International collaboration of research staff associations

10 November 2011

By Gordon Dalton

Main aim of global association or consortium:

·  Intercommunication;

o       share ideas,

o       Good practice, bad practice.

·  Strength in numbers is strength in influence. Consulted on issues of policy and researcher employment conditions by

·  EU DG research

·  Bologna process

·  ENRS

·  MO Forum on research careers

Outside Europe Consulted by

·  UNESCO

·  ICSU

·  OECD

Research staff associations from different countries should speak to each other
Share experiences in terms and conditions
Job opportunities
Researcher events
Mobility
Visas