Council Resolution concerning the reinforcement of the mobility strategy within the European Research Area (ERA)
Date: 2001-12-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU research policy, Internet, exchange of information, job mobility, research staff

21.12.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 367/1

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(Information)

COUNCIL

Council Resolution concerning the reinforcement of the mobility strategy within the European
Research Area (ERA)

(2001/C 367/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION:

1. RECALLING the importance which Heads of State or
Governement at recent European Councils held at Lisbon,
Nice and Stockholm have attached to increased professional
and vocational mobility for men and women throughout
the European Union;

2. RECALLING the creation of ERA which was endorsed by the
Heads of State or Government at
the Lisbon European
Council; and in this context, RECALLING the need to take
steps to remove obstacles to the mobility of researchers in
Europe by 2002 and to attract and retain high quality
research talent in Europe;

3. RECALLING the Council Resolution of 15 June 2000 and 16
November 2000 in respect of ERA (1) which invited the
Member States and the Commission to cooperate to
identify and subsequently to remove obstacles
to the
mobility of researchers and which welcomed the importance
attached to human resources in the creation of ERA and to
fostering the mobility of researchers;

4. REAFFIRMS the importance of

researchers’ mobility in
making a reality of ERA; and REITERATES its intention to
eliminate persistent obstacles to the mobility of researchers,
which are mutlifaceted in nature and include those of a
cultural, social, administrative, legal and regulatory nature;

5. WELCOMES the cooperation established between Member
led to a first

States and the Commission which has
analysis of the major obstacles to researcher mobiltiy;

(cid:151) consider actions to be taken to create a favourable
the pursuit of
for mobility and for

environment
scientific excellence by this means;

(cid:151) take account of the particular situation of researchers in

the context of mobility in general,

(cid:151) stress the importance given to human resources and
the sixth EC research

mobility in the context of
framework programme;

7. ENDORSES efforts to:

(cid:151) improve information on mobility to researchers,

in
particular by the creation of a dedicated internet
portal, a network of mobility centres, where appropriate
building on existing structures, and by the better
dissemination of vacancies,

(cid:151) examine qualitative issues in respect of,

for example,

exchanges of best practice and benchmarking;

8.

INVITES the Commission:

(cid:151) to give due emphasis to the importance of the mobility
of researchers in its (cid:145)mobility action plan(cid:146) which will be
presented to the European Council in spring 2002 on
developing and opening up new European labour
to promote gender
markets; as well as,
inter alia,
equality and enhance
young
scientists to research,

contribution of

the

(cid:151) to ensure

that

fully
candidate
associated with the definition and execution of actions
in favour of mobility,

countries

the

are

6. WELCOMES the general approach of the Commission set out
in its communication for (cid:145)A mobility strategy for ERA(cid:146) and
in particular, EMPHASISES the need to:

(cid:151) to report annually on the progress achieved in under-
taking its strategy in favour of mobility for researchers.

(1) OJ C 205, 19.7.2000, p. 1.
OJ C 374, 28.12.2000, p. 1.