ERA-MORE The European Network of Mobility Centres and ERACAREERS the European Researcher

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ERA-MORE The European Network of Mobility
Centresand ERACAREERSthe European
Researchers 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 Researchers Mobility Portal

• http//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 number 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)
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• 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 Researchers in Europe Initiative

• Promote a better public understanding of the
  contribution of researchers to society
• Encourage more young people to embark on careers
  in RD
• Contribute to the overall attractiveness of the
  EU as a reference area for research talent from
  all over the world
• Call for proposals
• http//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 Ziller
• European Commission
• The Human Factor, Mobility and Marie Curie
  Actions
• Strategy and Policy Aspects
• Tel. [phone]
• annegret.ziller_at_cec.eu.int