A Unicamp's Budget and Heritage Committee (COP) approved on the 17th the allocation of R$32 million to reinforce the budget for activities related to undergraduate teaching, research and security on campus, among other commitments. The amount corresponds to the surplus obtained at the end of the 2007 budget, motivated by state ICMS collections above the expected average in the last quarter of the year, which constituted an atypical situation. The next step will be to submit the matter to the Chamber of Administration (CAD) on May 6th.

Matter will be submitted to CAD

According to the Dean of University Development, Paulo Eduardo Moreira Rodrigues da Silva, of the total surplus, R$18 million will be allocated to new projects; R$6,25 million will go towards paying the first installment of the liability related to the sixth part of CLT employees; and R$8,25 million will cover the Units' allocation balances not executed in 2007.

Of the R$ 18 million reserved for special projects, R$ 3,1 million will be allocated to research activities in units where teachers received regular assistance and thematic projects approved or released by Fapesp in 2007. “The measure is a recognition of researchers who they have already obtained funding and an important incentive for others”, said the Dean of Research, Daniel Pereira.

Another R$3,1 million will be directed to the Support Program for the Improvement and Improvement of Undergraduate Education, which provides for the acquisition of equipment and improvements to the infrastructure of classrooms and laboratories in buildings and facilities already completed. “The program does not include new works”, highlights Rodrigues da Silva. Of the total forecast, R$2,3 million will go to the 23 teaching units, which corresponds to R$100 thousand for each one.

The remainder of the resources allocated to graduation will aim to improve comfort and acoustics in the Basic Cycle (R$500 thousand); acquisition of devices for wireless communication in the Basic Cycle and Student Housing square (R$ 200 thousand); and improvements to the Student Support Service (R$ 160 thousand).

The Surveillance System Restructuring and Modernization Project will receive an investment of R$8 million. The majority of the resources will be allocated to the purchase and installation of cameras to monitor circulation on the campus and in the entrances to the University, where around 50 thousand people pass through daily, including professors, students, employees and visitors who go to the units or to the hospital complex.

Furthermore, in the area of ​​human resources, the hiring of 20 new teachers was approved, the reduction of 30% of resources for new vacancies for non-teaching employees and the increase in the minimum salary from R$ 868,94 to R$ 1.005,89, 2,3. The proposal also provides for R$XNUMX million for the employee evaluation process, scheduled for October.