ERA-MobilCar.GR project beneficiaries are members of the EURAXESS Services network, tailored to the needs of “researchers in motion”, has been set up by the European Commission and has been operating within this policy context more than 15 years now. Currently, the EURAXESS network offers services in 18 different topics related to the mobility and career development of researchers. A recently introduced topic of priority for EURAXESS Services has been assisting the professional development of researchers of any career stage and scientific area.
In line with the above context, ERA-MobilCar.GR project has the following specific objectives:
• To engage stakeholders of both academic and private sectors in Greece to adopt ERA initiatives focusing on the development of researcher careers
• To eliminate the brain drain phenomenon of young scientists in Greece and enhance brain circulation by increasing the employment opportunities
• To encourage and sustain long-term cooperative partnerships, networking platforms and innovation clusters to links researchers community and the business world through the Greek and EU EURAXESS Networks
• To support EURAXESS Services Network's members-Academia-Research Community-Industry interaction through networking activities (interviews, trainings, ERA Mobility and Career Days) in order to enhance geographical and intersectoral mobility of researchers and researchers careers perspectives in general in Greece
• To raise awareness among researchers employers of EURAXESS Jobs Portal as one of the most important mechanism national wide of an open, transparent and merit-based recruitment system
• To provide researchers training, online tools and resources to develop more additional skills necessary for the national labor market and to support their ongoing professional development and research career pathways and their transferable skills
• To enable researchers to self-assess their career motivation and options as well as their skills and capabilities, and use this to plan a career pathway and articulate relevant knowledge and attributes during recruitment processes
• To encourage a two-way flow of human and knowledge capital between academia and industry at all career stages, taking into advantage the national and EU funding tools
• To encourage main stakeholders in Greece to adapt ongoing new initiatives regarding researchers careers, perspectives and social integration of scientists/refugees, like Science4Refugees
The activities of the project are targeted to decrease the brain drain from Greece, one of the most important issues for the scientific community and the whole country.
