Responsibilities - preventing, controlling and providing the necessary materials
The following follows the recommendations of the Austrian Ministry of Education (as formulated in the "Hygiene handbook for Covid-19, Part 2: Recommendations of the BMBWF for protection against Covid-19 infection in universities and higher education institutions,"published in 2020, in Vienna).
The prevention of Covid-19 across CEU units (KEE, CEU PU, OktSzolg) is managed by the Pandemic Leadership Team (PLT), joint team comprising representatives from the Hungarian and Austrian CEU entities.
Main roles and responsibilities
| Role/Responsibility | Responsible |
| Approves protocols, policies and proposals from Emergency Response Teams (ERT). Releases key communication | Senior Leadership Team (SLT) |
| Develop COVID-19 protocols and policies, plan for continuity | Pandemic Policies and Protocols Lead (PPP Lead) |
| Provides regular status updates to SLT | PPP Lead |
| Monitor Hungarian and Austrian COVID-19 trends and country regulations | PPP Lead ERT Leads |
| Leads local operative responses to COVID-19 alerts and emergencies | ERT Leads |
| Ensures all COVID-19 alerts, queries and concerns are received and acted upon. Manages covidinfo@ceu.edu. Assesses the risks and develops mitigating actions | Pandemic Working Group (PWG) |
| Organizes and monitors the quarantine of students. Provides support for faculty and staff in quarantine | PWG |
| Drafts updates to CEU community on pandemic developments | PWG |
| Publishes updates and medical advices to the whole community | Communication |
| Defines and implements required hygiene measures within the Library | Library |
| Plans, designs and implements preventive actions, e.g. signage, marks on entrance and staircases, installation of disinfection equipment, insures visibility and access to communication, etc. | Facilities |
| Medical advisory to PLT |
Dr. Monika Horvath |
Composition of the CEU Pandemic Leadership Team
Meeting regularly, the PLT acts as a prevention and control committee (as recommended by the Ministry of Education), recommending decisions, policy changes and measures to theSenior Leadership Team (SLT). Following SLT’s decision/approval, measures areimplemented by the appropriate unit(s). Implementation is monitored and reported back to SLT by the PLT.
One of the major outputs of the PLT are the COVID-19 Campus Protocols—issued separately for each campus (including student housing in given city)—that serve as the operating plan for prevention and control.
