Author: MASS

Jubilarna nagrada, jedno od prava radnika u vidu novčane naknade za ostvareni određeni broj godina radnog staža, se na velikom broju visokoškolskih ustanova u Republici Srbiji se uopšte ne isplaćuje, dok se u nekim slučajevima isplaćuje samo delu zaposlenih. Još jedan od problema sa kojima se susrećemo jeste nedovoljno informisanje samih zaposlenih, od kojih veliki broj ne zna da je isplata jubilarnih nagrada svim zaposlenima garantovana posebnim kolektivnim ugovorom.

U članu 1. Posebnog kolektivnog ugovora za visoko obrazovanje, navodi se da se istim uređuju: „prava, obaveze i odgovornosti iz rada i po osnovu rada zaposlenih u visokoškolskim ustanovama čiji je osnivač Republika Srbija“, dok u članu 23, stav 5. piše: „Poslodavac je dužan da isplati zaposlenom jubilarnu nagradu u godini kada navrši 10, 20 ili 30 godina rada ostvarenog u radnom odnosu“. Poseban kolektivni ugovor primenjuje se na sve visokoškolske ustanove čiji je osnivač Republika Srbija, odnosno autonomna pokrajina, a kao poslodavca on određuje ustanovu. Poseban kolektivni ugovor za visoko obrazovanje u skladu je sa članom 120, stav 1. tačka 1) Zakona o radu: „Opštim aktom, odnosno ugovorom o radu može da se utvrdi pravo na jubilarnu nagradu i solidarnu pomoć“.

S obzirom na navedeneo, MASA smatra da je neprihvatljivo da bilo koja visokoškolska ustanova, čiji je osnivač Republika Srbija, svojim zaposlenima ne isplaćuje jubilarne nagrade. Takođe, prilikom isplate jubilarnih nagrada ne bi se smela praviti razlika u pogledu zvanja, s obzirom na to da na pojedinim fakultetima praksa je da se koleginicama i kolegama u istraživačkim zvanjima ovakva vrsta nadoknade ne isplaćuje. Imajući u vidu da se Poseban kolektivni ugovor odnosi na nastavno i nenastavno osoblje i da su istraživači zaposleni na fakultetima deo nastavnog osoblja (videti član 72. Zakona o visokom obrazovanju), ispunjeni su svi uslovi da i ovaj korpus zaposlenih, kao i svi ostali koji ovime nisu obuhvaćeni, ostvari pravo na isplatu jubilarnih nagrada. 

 

MASA expresses its regret for the news about cases of sexual harassment, blackmail and abuse that are coming from the Petnica Investigation Station these days. A large number of employees in the field of science and higher education participated as collaborators in the work of this research station in the years behind us. Precisely because of this, we believe that the sensitization of all employees in education, and beyond, is necessary in order to react in a timely and adequate manner when the very signs of such events appear.

MASA calls on all educational and scientific institutions to always put the best interest of the victims first - before the image of the institution or friendly and collegial relations with the perpetrators. This is especially important when the victims are minors and young people who are not yet strong and mature enough to clearly set boundaries, as well as when there is an imbalance of power, as is often the case in the educational context. It is very important to give full trust to victims and not to minimize their experiences, because behind every woman who strengthens herself to ask for help and support, there are often dozens of those who keep their painful experiences inside with feelings of guilt and self-loathing.

Educational and scientific institutions must make efforts to educate both students and employees about what constitutes sexual harassment, and traditional gender roles and norms of behavior must not be an excuse to turn a blind eye to the unpleasant and traumatic experiences of victims. It is important that all participants recognize personal responsibility in that process. In the field of education, as in our entire society, we must develop zero tolerance for gender-based violence.

In an effort to help scientific and research institutions to introduce formal mechanisms for the protection of students and employees from sexual harassment, MASA initiated the implementation of research on the rules and practices of protection against sexual harassment, and the results of this study with recommendations intended for scientific and research institutions will be publicly available on available to all interested parties.

Mreža akademske solidarnosti i angažovanosti (MASA) sa zabrinutošću gleda na vest koju su danas preneli mediji o tome da je Upravni sud poništio odluku Univerziteta u Beogradu u kojoj je potvrđeno da je doktorat Siniše Malog plagijat. 

Budući da su materijalni dokazi koji ukazuju da je navedeni doktorat plagiran nedvosmisleni, pozivamo Univerzitet u Beogradu da, sledeći pravno shvatanje Upravnog suda, u ponovnom postupku utvrdi neakademsko ponašanje ministra Malog. 

