1. Greek Mobility Centres Network Ioannina, 19 April 2005 SANOPOULOS DIMITRIOS Greek Mobility Centres Network

2. PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL MOBILITY CENTRES NETWORK The National Mobility Centres Network is part of the Pan-European Mobility Centres Network (ERAMORE) The National Mobility Centres Network provide information and proximity assistance to mobile researchers in matters such as, entry conditions, visas, work permits, recognition of diplomas, job opportunities, salaries, taxation, pension rights, health care, social security, accommodation, day care, schooling, language courses and access to the culture of the host country. The aim is to help any mobile researcher to overcome the problems that they phase in the mobility procedure.

3.  Title: The Development and the Operation of the Greek National Mobility Centres Network – “PYTHEAS”  Coordinator: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH)  Scientific Responsible: D.Sanopoulos  Number of Participants: 10  Funding Organization: EC, General Secretariat for Research and Technology  Call ID: FP6-2003-MOBILITY-CENTERS  Total Budget: 647.000 €  EC Funding: 200.000 €  Total Duration: 36 Months INFORMATION FOR THE PROPOSAL FOR FUNDING OF THE NATIONAL MOBILITY CENTRES NETWORK

4. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT DURING 2004 1.COMPLETION OF NETWORK DEVELOPMENT 2.DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL MOBILITY PORTAL 3.OPERATION OF THE NETWORK 4.EVALUATION – STATISTICS 5.PERSONNEL TRAINING 6.AWARENESS ACTIVITIES FOR THE NATIONAL NETWORK AND NATIONAL MOBILITY PORTAL 7.COOPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATION AND NETWORKS

5. 1. GREEK MOBILITY NETWORK Zone 1 CERTH, AUTH, FING City: Thessaloniki Zone 2 DUTH City: Xanthi Zone 3 UPAT City: Patras Zone 4 UTH City: Volos Zone 5 EKT, OBI City: Athens Zone 6 UOC, FORTH/PRAXIS City: Herakleion

6. National Mobility Portal http://www.eracareers.gr

7. Organization of 6 Greek Mobility Center Meetings Mapping Excercise, Quality Charters Job postings Working Groups Communication 4. EVALUATION – STATISTICS Six Month Report Evaluation Indicators 3. OPERATION OF THE NETWORK

8. Protection of Inventions ΟΒΙ, 22 March 2004, Athens Mobility obstacles CERTH, 29 March – 1 April 2004, Thessaloniki The Communication Portal ERA-MORE (CIRCA), ΕΙΕ, CERTH, Athens, 17.6.2004 Training on the Researchers Mobility Portal, Univ. of Crete, FORTH, CERTH, Herakleion, 7.10.2004 5. PERSONNEL TRAINING

9. 6. AWARENESS ACTIVITIES (NETWORK, PORTAL) Α. EVENTS 1.National Events: Official Network Launching Event, Thessaloniki 5 November 2004 2. Regional Thematic Events-Workshops: Region of Attica Title: “The Mobility Obstacles”, organized by NHRF, Athens 18 June 2004. Region of Crete Title: :Intersectorial Mobility, organized by FORTH and UoC

10. 3.Info Days March 2000 – Lisbon European Council 4.Local Events (DUTH, UTH) 5.International Events Presentation of the Greek Mobility Network at the conference “Early Stage Researchers Mobility in Europe-Meeting the Challenges and Promoting Best Practice, 25-27 February 2004, Lisbon Presentation of the Greek Mobility Network at the 4th Annual EURODOC Conference, 18-21 March 2004, Athens Presentation of the European and Greek Mobility Portals in a workshop for Euro Mediterranean co organized by the NETRIMED Network, the Italian Embassy and the University of Cairo, 13 March 2004, Cairo, Egypt 6. AWARENESS ACTIVITIES (NETWORK, PORTAL) B. EVENTS 2

11. Leaflet for the Network Leaflet for the Portal Visiting Cards Special mailings to the member enterprises (around 2.500) of our host organization Federation of Industries of Northern Greece (FING) about the events that were organized by CERTH 6. AWARENESS ACTIVITIES (NETWORK, PORTAL) C. PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL 6. AWARENESS ACTIVITIES (NETWORK, PORTAL) D. SPECIAL MAILING

12. 7. COOPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATION AND NETWORKS eurodoc