ERA Steering Group for Human Resources and Mobility (SGHRM) – potential collaboration with GPC Hans M Borchgrevink Norwegian SGHRM delegate, Chair WG Monitoring and Indicators Chair Chair ERAC GPC meeting, Brussels 25 June 2013

ERA Steering Group for Human Resources and Mobility (SGHRM) – short history Established 2002 Re-launched 2009 with adapted mandate to follow-up the Communication «Better careers and more mobility; a European Partnership for Researchers» (Competitiveness Council Conclusion Sept 2008) Currently representatives from 27 Member States and 12 Associated Countries with Secretariat provided by the Commission Chair: Conor O’Carroll, Ireland One of the 6 groups reporting to ERAC - on researcher career, -recruitment and –mobility issues

ERA Steering Group for Human Resources and Mobility (SGHRM) – initiatives The European Charter for Researchers and The Code of Conduct for recruitment of Researchers - «Charter & Code» EU Recommendation (2005) = EURAXESS Rights «Scientific VISA» - one EU Directive and two Recommendations on «fast-track» Visa procedures for mobile researchers (2005) EURAXESS JOBS - website for advertisement of researcher positions, linked to other job databases incl «Nature Jobs»; >35.000 positions advertised 2012 EURAXESS Service Centres (~ 200) and national web portals - for information and assistance for mobile researchers in ~40 countries EURAXESS Links - contact person for information for - and registry over - European researchers abroad, currently established in USA/Canada, Japan, China, India, ASEAN, Brazil Pan-European Supplementary Pension Funds for researchers - currently not yet established Principles of Innovative Doctoral Training (2011) European Framework for Researcher Careers (2011) HR Logo Awards for research institutions implementing Charter & Code

SGHRM input to ERAC on ERA Framework SGHRM is actively engaged in policy action towards the implementation of Innovation Union Commitments 1, 4 and 30 SGHRM input to ERAC 2012 focused on Commitment 4 and on areas where SGHRM can give added value by concrete deliverables Core prerequisites for realising a successful and competitive European Research Area include - recruit and retain a critical mass of skilled researchers - open transparent international competitive recruitment - gender balance – in research groups, senior positions and selection committees improves scientific quality and diversity of ideas - improve the attractiveness of the research profession - facilitate flexible mobility of researchers - facilitate international research collaboration

Current SGHRM focus areas related to development of ERA Framework SGHRM appoints WGs to prepare policy reports, currently  i)  WG on Innovative doctoral training ii)  WG on Professional development of researchers Earlier topics focused include iii)  Research career structure iv)  Social Security (incl. supplementary pension fund); v)   Portability of grants (the money follows researcher principle). Besides, the permanent SGHRM Working Group Monitoring and Indicators proposes related indicators for the Innovation Union Scoreboard and for the annual Researchers’ Report on Country Profiles of internationalisation of research, including co-publication, mobility and gender issues

On Doctoral training SGHRM WG made a mapping exercise with an overview of recent developments in doctoral training in Europe and USA (2011) Aims towards a common approach to enhance the quality of doctoral training Doctoral schools and tailored programmes are increasingly established, including international collaboration Doctoral training must increasingly meet the needs of an employment market that is wider than academia Generic/transferable skills are increasingly requested Doctoral candidates should be trained in a context which is international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral - and striving for research excellence

Partner organisations Key stakeholders that SGHRM collaborate with include European University Association (EUA) – Salzburg 1 Principles and Salzburg 2 Recommendations based on a bottom-up process League of European Research Universities (LERU) - position paper on doctoral training beyond 2010 European Science Foundation (ESF) Science Europe Coimbra Group - essential requirements for doctoral training and PhD degree standards, including transatlantic cooperation ORPHEUS - towards standards for PhD education in Biomedicine & Health The Banff Principles on Graduate Education - (USA, Canada, EUA, Australia, China): 9 principles on global career competence and high-quality international programmes

R1 First Stage Researcher (up to the point of PhD) Research career structure - to improve comparability of research careers SGHRM WG produced a document “Towards a European Framework for Research Careers” - proposing 4 researcher categories with the following working titles: R1 First Stage Researcher (up to the point of PhD) R2 Recognised Researcher (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent) R3 Established Researcher (researchers who have developed a level of independence.) R4 Leading Researcher ( researchers leading their research area or field) The Framework is "sector-neutral”. ESF and LERU approved. The system is introduced in EURAXESS JOBS advertisements.

Potential GPC - SGHRM collaboration areas JPIs should comply with the Charter & Code (=adopt a HR Strategy) and the European Framework for Researcher Careers Establish attractive and harmonised conditions for recruitment of global research talents to JPIs Stimulate open, transparent, international, competitive recruitment of researchers to JPIs Aim towards enhanced quality of doctoral training in JPIs Facilitate flexible terms and funding schemes for researcher mobility in JPIs, including physical/geographical, interdisciplinary, intersectoral and virtual mobility (cf. ESF Science Policy Briefing No 49 http://www.esf.org/fileadmin/Public_documents/Publications/spb49_ResearcherMobility.pdf Stimulate gender balance, including senior researcher positions, and (interdisciplinary and intersectoral) diversity of research groups to improve scientific quality and diversity of ideas in JPIs