RESERACHER’S MOBILITY IN MK CONDITIONS

1. RESERACHER’S MOBILITY IN MK CONDITIONS Research Center for Energy, Informatics and Materials Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts ICEIM-MANU WEB-MOB Project Workshop “Researcher’s Mobility” 25 October, Zagreb Natasa Markovska, Neda Kocareva

2. Work completed under the Web-Mob project • 1. Mapping Exercise • 2. Review Existing Mobility Policy • 3. Prepare informative material and mobility guide • 4. Organize an awareness campaign • 5. Develop researcher’s mobility guidelines

3. 1. Mapping Exercise- Goals- • Identify national web links • Identify main stakeholders involved in researchers mobility such as research organizations, industry, and ministries and administrative institutions. • Identify focal points which directly contribute to the mobility factor of incoming researchers.

4. 1. Mapping Exercise- Methodology- • Questionnaire for the institutions • Questionnaire for incoming researchers. • Internet search and personal contacts

5. Mapping Exercise-Institutions- • 22 universities have research areas in life sciences • 6 universities in health • 6 in energy • 8 universities in the IT sector • 54 total universities as research institutions

6. Mapping Exercise-Institutions- • 15 public research institutions • 12 in socio-economic sciences • 2 in biotechnology • 5 in materials and production. • Other research institutions in the food sector, in the environment sector, as well as in agriculture and nanotechnologies.

7. Mapping Exercise-Web Links- • http://web-mob.eu/ • All the main links to focal points important to incoming mobility can be found directly on the web-mob portal • All the general information necessary to incoming researchers can also be found through this link

8. Mapping Exercise-Focal Points- • Governmental bodies. • Ministry of Education and Science. • Department of Science and Technology • Unit for Planning of Science, Unit for Projects, the Unit for Legal Aspects of Science and Technology, the Unit for Technological Development and Technical Culture, and the Unit for International Scientific Cooperation.

9. Mapping Exercise-Scientific Infrastructure- • Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts • Universities • Independent research groups.

10. Mapping Exercise-Questionnaire- • Completed by 18 of the 74 national institutions it was originally sent to • One foreign researcher answered • Incoming mobility is important for the process of harmonizing with the EU • 11 versus 6 believe there are no jobs available here for foreign researchers. • The most important barriers to incoming mobility are considered to be, in order of importance: salaries, schooling, social security, work permit and recognition of foreign diplomas.

11. 2. Existing Mobility Policy Review • http://webmob.masfak.ni.ac.yu/sitegenius/topic.php?id=296 • Two documents found regarding foreign workers in the country and the free movement of persons

12. 3. Informative Material and Mobility Guide • Contribution to WEB-MOB Leaflets; Distributed at national conferences and seminars, and amongst the national governmental bodies, as well as research institutions • Collection of relevant links, included in the Mobility Guide of the WEB-MOB portal

13. 4. Awareness Campaign • FP6/FP7 info days organized by the Ministry of Education and Sciences and ICEIM-MANU • Presentation of WEB-MOB project as a side event • Invitations for outstanding scientists with Macedonian origin to give a lecture at ICEIM-MANU

14. 5. Mobility Guidelines • Answering the questionnaire prepared by the Coordinator. The following areas addressed: -General and special characteristic of the country -Moving to the new country -Education system -Working conditions -Living conditions -Social issues -Issues regarding the researchers

15. ICEIM-MANU contribution towards researcher’s mobility Currently Funded International Projects

16. Current Internationally Funded Research Projects Energy

17. Environment Science and Sustainability

18. Bioinformatics and Complexity

19. Conclusions • Consistent brain-drain in the country • Decreasing number or researchers • Legal and financial barriers

20. Conclusions • Technology not adequately treated (science given priority; missing “translational research”) • Missing expenditure on research in the business sector • An unsatisfactory level of budgetary public funds for financing research activities • Not enough materials, equipment or the necessary infrastructure

21. Conclusions • Proposed measures: - Setting up of top priorities in S&T - Establishing viable competition - Efficient knowledge and technology transfer

22. ERA – MORE IN MK CONDITIONS Work Packages and Future Plans

23. ERA – MORE project • Ministry of Education and Science – National Coordinator • National Agency for European Educational Programmes and Mobility - Law on establishment in adoption procedure • Integrated Lifelong Learning • Youth in Action • 2008 – Accreditation • 2009 – Start year of mobility

24. ERA-MORE project National Networking: Ministry of Education and Science And ICEIM-MANU (National WEB-MOB Partner)

25. ERA-MORE project • 6 Work Packages • WP1 – Analysis • WP2 – Establishment of four regional contact centers for mobility in all state universities (University office on mobility) - Direct contact for EU to the research and mobility information in the country and vice versa

26. ERA – MORE project • WP 3 – Building up information; designing a web-site for mobility • WP 4 – Capacity building and human resources development • WP 5 – Promotional campaign • WP 6 – Management