
European Charter and Code for Researchers
The "European Charter and Code for Researchers" is a basic document containing general principles and requirements for researchers, aimed at driving European institutions toward the development of the European Research Area and an open and transparent job market. More than 1000 European institutions have already endorsed this Code. The endorsement of the Charter has not resulted, in the short term, in any evident actions by the institutions. For this reason, the European Commission has created a new tool designed to support the implementation of the C&C by the individual institutions: the "Human Resources Strategy for Researchers Incorporating the Charter & Code”. This approach involves five fundamental steps: Internal analysis;Action plan;Evaluation and acknowledgement of the analysis and the AP by the European Commission, awarding the “HR Excellence in Research” logo to…