Central Services Department
Overseen by the DGD, this department provides cross-disciplinary support to the CRA-W's four scientific departments. Its responsibilities cover administrative, financial and logistical management, as well as coordinating the IT support service, central reception and data governance.
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The department is made up of 2 offices, which are divided into 8 cross-disciplinary support divisions:
The Human Resources, Budget and Finance Office, which manages three divisions: Human Resources, Financial Management, Accounting and Budgeting
The Logistics Office, which manages three divisions: the Buildings-Equipment-Environment Service, the Purchasing Service and the Experimental Field Management Service of the CRA-W.
The department also coordinates the following 3 cross-disciplinary divisions, under the direct responsibility of the DGD
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General Information Technology and Network and Systems Administration Service
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Central Reception Service
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Data Governance Unit
General Information Technology and Network and Systems Administration Service
This Central Services section is a technical and logistical support service.
It provides and secures generic IT tools and network access for all CRA-W staff and for the structures hosted there.
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Central Reception Service
This service ensures the constant availability of the CRA-W for the reception of visitors, the switchboard and the reception of suppliers.
It also handles the transfer of in-house correspondence between the central services and the decentralised buildings, as well as the in-house delivery of commonly used supplies from the central warehouse.
It performs miscellaneous in-house support tasks within the Central Services Department.
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Data Governance Unit
Through its DPO, the Data Governance Unit ensures the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation within the CRA-W and the protection of personal data in the case of its external partners.
Information within the CRA-W is protected via a security plan put in place by the CSI, which advises the Office of the General Director on the measures to be taken to guarantee this security.
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