education, Science and Technological Development, three members nominated by the Rectors’ Conference of the Republic of Croatia, two members nominated by the Conference of Polytechnics of the Republic of Croatia, and two members nominated by the Ministry of Science and Education. The ninth member of the Management Board is a representative of Agency staff and is appointed and relieved of their duty by the workers’ council of the Agency. The chair and members of the Management Board are appointed for a four-year term. 

The Management Board takes decisions at its sessions and decides by majority vote (five votes out of a total of nine). The Management Board may lawfully deliberate and take decisions when a session is attended by at least five members. 

Sessions are held three times a year or more often if needed. The sessions of the Management Board are convened by the chair. Board members or the Agency Director may propose that a session be convened, upon which the Board chair decides on the proposal. 

The Agency Management Board: 

• adopts the Agency Statute at the Director’s proposal and with prior consent of the ministry; 
• appoints and relieves the Director of the Agency from office; 
• appoints and relieves from office the deputy director and assistant directors of the Agency at the proposal of the Agency Director; 
• appoints and relieves from office the members of the Accreditation Council; 
• adopts the annual activity plan of the Agency; 
• supervises the implementation of the annual activity plan of the Agency; 

• adopts the annual financial plan of the Agency; 
• adopts the final financial report of the Agency; 
• determines the services offered by the Agency for a fee, as well as the actual fee for services rendered; 
• adopts the annual activity plan of the Accreditation Council; 
• adopts the annual report on the work of the Accreditation Council; 
• adopts the annual report of the Agency; 
• adopts the Ordinance on the Internal Organisational Structure and Job Classification System of the Agency; 
• adopts the Rules of Procedure of the Management Board; 
• adopts other general acts within the Agency’s scope of activity; 
• signs the contract of employment concluded with the Agency Director, in which procedure the Management Board is represented by the chair; 
• decides, as a second instance body, on the rights of employees concerning their employment and work; 
• carries out other tasks pursuant to the Act on Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Science and the Agency Statute. 

These are the members of the Agency Management Board: 

• Prof. Dijana Vican, Ph.D., President; 
• Prof. Bosiljka Britvić Vetma, Ph.D., member; 
• Prof. Drago Šubarić, Ph.D., member; 
• Prof. Tibor Pentek, Ph.D., member; 
• Assoc. prof.  Damir Jugo, Ph.D., prof. of professional studies, member; 
• Ljubo Runjić, Ph.D., prof. of professional studies, member; 
• Mr. Ivica Šušak, dipl. iur., member; 

• Ms. Dijana Mandić, dipl. iur., member, 
• Ms. Maja Šegvić, struč. spec. admin. publ., member (staff representative).