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Braga 13 November 2006

Europe for Europe for ResearchersResearchers

Policies and StrategiesPolicies and Strategies

Massimo SerpieriMassimo SerpieriEuropean Commission European Commission

ERA – Knowledge based societyERA – Knowledge based societyUniversities and ResearchersUniversities and Researchers

[email protected]

http://ec.europa.eu/eracareershttp://ec.europa.eu/eracareers


What are the Problems?

• Fragmentation of research career structures

• Very uncertain future, with short term postdoctoral appointments

• When you move to work in another country you risk losing pension rights, social security benefits, advancement, etc.

• Close, non transparent and local recruitment procedures


The needs for an open and competitive European

labourlabour market market

An attractive research environmentresearch environment To improve the public recognition of

researchers’ roles The financing of researchers’ training at

an early stage of their careers or as part of their lifelong training

Research career developmentcareer development perspectives

Financial incentivesFinancial incentives


Specific on academia-industry

External factors: culture of long-term collaboration (mutual trust und reciprocal understanding) by means of incentives

Employability: enhance employment skills and quality of training

Co-location of university/industryCommunicate with business community:

through industrial org./federations, clusters of SMEs, forums


Specific on academia-industry (2)

• Favour staff exchange: part-time positions, sabbatical, honorary positions

• Incentive to increase entrepreneurship• Ad hoc training for supervisors and

motivate them


How does Europe react?

• The European Research Area

• The Lisbon and Barcelona objectives (and the re-launch of the Lisbon strategy):

What is needed?What is needed?An integrated strategyintegrated strategy for the

development of Human Resources in R&D in Europe


Some initiatives Some initiatives 2004/20062004/2006

•The European Researcher‘s Mobility PortalPortal•ERA-MOREERA-MORE, the European Network of Mobility Centres•Recommendation on the European CharterCharter for Researchers andand a CodeCode of Conduct for their Recruitment•Scientific visa package for third-country third-country researchersresearchers•Europe4Researchers NewsletterEurope4Researchers Newsletter


Integrated European strategy for human

resources in research


Charter and Code:Charter and Code:A ‘bill of rights and duties’ for all researchers (whatever their nationality) working in the European Union. Goal:

To recognise researchers as professionals

A master plan of scientific governance indicating:•what their work consists of, •what society expects from them, •what kind of career their employers should provide.


Addressing researchers

• Research freedom, professional responsibility

• Accountability• Dissemination, exploitation of results• Relation with supervisors• Supervision/managerial duties• Continuing professional

development…….


Addressing funders, employers-HE institutions

• Working conditions• Value of mobility• Career development• Gender issues• Co-authorship• Supervision/teaching• Appraisal systems


Code = framework for:

• Transparency in the recruitment process

• Judging merit (non cronological CV)

• Recognition of any type of mobility experience

• Postdoctoral appointment


Next challenges and objectives

• To increase the number of undersigning institutions – so far 100 from 17 countries

• …and Portugal?• To follow implementation • To see the impact they will make on the

career management of researchers and on their careers


Difficulties

Relate to certain principles such as:• Working conditions• Different definition/status of researchers• Selection/transparency• Appraisal criteria• Dissemination• Senior researchers not involvedGeneral difficulty: lack of funding


Suggested solutions

• The process not the word by word application

• Call for regular meetings and involve HR management and early stage researchers

• Identify added value for « senior researchers »

• Share examples of good practice more widely


The redesigned European Researcher’s Mobility Portal

(http://ec.europa.eu/eracareers)


The new «Charter&Code» section(

http://ec.europa.eu/eracareers/europeancharter

)


The new «List of undersigning organisations»

(http://ec.europa.eu/eracareers/europeancharter

)


The « Scientific Visa » for The « Scientific Visa » for third country researchersthird country researchers


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