Steering Group on Human Resources and Mobility

In September 2008, the Competitiveness Council adopted Council Conclusions affirming its commitment to the implementation of a European Partnership for Researchers, based on the Communication "Better careers and more mobility: a European partnership for researchers" of May 2008 . The Council also recognised that the "Steering Group on Human Resources and Mobility", being active since 2002, would be the most appropriate forum for conducting this partnership in a flexible manner.

Therefore, the group is currently being relaunched and will be the structure to promote, monitor and report on the implementation of the Researchers' Partnership at EU and national levels and on other on-going researchers-related activities (e.g. The European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers , “Scientific Visa”, EURAXESS activities).

The Steering Group on Human Resources and Mobility (SGHRM) members will provide information on the overall plans devised at national level for the implementation of the Researchers' Partnership and will report regularly on the actions undertaken or envisaged to execute these plans, as well as on developments regarding other ongoing researchers-related activities.

The group's draft mandate includes the following tasks:

• strengthening mutual learning activities through information exchange, identification of best practices and, where appropriate, the use of peer-reviews;
• defining and using appropriate indicators for monitoring progress, at both national and Community level; 
• developing common guidelines where they can reinforce a consistent implementation of actions of common interest or inspire new or improved actions; 
• contributing to the definition of Community actions;
• liaising with other relevant groups and stakeholders to make better use of existing initiatives, notably the EURAXESS activities (by strengthening links with the national Bridgehead Organisations;

with the aim of supporting the coherent development of policies and measures at national level along the priority lines of action proposed in the Researchers' Partnership and of enhancing complementarities and synergies between national and Community actions. 

Austrian Members:

Ms. Julia TSCHELAUT, Federal Ministry of Science and Research,
E-mail: julia.tschelaut@bmwf.gv.at

Ms. Eva SCHMUTZER-HOLLENSTEINER, Federal Ministry of Science and Research
E-mail: eva.schmutzer-hollensteiner@bmwf.gv.at

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