Massimo Serpieri, European Commission, Brussels

Developing tow ards Fifth Freedom
Massimo Serpieri
DG Research - European Commission
ENRC meeting
Brussels – 13th October 2009
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Outline
1.Ongoing work on data collection and
indicators
2. The European Partnership for
Researchers (EPR)
3. EURAXESS Initiative for Career &
Mobility of Researchers
4. Pan-Eu Pension Fund
30/10/2009
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Outline
1.Ongoing work on data collection
and indicators
2. The European Partnership for
Researchers (EPR)
3. EURAXESS Initiative for Career &
Mobility of Researchers
30/10/2009
4. Pan-Eu Pension Fund
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Our global position in numbers
• Researchers:
Number of
researchers
(% of labour force)
Share of employed in
the private sector (%)
EU-27
0.55
48
US
0.91
79
Japan
1.01
68
• Slow progress and too much fragmentation
between the national and Community
programmes and policies
30/10/2009
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Ongoing work on data collection
and indicators
MORE study – Mobility patterns and career paths of
EU researchers
• 18 month study Jan 2009 – July 2010. Work packages
including:
• Updating and improving set of indicators (known as IISER)
on stocks, career and mobility of researchers
• Carry out a large-scale pan-European study of researchers in
academia (already took place in summer, results by end
2009)
• - carry out a smaller pilot study of researchers in industry
• - spring 2010 will carry out a pilot study of EU res. in US
• http://www.researchersmobility.eu/
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Ongoing work on data collection
and indicators
Career Doctorate Holders Survey (CDH)
• Joint Eurostat/OECD/UNESCO project
• Measures demographic, employment, career characteristics
and mobility of doctorate holders
• CDH 1 - first data collection 2006. Some limited results
available
• 26 countries participated including 18 EU MS and US
• CDH II – scheduled 2010, reference year 2009
• http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.p
hp/Careers_of_doctorate_holders
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Ongoing work on data collection
and indicators
• Indicator development : 2 exercises
• Recent report by "EG on ERA Indicators and ERA
Monitoring" presented to CREST. Aim is to define
indicators to monitor progress towards ERA (all five ERA
components).
• Within ERA SGHRM, working group set up to produce a
set of key indicators to monitor implementation of EPR.
• Each exercise will include:
• i) indicators that can be produced using existing sources
and ii) indicators to be further developed
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Ongoing work on data collection
and indicators
• Feasibility study for a university data collection
July 2009-October 2010 - Consortium led by Univ. of Pisa
• Aim is to create a sustainable infrastructure to collect data at
institutional level. Project includes pilot data collection:
• A census of all HEI with basic information
• A more detailed data collection for a subset of HEI (researchactive institutions)
• More detailed data should allow us to produce indicators:
• Input : % research in overall budget, % researchers, etc
• Process : degree specialisation, distribution of expenditure
and staff by discipline
• Output : number of graduates, number of publications, etc.
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Outline
1.Ongoing work on data collection
and indicators
2. The European Partnership for
Researchers (EPR)
3. EURAXESS Initiative for Career &
Mobility of Researchers
30/10/2009
4. Pan-Eu Pension Fund
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Policy context
- Spring European Council 14 March 2008: MS invited to set out in
their National Reform Programmes (Lisbon) "…how their R&D strategies
will contribute to the realising and better governance of the European
Research Area"
- "Ljubljana Process" launched at the Competitiveness Council on
30/5/08 with two clear goals:
"Europe now needs to develop a common vision and effective
governance of the European Research Area"
- 2/12/08: European Research Area Vision 2020 by the Council
- Governance structure needed! CREST and SGHRM
- Partnership for Researchers: endorsement Council 26/9/2008
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Essence of the Partnership
• 3 year initiative building upon reforms and actions already
underway
• Member States to set out national action plans: End
2009: NAP
• End 2010: Assessment – “Monitoring Study”
• Commission helps in mutual learning, good practices: 3
working groups set up. On Social security: Expert group
• End 2010: Assessment
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Outline
1.Ongoing work on data collection
and indicators
2. The European Partnership for
Researchers (EPR)
3. EURAXESS Initiative for Career &
Mobility of Researchers
30/10/2009
4. Pan-Eu Pension Fund
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Information on job opportunities, funding
opportunities, grants, employment, etc.
