ERA Researchers

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The Researchers Mobility The European Strategy
Sébastien Chipot European Commission DG Research
- Directorate C ERA knowledge-based economy
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• Content
• The Green Paper and the public consultation
• The new identity and the European initiatives
• EURAXESS Jobs
• EURAXESS Services
• EURAXESS Rights
• EURAXESS Links
• The new Communication for Researchers
• Questions - answers

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• The Green paper and the public consultation
• April 2007 September 2007
• Institutional and public debate
• The 6 axes
• 1. Realising a single labour market for
  researchers
• 2. Developing world-class research
  infrastructures
• 3. Strengthening research institutions
• 4. Sharing knowledge
• 5. Optimising research programmes and priorities
• 6. Opening to the world international
  cooperation

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• 685 answers
• 145 free-format answers

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On-line consultation countries of origin
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Free-format contributions - profiles
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• Resultsin a nutshell
• Charter and Code knowledge and implementation
• Voluntary basis vs. compulsory
• Label?
• Social security lack of information
• Young people and information
• End-of-career researchers
• The Expert group  Realising a single labour
  market for researchers  - Report

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• 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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• Researchers in Motion
• Addresses the primary target group researchers
• References the key concept of the initiatives,
  i.e. mobility
• Alludes to emotions, which are often connected to
  a period of mobility, or when dealing with ones
  rights

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2. The new identity and the European initiatives

• EURAXESS-Jobs (former mobility Portal)
• EURAXESS-Services (former ERA-MORE)
• EURAXESS-Rights (The European Charter for
  Researchers and the Code of Conduct for their
  Recruitment)
• EURAXESS-Links (former ERA-Link)

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EURAXESSJobs
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• 2,528 active organisations
• 10,889 researchers
• 44,377 visits/January
• 387,672 viewed pages/January
• 4 new NRMPs
• Link Marie Curie
• 5,000 offers in 2007
• 2010 all?

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EURAXESSServices

• What is EURAXESS-Services?
• The aim of the service centres
• The offer of the service centres

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• The European Network of mobility centres (ex
  ERA-MORE)
• Launched June 2004
• Network operational in 2005
• Around 200 mobility centres in Europe and
  numerous contact points
• National mobility centres are set up by the
  national bridgehead organisation(s) appointed by
  the Research Ministry.

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• The EURAXESS Service Centres
• Offers customised assistance to researchers and
  their families before, during and after their
  move abroad

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• 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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EURAXESS Servicesoffers you

• Visas
• Work permits
• Accommodation
• Legal issues
• Social security, health and taxes
• Everyday life
• Family support
• And MORE

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EURAXESS-Rights
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EURAXESS-Rights

• Recommendation on the  European Researchers
  Charter and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment
  of Researchers  adopted by the Commission on 11
  March 2005
• Huge differences in career structures in European
  countries
• Fragmentation at local/regional/national level
• Protected, if not closed, non-transparent
  recruitment procedures
• Lack of career development prospects

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EURAXESS-Rights

• Charter  as reference point for the career
  management of researchers as professionals,
  addressing both researchers and employers/funders
  on minimum rights and obligations
• Code of Conduct as reference point for
  transparency and merit based recruitment, fair
  recognition of qualifications and mobility
  experiences
• Implemented by MS and other actors on a voluntary
  basis

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• How to accelerate its implementation?
• Labelling mechanism?
• Excellence attracts excellence
• Self-evaluation
• Action plans
• CC HR Mission statement
• How to improve its visibility?
• Evaluation Study
• Reinforce synergies with the others ECs
  initiatives (ERA-MORE, Portail, ERA-Link, Marie
  Curie)
• Charter and Code Promoters Network
• Tailor-made promotional material

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EURAXESS-Links

• European Researchers Abroad (ERA-Link) to
  network European researchers so that they
  maintain their links in Europe and promote
  cooperation and brain circulation
• European researchers represent a patrimony of
  knowledge and experiences
• EURAXESS-Link should be the forum for European
  researchers which will enable them to have a
  seat when negociating future ST projects.

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• 2004 Survey among European researchers in the US
• 2005 Launch of EURAXESS-Links/USA
• 2007 Survey among European researchers in Japan
• 2008 T1 Survey among European researchers in
  China
• T2 Launch of EURAXESS-Links/Japan
• T3/4 Faisability studies for other
  EURAXESS-Links networks
• T4 Launch of EURAXESS-Link/China
• 2009 Launch of EURAXESS-Links in other countries

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Researchers and ERA some progressbut

• Mainly top-down actions
• Member States aware, open but fragmented
• Key question is this enough?

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Better Careers and more Mobility a European
Partnership for Researchers with Member States
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• Adopted 23/5/2008
• Logical follow-up of the ERA Green Paper and
  consultation
• Concrete measures aimed at MS in cooperation with
  the EC.
• Focus efforts on key questions (which are due to
  give quick results not a shopping list)
• Aim to quiclky improve the development of
  researchers careers and their mobility

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The 4 key areas
systematically open recruitment meet the
social security and supplementary pensions
needs of mobile researchers provide
attractive employment and working conditions
and enhance the training, skills and
experience of researchers.
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• Member States to adopt a national action plan
  by early 2009 setting out specific objectives and
  actions
• the priority actions identified are
  implemented by the end of 2010
• the Commission seeks to optimise existing
  Community instruments, including those available
  through the FP7 People programme, to reinforce
  the partnership
• at the end of the first stage of the partnership
  in 2010 overall evaluation.

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from 24/6/2008 http//ec.europa.eu/euraxess
sebastien.chipot_at_ec.europa.eu