The European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers

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The European Charter for Researchers and the
Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of
Researchers

• Massimo Serpieri
• European Commission

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Charter Code

• Recommendation from the Commission to the Member
  States, to the Funders and Employers and to the
  Researchers
• to be implemented on a voluntary basis

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Recognise researchers as professionals

• Research freedom/ethical principles
• Professional responsibility and contractual
  obligation (researchers too they must know)
• Accountability
• Dissemination, exploitation of results
• Supervision/managerial duties
• Continuing professional development

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Recognise researchers as professionals

• Working conditions, stability of employment,
  salaries
• Value of mobility
• Career development
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Co-authorship
• Teaching
• Appraisal systems
• Participation in decision making bodies

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Transposition

• That Member States endeavour to transpose these
  general principles and requirements into
  national regulatory frameworks or sectoral and/or
  institutional standards...
• In so doing they should take into account the
  great diversity of the laws, regulations and
  practices

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Social security

• endeavour to ensure that researchers enjoy
  adequate social security coverage according to
  their legal status.
• , particular attention should be paid to the
  portability of pension rights, either statutory
  or supplementary, for researchers moving

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W. conditions flexibility

• provide where appropriate the flexibility
  deemed essential for successful research
  performance in accordance with existing national
  legislation

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... stability

• Employers to improving the stability of
  employment conditions for researchers,
  implementing and abiding by the EU Directive on
  Fixed-Term Work

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CODE Reference point for transparency in
recruitment process

• Recruitment and Selection
• Judging merit
• Recognition of the mobility experience
• Recognition of qualifications
• Postdoctoral appointment

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Postdoctoral appointment

• Clear rules and explicit guidelines for the
  recruitment and appointment of postdoctoral
  researchers, including the maximum duration and
  the objectives of such appointments, should be
  established...

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Implementation MS are invited

• To take principles/requirements into account for
  their HRM strategies for their institutional
  quality assurance mechanisms
• To continue efforts to overcome obstacles to
  mobility
• To put in place monitoring structures
• To inform Commission about measures taken for
  application of Recommendation

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Implementation

• AUSTRIA Austrian Rectors' Conference the
  Vienna University of Economics and Business
  Administration (WU)
• BELGIUM French-speaking Community Rectors
  Conference, National Funds for Scientific
  Research (FNRS), Vrije Universiteit Brussels
• GERMANY The German Rectors' Conference (HRK)

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Implementation

• FRANCE National Centre of Scientific Research
  (CNRS), National Institute of Agronomic Research
  (INRA), National Institute of Health and Medical
  Research (INSERM), Rectors' Conference of the
  French Universities (CPU), Université de la
  Méditerranée, Univ. Lille 2
• GREECE Euroscience/Greece
• LITHUANIA Lithuanian Government

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Implementation

• ITALY AREA Science Park of Trieste, National
  Research Council (CNR), Rectors' Conference
  (CRUI), 64 Universities research bodies, 40
  Organisations Friuli Venezia Giulia Region
• SLOVAK REPUBLIC Rectors of the Slovak Higher
  Education Institutions
• SWITZERLAND Rectors' Conference of the Swiss
  Universities (CRUS)

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Implementation

• London Conference (September 2005)
• Vienna Conference on researchers labour market
  (June 2006)
• Working groups on legal/administrative issues,
  examples of good practice and monitoring models,
  C C as label for quality enhancement

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Role ERA-MORE

• Crucial to
• a) Collect information on major/more frequent
  problems in the various areas covered by C C
• b) Carry out raising awareness and training
  actions among research bodies researchers