Information for relocation assistance
Information regarding the European Charter
and Code
Info to maintain the link with European
researchers abroad,
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EURAXESS Links
• To network European researchers abroad to maintain
their links with Europe and promote cooperation and
brain circulation;
• European researchers abroad: Not a loss, but a valuable
resource for Europe;
• Network launched in USA (2006) and Japan (2008);
• Expansion planned in China (2009) and other
countries/regions of the world (2010/11)
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A ‘bill of rights and
duties’ for all researchers
working in the EU
To recognise
researchers as
professionals
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C&C vs. Partnership for
Researchers
Most actions of the Partnership are routed in
the Charter & Code, which is the institutional
side of the Partnership process.
Partnership: “ Coordinated action in these areas, alongside
renew ed efforts on ex isting initiatives such as
increasing the tak e-up of the principles of the Charter
and Code, would provide better job opportunities and more
rewarding careers for researchers…”
Thus: Stakeholders to play a great
role!
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The Charter & Code
implementation
Successful results
• Around 100 signed declarations representing almost 1000
research organisations spread over 27 countries
• C&C recognised policy tool: national initiatives in line with
the C&C, Working groups; etc.
Difficulties
• Lack of awareness
• Fear of administrative burden
• Lack of institutional strategies, legal problems
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A HR Strategy for Researchers
to speed up the implementation of
the C&C
A) An internal analysis by the research institution to compare
institutional practices against the C&C principles, which should
involve all key institutional players;
B) The publication of a "Human Resources Strategy for
Researchers Incorporating the Charter & Code ";
C) The acknowledgement of the HR Strategy by the European
Commission;
D) A self-assessment based implementation;
E) An external evaluation every 4 years
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HR Strategy for Researchers (2)
An example of a possible standard template for the
internal analysis and implementation of the HR
Strategy for Researchers
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HR Strategy for Researchers (3)
A Charter & Code implementation mechanism that :
- Is based on institutional self-assessment and respects the
autonomy of the institutions
- Is as light as possible, avoiding cumbersome procedures and
recognizing the variety of situations across institutions
- Is a transparent approach that provides easily accessible public
information on the HR policies of undersigning institutions
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The “HR Strategy for
Researchers Group”
• By March 2010 the first group of C&C undersigning
institutions “acknowledged” by the Commission
• Two workshops (September 2009 & beginning 2010) to
exchange practices and ideas on general and specific
issues (e.g. clarification interpretation of C&C principles) and
help draft their HR Strategy for Researchers
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Outline
1.Ongoing work on data collection
and indicators
2. The European Partnership for
Researchers (EPR)
3. EURAXESS Initiative for Career &
Mobility of Researchers
30/10/2009
4. Pan-Eu Pension Fund
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A Eu Pension Fund for
Researchers
Concept
Pension providers to be encouraged to open up pan-EU
pension schemes targeted to researchers and
companies to use pension providers in other EU MS.
Mobile researchers allowed to contribute to the same
supplementary pension fund while working in different
EU countries and still comply with the different social,
labour and pension legislation in participating MS
Re: Directive 2003/41/EC on the activities and supervision
of institutions for occupational retirement provisions
(IORP)
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Eu pension Fund for
researchers
Advantages Researchers could better manage their
pension schemes, as:
- Only one pension fund regardless in which MS they
work
- Better overview & clarity of pension rights, only one
contact point/information package, no language
problems any more, etc.
Procedure: tender for a study to assess feasibility
Contract: June 2009-May 2010 – Hewitt Associates
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Eu pension Fund for
researchers: Steps
Market practice review: focus on insurance based and pension fund
based arrangements in relation to cross-border IORPs
Survey among public and private researchers’ employers: to
provide insight on current employers’ practices and on their
potential interest to sponsor new cross-border arrangements
Review of cost of pension arrangements: cover a “member service”
center, members’ administration, investment fund administration
Essential elements of a governance framework
Benchmark analysis of best location
Simulating profile of 15 mobile researchers (home country labour
law framework, taxation issues, geo-sectoral mobility paths)
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Thank you for your attention
massimo.serpieri@ec.europa.eu
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