The European Researcher’s Mobility Portal and the ERA-MORE Network of Mobility

Centres

Liina RajuArchimedes Foundation

ERA-MORE mobility centre

Background

• The European Union has set itself the goal of becoming the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010.

• Europe needs to produce more R&D personnel and attract top international talent and

allocate its existing pool of scientific skills as effectively as possible.

• This can only be achieved through a high degree of researcher mobility.

The European Researcher’s Mobility Portal

• http://europa.eu.int/eracareers/ • The Portal is intended to help researchers

identify training and job opportunities throughout Europe

• The Portal offers information on fellowships and grants, research job vacancies and practical information

• There are links from the European Portal to 31 National mobility portals and to contact information of ERA-MORE mobility centres

Possibilites of the European Researcher’s Mobility Portal

• All organisations involved in research activities can register and post job vacancies free of charge

• Researchers can post their CVs to the Portal’s database and so can be contacted by research organisations

Estonian Researcher’s Mobility Portal

• The Estonian Researcher’s Mobility Portal http://www.smartestonia.ee/ has the following sections:– About Estonia– Student Mobility– Researcher Mobility– Practical Training– Higher Education and Research Institutions

Estonian Researcher’s Mobility Portal

• Researcher Mobility offers information on visas, residence permits and residence permits for employment, taxation, social insurance, transport, IPR, accommodation and everyday matters

ERA-MORE – The European Network of Mobility Centres

• ERA-MORE: the European Network of Mobility Centres is intended to facilitate the life of “mobile” researchers by tailored assistance.

• There are 200 centres in 32 countries offering you personalised help and providing information on issues related to mobility

Estonian Mobility Centres

• There are currently six mobility centres in Estonia, their full contact details are available at http://www.smartestonia.ee/eramore :– Archimedes Foundation

mobility@archimedes.ee– Estonian Academy of Sciences

mobility@akadeemia.ee– University of Tartu mobility@ut.ee

Estonian Mobility Centres

– Tallinn University of Techonology mobility@ttu.ee

– Estonian University of Life Sciences mobility@emu.ee

– Tallinn University mobility@tlu.ee

Thank you for your attention!

Liina RajuArchimedes Foundationliina@archimedes.ee