02.11.2023 [News]

Project news: Workshop on barriers hampering mobility of researchers between EU and EECA countries - presentations now available online

International Workshop on Barriers Hampering Mobility of Researchers between European Union and Eastern European and Central Asian Countries took place on 12 October 2023 at State University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.

The Workshop was organised jointly by State University – Higher School of Economics (Russia) and Academy of Finland in the framework of the FP7 IncoNet EECA project “S&T International Cooperation Network for Eastern European and Central Asian Countries”. The project includes activities aiming at an enhanced participation of researchers from EECA countries in FP7 “Cooperation”, “People”, “Capacities” actions.

The main objective of the workshop was to highlight barriers hampering mobility of researchers between EU and EECA countries and work out concrete recommendations to overcome barriers in the two-ways mobility of researchers between EU MS, AC and EECA countries including implementation actions.

68 participants - representatives of the European Commission, ministries, academies, foundations, universities, international and research organizations and programmes dealing with researcher mobility, National Contact Points from EU and EECA countries took part in the Workshop.

Mr. Sergey Ivanets, Director of Department for Strategy and Perspective Projects in Education and Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Mr. Richard Burger, Science & Technology Counsellor of the Delegation of the European Commission to Russia and Dr. Alexander Sokolov, Deputy Director of Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge of State University – Higher School of Economics addressed their welcoming speeches the Workshop audience.

The Workshop programme comprised three parts. Each of them was completed by summarizing and overall discussion:

Session I: EU MS and AC: State-of-the-Art, Results, Barriers and Prospects of Mobility Programmes in the Context of Co-operation with Third Countries
Representatives of the major mobility programmes and foundations from EU MS (Erasmus Mundus, ISTC, DAAD, DFG, Humboldt Foundation, Academy of Finland, Polish Academy of Sciences, National Hellenic Research Foundation) presented mobility schemes, their experience, lessons learnt, barriers and recommendations to enhance mobility with EECA countries.

Session II: EECA Countries: Policy Strategies and Instruments for Brain Circulation. Experience and Proposals from Scientific Community for Shaping the Frame of Brain Circulation
Representatives of ministries, academies, foundations, universities, research organizations from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia and Uzbekistan dealing directly with mobility of researchers shared their experience with the audience and highlighted barriers hampering arrangement of mobility of researchers between EU and EECA countries.

Session III: Recommendations to Overcome Barriers in the Two-Ways Mobility of Researchers between EU MS, AC and EECA Countries Including Concrete Implementation Actions
Recommendations to overcome barriers in the two-ways mobility of researchers were collected during the Workshop presentations and discussions. The recommendations have been presented at the concluding part of the Workshop. It was decided to formulate a general document comprising all recommendations, disseminate it among the Workshop participants and partner organizations of IncoNet EECA project for comments and approval. It has been proposed by the Workshop participants to address the final document “Recommendations to Overcome Barriers in the Two-Ways Mobility of Researchers between EU MS, AC and EECA Countries” to the relevant ministries, agencies and governmental bodies responsible for the policy making and implementation in mobility of researchers sphere in EU and EECA countries.

 

Agenda: final programme Workshop (english / russian)

List of participants: Workshop on barriers hampering mobility of researchers between EU and EECA countries

Presentations (sequence of presentations in the programme):

EU-Russia scientific mobility: Recent developments & Some reflections, Richard Burger (European Commission to Russia)

EU funded PhD Academic Mobility Programmes Barriers Hampering Mobility, Nicola Scaramuzzo (Higher School of Economics, HSE)

International Science and Technology Center, Prof. Waclaw Gudowski and Dr. Hendrik Visser (ISTC Moskow)

Mobility barriers between EU – EECA Countries, Dr. Gregor Berghorn (German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD)

Funding Instruments of the German Research Foundation to Enhance the Mobility of Researchers, Dr. Jörn Achterberg (DFG Russia/CIS)

Mobility and the experiences of the Humboldt Foundation, Dr. Per Brodersen (Humboldt Foundation, AvH)

International Cooperation with Third Countries, Suvipäivikki Mikola (Academy of Finland)

Mobility flow - experiences of the New Member States, Anna Wiśniewska (National Contact Point for the Research Programmes of the EU)

Lifting barriers in the two ways mobility of researchers between EU MS, AC and EECA countries Loula Sigala (National Hellenic Research Foundation, NHRF)

EU Policy measures for the mobility of Researchers: The Greek example of implementation Marianna Gkritzala (National Hellenic Research Foundation, NHRF)

Transnational co-operation among National Contact Points for Marie Curie Actions, Georgia Ritou (National Hellenic Research Foundation, NHRF)

R&D structure and mobility supporting mechanisms in Armenia, Anahit Khachikyan (National Academy of Sciences of Armenia)

THE STATE AND PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY OF RESEACHERS IN BELARUS: EUROPEAN DIMENSION, Dr. Mikhail ARTIUKHIN (National Academy of Sciences of Belarus) Dr. Svetlana Morozova (Belarusian State University) Olga Meerovskaya (Belarusian Institute of System Analysis and Information Support of S&T; Sphere)

Barriers Hampering Brain Circulation and Recommendations on Shaping Enabling Environment: Case of Kazakhstan, Altynshash JAXYBAYEVA (FP7-NCP), Gulnur BOLYSPAYEVA (Fund Keleshek), Bolat MENSHIK (National Science Fund)

Abstract Moldova, Mr. Sergiu Porcescu, (Academy of Sciences of Moldova)

Uzbekistan РАЗВИТИЕ МЕЖДУНАРОДНОГО СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВА В ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЙ И НАУЧНО-ТЕХНИЧЕСКОЙ СФЕРЕ

Recommendations HSE, Anna Pikalova (State University – Higher School of Economics)