ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKIMobility Centre

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ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI Mobility
Centre
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Workshop on the exchange of good practices
between the Greek and French Mobility Networks
Activities for the promotion of Mobility in
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Aristotle
University Mobility Center Activities
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THE ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI

• The largest University in Greece and the Balkan
  Region
• 60.000 Students
• 2.200 Academic staff (teaching research)
• 2.000 Technical and administrative staff
• 42 Departments, 12 Faculties

Vast infrastructure, scientific equipment,
sophisticated data and voice networks of high
technological added value
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THE ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI

• Carries out
• 2.157 Research and Technological Development RTD
  Projects
• In the scientific areas of
• environment,
• informatics,
• telecommunications,
• technologies for industry
• transport,
• biotechnology,
• biomedicine and health,
• agriculture, forestry and fisheries,
• education and languages,
• history and archaeology,
• social and economic sciences

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The Mobility Centre of AUTh

• The Mobility Centre functions within the
  structure of the Research Committee
  (http//www.rc.auth.gr/) of Aristotle University
  (http//www.auth.gr/) .
• Its area of responsibility is the region of
  Central Macedonia.

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The Mobility Centre of AUTh

• The Mobility Centre of AUTh (http//mobility.rc.au
  th.gr/) provides information to the incoming and
  outgoing researchers concerning the following
  fields
• Scholarships.
• Research opportunities.
• Social security.
• Taxation.
• Health insurance.
• Day-care facilities.
• Accommodation.
• Admission and work permit.
• Language course programmes.

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The Mobility Centre of AUTh

• The Research Committee of AUTh in order to
  improve the services provided to researchers has
  established a Reception Mobility Office.
• The researchers have the opportunity to get
  closer information concerning their practical
  needs as well as to have the various problems
  they face solved.
• To this end, the Mobility Center has created a
  network, which consists of the various offices
  and institutions responsible for drawing the
  necessary documents to a foreigner, such as work
  and resident permit, tax office, ext.

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The Mobility Centre of AUTh

• A special role is attributed to the School of
  Modern Greek Language of AUTh, where the foreign
  researchers have the opportunity to learn greek
  and consequently to adjust to their new academic
  and social environment.
• (http//web.auth.gr/smg/)

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The Mobility Centre of AUTh

• Has organized two conferences on Mobility
• Launching Event of the Greek Network (November
  2004).
• Knowledge Based Society and Mobility in the Age
  of Globalization.

Has helped and informed more than 150 outgoing
and ingoing researchers.
Has gathered more than 40 quality charters from
research institutions, laboratories and
organizations.
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The Mobility Centre of AUTh

• Questionnaire for foreign
• researchers working in Greece
• Following the decision of the Greek Mobility
  Network, we proceeded with the development of a
  web-based questionnaire for foreign researchers
  working in Greece.
• The questionnaire is accessible through the URL
• http//mobility.rc.auth.gr/questionnaire/mobility
  .htm

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The Mobility Centre of AUTh

• Questionnaire for foreign
• researchers working in Greece
• Our questionnaire is based on the one created by
  the Academy of Finland (with few adjustments)
• The Finnish questionnaire
• Has been used by other mobility networks as well
  (e.g. British)
• Provides the possibility for comparable
  statistical data across all member states of the
  Eramore

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The Mobility Centre of AUTh

• Questionnaire for foreign
• researchers working in Greece
• Assembling lists with the e-mails of foreign
  researchers by the MOC and the local academic
  institutions
• Publishing hyperlinks to the questionnaire in the
  web sites of the MoCs (and other sites that we
  may have access to)
• Publishing ads for the questionnaire in
  newsletters, relevant magazines etc
• Sending e-mail and/or post invitations to
  researchers for filling out the questionnaire

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The Mobility Centre of AUTh

• Merci Beaucoup