How can EU Actions

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Compostela Group 11th General Assembly
Brussels, Belgium Post-Bergen Higher Education
Area Quality Assurance, Accreditation, Autonomy
of Universities

• How can EU Actions
• contribute to research careers?
• European Commission
• DG Research, Directorate D The Human Factor
  Mobility Marie Curie Actions
• Strategy policy unit - Dorothy Guy-Ohlson

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Introduction

• pertinent background Bologna process
• strategies concerning researchers
• mobility in the ERA careers
• aim of presentation

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Recent progress, current instruments and actions

• Researchers Mobility Portal
• European Network of Mobility Centres ERA-MORE
• European Charter for Researchers Code
• Scientific Visa for nationals from third
  countries
• Researchers in Europe Initiative 2005
• Europe4Researchers on-line newsletter
• FP6 HRM Marie Curie EST RTN

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• (http//europa.eu.int/eracareers)

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Plans for the future FP 7

• Overall scope
• Human resource development in RD in Europe
• Numerous, well-trained, motivated researchers
• Attract students to research careers
• Attract researchers to Europe and retain
• Skills and sustainable career development
• Continuity of previous Framework programme, with
  focus on structuring impact, while simplifying
• Appropriate gender balance

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SP People Marie Curie Actions FP7

• Priorities
• Initial training of researchers
• Life-long training and career development
• Industry-academia pathways and partnerships
• International dimension
• Specific actions for policy development

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Marie Curie Networks for Early-Stage Training

• Objectives
• Strengthen and structure Early-Stage Training at
  European level
• Attract to scientific careers
• Improve career perspectives by broad skills
  development (including industrial needs)

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Marie Curie Networks for Early-Stage Training

• Main features
• International network of participants or
  international cooperation in research training
• Industry involvement
• Joint training programme with (i) training
  through research (ii) complementary competence
  modules
• Coherent quality standards, mutual recognition of
  training, diplomas
• Allowances for early-stage researchers Chair
  positions contribution to training costs short
  training events open to researchers from outside
  the network

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Marie Curie Individual Fellowships

• Objectives
• Support competence diversification and career
  development of experienced researchers
• Greater impact by co-funding (inter-)national
  fellowship programmes with same objectives and
  fulfilling specific conditions (i.e.
  trans-national mobility peer review acceptable
  minimum of conditions for fellows)

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Marie Curie Individual Fellowships

• Main features
• Classic mode selection/funding of individual
  fellows through EC calls
• Co-funding mode
• Selection of co-funded programmes through open
  calls, excellence-based evaluation criteria (no
  nationality quota)
• Selected programmes operated in full autonomy by
  co-funding body
• Community funding proportional to (i) global
  programme budget (ii) number of selected fellows
  complying with the trans-nationality criteria

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Marie CurieIndustry-academia pathways

• Objectives
• Increased industry-academia cooperation
• Diverse career possibilities and research
  experience for researchers
• Increasing the industry involvement in all Marie
  Curie Actions
• Knowledge sharing - cultural exchange, in
  particular SMEs

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Marie Curie Industry-academia pathways

• Industry-academia knowledge-sharing scheme
• Embedded in longer term co-operation between both
  sectors
• 2-way staff secondments / recruitment of
  experienced researchers from outside the
  partnership
• Organisation of common workshops / conferences,
  including for researchers from outside the
  partnership
• Salary costs of seconded researchers / recruited
  experienced researchers
• Special measure specific equipment costs for SMEs

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Marie CurieInternational dimension

• Objectives
• Reinforce the international (ex-European)
  dimension of the European Research Area as a
  fundamental component of the EUs human resources
  in RD
• Build sustainable connections through mobile
  researchers

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Marie CurieInternational dimension

• Main features
• Career development / life-long training for EU
  researchers
• Outgoing fellowships, with mandatory return
• Return and reintegration for European researchers
  abroad
• International co-operation through researchers
  from 3rd countries
• All Marie Curie host driven actions open to 3rd
  country nationals
• Incoming fellowships for knowledge enhancement
  and collaboration enrichment (optional return for
  researchers from certain areas)
• International co-operation scheme with countries
  covered by the EU Neighbourhood Policy and also
  those with ST agreements
• Support to scientific diasporas of European
  researchers abroad and foreigner researchers
  within Europe

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Specific Actions for Policy Development

• Implementation of the Mobility Strategy
• Enhancement of researchers careers and
  profession
• Public awareness, including Marie Curie Awards

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Participation of Women in Marie Curie Actions

• Objectives
• No separate action but integrated in all actions
• gt 40 female participation in Marie Curie actions
• Strong promotion, but no positive discrimination
• Support after break to resume research career
• Family-friendly implementation modalities, e.g.
  family allowances flexibility for split-stays

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Concluding Remarks

• Current opportunities
• Future possibilities