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ERA-MORE The European Network of Mobility Centres

and

ERACAREERS

the European Researcher’s Mobility Portal

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Policy context

The Lisbon European Council• The Commission together with the Member

States must take the necessary steps to remove obstacles to mobility of researchers in Europe

The Barcelona European Council• Devote 3% of GDP to research by 2010

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The European Research Area

“Towards a European Research Area” (1/2000)

- Need for more abundant and more mobile researchers

- Mobility as an instrument for the transfer of scientific knowledge for science and society

“High Level Expert Group” on Improving Mobility to Researchers (6/2000 – 4/2001)

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A Mobility Strategy for the ERA

Categories of Obstacles to mobility:

• Legal and Administrative Aspects (Visa, Social Security, Taxes, Recognition of Diploma, etc)

• Social and Cultural Aspects• The Career of a Researcher• Intersectorial Mobility Academia/Industry

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A Mobility Strategy for the ERA

June 2001 – March 2004

• A Mobility Strategy for the European Research Area (COM(2001) 331 final)

• Resolution from the Council• Decision to create a “Steering Group” in

February 2002• First Implementation Report 2/2003• Second implementation report 3/2004

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A Mobility Strategy for the ERA

A researcher needs to find information and assistance about:• available opportunities for researchers (grants, fellowships, vacancies)• questions related to admission to the

country• access to employment, social security

rights and fiscal issues • aspects related to daily life (cultural

issues, languages, housing, schooling….

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The European Researcher’s Mobility

Portalhttp://europa.eu.int/eracareers

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The ERA-MORE Network

Offers researchers and their families comprehensive and up-to-date information, tailor-made and personalised assistance in all matters relating to their professional and daily lives: entry conditions (visa requirements), work permits, job opportunities, salaries and taxation, pension rights, health care, social security, accommodation, day care and schooling, language courses, general culture of the host country, intellectual property rights, recognition of diploma etc.

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The ERA-MORE Network

Each Mobility Centre• acts as a point of entry for researchers

looking for practical information and guidance

• fulfils its information and assistance task either by direct proximity assistance or by directing the person(s) concerned to the appropriate specialised centre

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The ERA-MORE Network

• Mapping exercise at national level to identify the Mobility Centres and “bridgehead organisations”

• Structuring of the national components ongoing

– EC contribution for the start-up phase

– National work programmes

• Launch of ERA-MORE: June 2004

• 200 Mobility Centres in Europe

• Networking activities at European level

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What does Europe need?

An open and competitive European labor market for its researchers :

• Training which responds to the needs of the labor market

• Research career development perspectives• Financial incentives for researchers, universities

and research organizations (public and private)

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Weakness (is not the quality of PhD but…)

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The numbernumber of

researchers…

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their age and….

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the percentage of female researchers

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A strategy for enhancing careers of researchers in

Europe

Communication “Researchers in the ERA – one profession, multiple careers” (July 2003)

and

Council Resolution on the profession and careers of researchers (Nov. 2003)

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New initiatives foreseen in 2004

• The “European Researchers Charter”

• The “Code of Conduct for the Recruitment”

• The “2005 European Researchers Initiative”

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Objectives of the Charter

• Promote a framework for the career management

• Equal treatment of researchers• Promote parity of esteem between

contract researchers and staff employed on stable contracts

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Objectives for the Code of Conduct for the

recruitment

Improve the recruitment methods so as to create a more responsible, transparent, open equal and internationally accepted system of recruitment and career development for researchers in Europe

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Convergence of consultation

Recommendation from the Commission to the Member States and stakeholders of the research community to be implemented on a voluntary basis (end of 2004)

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The 2005 Researcher’s in Europe Initiative

• Promote a better public understanding of the contribution of researchers to society

• Encourage more young people to embark on careers in R&D

• Contribute to the overall attractiveness of the EU as a reference area for research talent from all over the world

Call for proposalshttp://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/action/ssa_2005_en.html

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Attracting researchers to Europe

Proposal for a Directive and two Recommendations aiming at the improvement of condition of admission of Third Country Researchers in Europe (16 March 2004)

• Fast track procedure for researchers• Involvement of research organisations

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Thank you for your attention.

Annegret ZillerEuropean Commission

The Human Factor, Mobility and Marie Curie ActionsStrategy and Policy Aspects

Tel. +32/2/2991822annegret.ziller@cec.eu.int