MASA ističe da bi svaki pokušaj da se status plagiranog doktorata Siniše Malog rešava mimo nadležnih tela Univerziteta u Beogradu predstavljao najbrutalnije kršenje autonomije univerziteta koja je zagarantovana Ustavom Republike Srbije.

Slučajevi seksualnog zlostavljanja koji su u poslednjih godinu dana potresli Srbiju skrenuli su pažnju javnosti na važnost regulative koja bi omogućila žrtvama lakše prijavljivanje počinilaca. Naročitu težinu imala je činjenica da se određeni broj prijavljenih slučajeva odigravao u kontekstu pedagoških i obrazovnih institucija.

Do pre pola godine pravilnike o zaštiti od seksualnog uznemiravanja i ucenjivanja imalo je tek četiri fakulteta, dok je pažnja javnosti usmerena na slučajeve seksualnog uznemiravanja podstakla još neke fakultete da iniciraju i ubrzaju procedure donošenja pravilnika. Pored toga, u nekim slučajevima inicijativa za kreiranje pravilnika potekla je i od samih studenata, koji su prepoznali važnost ovakvog oblika zaštite.

Imajući u vidu da većina fakulteta još uvek nema razrađene procedure za praćenje i sankcionisanje ovakvih oblika kršenja etičkih i profesionalnih kodeksa ponašanja, MASA je inicirala studiju u kojoj bi se analizirali postojeći pravilnici o zaštiti od seksualnog uznemiravanja i ucenjivanja, kao i procesi njihove implementacije, te ponudile preporuke drugim akademskim institucijama – fakultetima i institutima, za implementaciju ove važne regulative.

Istraživanje o praksama za prijavljivanje seksualnog uznemiravanja na fakultetima u Srbiji biće promovisano u utorak 22. juna 2021. godine u 19h u Klubu Polet (Cetinjska 15, Beograd), a u razgovoru će učestvovati:

– Milica Resanović, istraživačica sa Instituta za sociološka istraživanja, autorka studije

– dr Ana Martinoli, profesorka Fakulteta dramskih umetnosti

– dr Irena Ristić, profesorka Fakultet dramskih umetnosti

– dr Mladen Milošević, ombudsman Univerziteta u Beogradu i vanredni profesor Fakulteta bezbednosti

– Sanja Pavlović, Autonomni ženski centar

– dr Bojana Bodroža, docentkinja sa Filozofskog fakulteta u Novom Sadu i članica Koordinacionog odbora MASE kao moderatorka

The Network of Academic Solidarity and Engagement (MASA) held a press conference on Thursday, June 10, regarding the current amendments to the Law on Higher Education, which the Government of Serbia submitted as a proposal to the National Assembly. At the conference, a critical review was given, both of the content of the changes themselves, and of the way in which they are adopted - real participation and respect for the views of the academic community and the wider public.

Namely, MASA got involved in this process by participating in the public debate on the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Higher Education, and after that sent a written objection to many of the proposed changes. A large part of the objections, not only by MAS, but also by other applicants, including the University of Belgrade as well as several faculties and institutes, was not accepted. Since the parliamentary procedure included an even worse text than the one presented in the Draft, we thought it necessary to inform the public about the process itself, but also about the possible consequences of adopting such a proposal for the academic community and society as a whole.

Professor of the Faculty of Transportation and member of the Coordination Committee (CO) of Masa, Dalibor Petrović, stated that the amendments to the Law did not respond to the basic problem for which they were initiated, which is the excessive influence of the executive power on the National Accreditation Body (NAT), which is why this body 2020 and suspended by the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA). According to the new solution, the state not only did not reduce its influence on this body, but it also increased it (which is best seen through the proposed structure of the NAT Board of Directors), so the question arises as to how sincere the state's intention was to do something in this regard. essential changes, pointed out Petrović.

These changes also represent an attempt to de facto legalize the situation at the Orthodox Faculty of Theology, whose statute is in direct conflict with the principle of university autonomy. This was discussed by Professor Miodrag Jovanović from the Faculty of Law, who stated that, regarding the proposed provisions allowing that, at the theological faculty, one of the mandatory conditions for selection as a teacher and associate can be the consent of the church or religious community ( the so-called blessing), there is room for the evaluation of constitutionality, and that he will personally engage in such an initiative.

