Careers and Mobility of Researchers

Brussels, Belgium, 9-10 November. EMUNI participated in the Conference organised by the Belgian EU Presidency and DG Research on Careers and Mobility of Researchers held in Brussels. Two concluding sessions were chaired by the President of EMUNI,Joseph Mifsud who also spoke about the major aims of EMUNI. The first included other members of EMUNI and centred around:
1. Visa for third country researchers
Prof Dr Philippe De Bruycker (ULB - Belgium)
2. How to measure progress?
Dr Hans Borchgrevink (Research Council - Norway)
3. Working conditions
Mr Christian Jäger (University of Freiburg - Germany)
4. Recruitment & Mobility
Mr Shashank Shekhar (University of Twente - Netherlands)
5. Career development, skills and industry
Dr Jan Adriaenssens (VRWI - Belgium)

The final session focused on
Where do we go from here? The future of the partnership?
Chair: Joseph Mifsud President of the (EuroMediterranean University - Slovenia)
Speeches were made from:
Dr Endre Horváth, Deputy State Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry for National Economy
Prof Dr Vincent Yzerbyt, Prorector Research, UCLouvain
Dr Isi Saragossi, Director of Directorate C - European Research Area: Knowledge-based Economy,
European Commission
Mr Jean-Marc Nollet, Vice-Minister-President of Wallonia and the French Community, Walloon Minister for Sustainable
Development and the Civil Service, Community Minister for Childhood, Research and the Civil Service
Ms Ingrid Lieten, Vice minister-president of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Innovation, PublicInvestment, Media and Poverty Reduction
During the session it was agreed that a presentation booth of the Mobile Researchers in Europe - EURAXESS Turkish Network will be invited to the General Assembly in Ankara and that with Dr. Endre Horvath, State Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry for National Economy, EMUNI will plan two events in Hungary during the EU Presidency in 2011.

http://www.emuni.si/en/novice/id_501