KNOWLEDGE BASE ON MOBILITY Vadym Yashenkov, NIP Ukraine Deputy Director Kyiv, Ukraine 24 September 2009

Analysis phases  Development of the interview questionnaire  Identifying the target groups  Identifying the respondents  Contacting with the respondents to have their agreement to fulfill the work  Sending out the questionnaire  Collecting the completed forms of the questionnaire  Generalizing the results  Development of the analysis

Identifying the respondents  Scientific field: all FP7 thematic priorities were covered  Type of institution: universities and research institutes  Geography: the entire territory of Ukraine was covered  Age of the respondents: varied from 28 to 65

Participation in mobility programmes Affirmative answers – 48% Negative answers – 52%

Distribution between the mobility programmes  Bilateral agreements – 40.5%  INTAS – 35%  International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis(IIASA) – 8%  STCU – 8%  TEMPUS – 8%  DAAD – 5%  Euroatom – 5%  NATO – 5%  CNRS – 3%  European Space Agency(ESA ) – 3%  Euroscience – 3%  Humboldt Foundation – 3%  International Research and Exchange Board(IREX) – 3%  Marie Curie Action – 3%  Mianowski Fund – 3%  Visegrad Fund – 3%  UK Royal Society Fellowship – 3%  UN Industrial Development Organisation(UNIDO ) – 3%  Universidad Carlos III de Madrid – 3%

Visited countries  Germany – 27%  Austria – 10.7%  Spain – 10.7%  Poland – 8%  USA – 8%  Czech Republic – 5.3%  France – 5.3%  Italy – 5.3%  China, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey and UK – 2.7% (each)

Sources of information  Host countries  Web sites  Grant agencies  Colleagues  Official guidebooks for incoming/outgoing researchers and host institution guidebooks and instructions for foreign researchers - few

Motivation  Reputation of the host organization  Participation in a collaborative research project  Interesting research theme  Future career development  Access to special facilities and expertise  Knowledge about new country and new culture  Research management skills learned in host country  New working methods acquired in host institution  Better working conditions in the host organization

Experience in international S&T cooperation  EU Framework Programme  INTAS  TEMPUS  Bilateral cooperation - majority

Mobility programmes effects  Raised research knowledge  Improved networking with other colleagues

Public support of science and technology  Strong support – 2.7%  Standard support – 37.8%  Lack of support – 59.5%.

Knowledge of European initiatives  Marie Curie Actions – 35.5%  “Scientific visa” package – 27%  ERA-MORE Mobility Centres/EURAXESS Service Centres – 13.5%  EURAXESS Jobs portal - 3%  No knowledge – 21%

Mobility barriers  Difficulties in research funding – 78%  Lack of national and/or institutional support for researchers – 65%  General lack of information – 46%  Collaborative contacts are not good enough for mobility – 41%  Language barriers – 27%  No problems – 3%

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