Vladan Čokić from the Institute for Medical Research of the University of Belgrade, a member of the MASE Coordination Board, followed up on the same topic. He said that the Serbian Orthodox Church has absolute control over the Orthodox Faculty of Theology, which is contrary to the Statute of the University of Belgrade, the Law on Higher Education and the Constitution of Serbia. Also, due to the very fact that the church's blessing is required for the selection, application and employment of teachers at this faculty, and even for enrollment in studies, freedom of thought and expression, the right to work and the autonomy of the university are threatened.

Jelena Jerinić, a professor at the Faculty of Law at Union University and a member of the MASA Coordination Board, referred to the very procedure of drafting the proposal that the Government sent to the parliament: "MASA participated in both online sessions organized by the Ministry regarding the Draft. After that, we sent a large number of comments and detailed proposals. However, all proposals regarding the deletion of provisions related to theological faculties were rejected, not only by MASE, but also by the largest number of other actors from the academic community. The answers were very curt, without any reasoning or arguments. In practice, we received several lines of responses to remarks that had several sides. Even the report on the held public hearing was difficult to find on the Ministry's website. This shows that the Ministry only fulfilled the formal requirements regarding holding a public hearing, but did not ensure an open and transparent process."

Vladica Cvetković, professor of the Faculty of Mining and Geology and president of the Academic Committee for Higher Education at SANU and member of the Advisory Board of MASA, points out that the changes will not solve any of the essential problems of our university education: "We will not be able to carry out an enrollment policy without it jeopardizing survival faculty, staff will continue to leave us, half of the diplomas will not be worth as much as they should be in the formal sense, and we will be chosen according to the criteria of obedience instead of merit."

Dalibor Petrović added that the idea of MASA as a young organization that connects members of the academic community aware of the state in which higher education and the whole society find themselves, is not only to advertise with announcements and react when the community is threatened, but also to propose solutions and act proactively. He stated that the goal of MASA is to unite, and he invited all members of the academic community to become part of the Network, which would be built in the coming period through working groups. In the end, Petrović added that by the end of June, we expect the presentation of four scientific studies related to the improvement of the quality of higher education in Serbia, which were worked on in the previous months.

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Mreža akademske solidarnosti i angažovanosti (MASA) Vas poziva na konferenciju za štampu povodom izmena Zakona o visokom obrazovanju koja će se održati u Medija centru, Terazije 3 u Beogradu, u četvrtak 10. juna 2021. sa početkom u 11 časova.

Na konferenciji će govoriti:

• Prof. dr Vladica Cvetković, Rudarsko-geološki fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu, član SO MASE
• Prof. dr Miodrag Jovanović, Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu, član NO MASE
• Prof. dr Jelena Jerinić, Pravni fakultet Univerziteta Union, članica KO MASE
• Dr Vladan Čokić, naučni savetnik na Institutu za medicinska istraživanja Univerziteta u Beogradu, član KO MASE
• Prof. Dr. Dalibor Petrović, Saobraćajni fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu, član KO MASE

Nakon učešća članova i članica Koordinacionog odbora MASE na javnoj raspravi o Nacrtu zakona o izmenama i dopunama Zakona o visokom obrazovanju, MASA je uputila i pisane primedbe na neke od predloženih izmena Zakona o VO, na koje nije dobila nikakav odgovor od nadležnog ministarstva. Budući da je predlog ovog Nacrta prošao Vladu i ušao u skupštinsku proceduru u još nepovoljnijem obliku u odnosu na onaj koji je predstavljen javnosti, MASA smatra da je neophodno akademsku i širu javnost upoznati sa posledicama koje bi pretrpela kako akademska zajednica, tako i svi oni koju su stekli ili stiču formalno obrazovanje u okviru nje, samim činom usvajanja jednog ovakvog Nacrta zakona.

Mreža akademske solidarnosti i angažovanosti (MASA) je formirana sa ciljem da pod okriljem otvorene mrežne organizacije okupi sve pripadnice i pripadnike akademske zajednice koji su spremni da se angažuju na jačanju glasa struke kroz zalaganje za doslednu primenu osnovnih principa akademskog rada i njihovu odbranu kada su ugroženi. MASA se zalaže za poštovanje principa autonomije univerziteta, čestitosti, solidarnosti, slobode kritičkog mišljenja, javnosti i transparentnosti, te društvene odgovornosti u akademskoj zajednici.