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AgreenSkills Plus Annual Meeting Julie SAINZ DG Education and Culture Barcelona, 12 October 2015

AgreenSkills Plus is an FP7 Marie Curie COFUND project

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Marie Skłodowska -Curie actions (MSCA) - Objectives -  Attract and retain research talent  Develop state-of-the-art, innovative training schemes  Promote sustainable career development in research and innovation  Focus on delivering new knowledge and skills  Contribute to a strong partnership with MS via the co-funding mechanism

Marie Skłodowska -Curie actions (MSCA) - Key Features -  Open to all domains of R&I: from basic research up to market take-up and innovation services  Bottom-up  Participation of non-academic sector  International mobility  Attractive working and employment conditions  Gender balance  Public engagement of supported researchers

Marie Skłodowska -Curie actions Budget for 2 0 1 4 -2 0 2 0 under Horizon 2 0 2 0

Charter and Code MSCA support researchers to establish themselves on a more stable career path and to ensure that they can achieve an appropriate work/life balance, taking into account their family situation. The principles of the “European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers”, promoting open recruitment and attractive working and employment conditions, are recommended to be endorsed and applied by all the funded participants . the Principles set out in the European Charter for Researchers & the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/pdf/brochure_rights/am509774CEE_EN_E4.pdf

Marie Skłodowska -Curie actions

Eligible Researchers

What can be funded under MSCA? EU contribution based on unit costs, calculated on the basis of the researcher-months

Marie Skłodowska -Curie actions

W HI CH MSCA should you choose?

I F - I ndividual Fellow ships • enhance the creative and innovative potential of experienced researchers • catalyse significant developm ent in their careers in both sectors • provide opportunities to acquire new know ledge , w ork on research projects in a European context or outside Europe • strengthen the netw ork of the researcher and the host organisation • Duration: 2 years (Global Fellowships: 3 years ) • Budget for 2016 call: € 2 1 8 .5 Million (Global Fellowships: 29 Mio)

I F - I ndividual Fellow ships Outgoing phase – 2 years Return phase – 1 year

RI SE Research and I nnovation Staff Exchange • Common research and innovation project • International and inter-sector transfer of know ledge and sharing of ideas and of R&I culture • Staff m em ber – at least 6 months at the sending institution • Secondm ents from 1 to 12 months • Project duration up to 4 years • Maximum 5 4 0 person-months • Budget for 2016 call: € 8 0 Million

RI SE – Eligibility Conditions • At least 3 independent participants in 3 different countries • At least 2 participants from 2 different MS/ AC • If all in MS/ AC : at least 1 academic and 1 non-academic Third Country + + or Other sector

I TN I nnovative Training Netw orks • Raise excellence and structure research and doctoral training • Trigger cooperation and exchange of best practice among participants • Enhance researchers' em ployability and provide them with new career perspectives • Only for early stage researchers • Fellowships of 3 -3 6 m onths • Project duration up to 4 years • Maximum 5 4 0 person-months (EID: 180) • Budget for 2016 call: € 3 7 0 Million (EID: 25 Mio, EJD 28 Mio)

COFUND • Co-funding new or existing regional, national, and international program m es ( doctoral or postdoctoral) • Mono-beneficiary : organisation funding or managing doctoral or post- doctoral programmes • Leverage funding and combat fragmentation (possible synergies with ESIF) • Promote international, intersectoral and interdicisplinary mobility while providing open recruitm ent and attractive w orking conditions • EU contribution to co-fund living allowances for researchers and management costs • Budget for 2016 call: € 8 0 Million (Doctoral Programmes: 30 Mio)

MSCA Workflow Find a Call Find Create your Register your Submit your Partners or account on the organisation proposal Apply as Participant Portal Identify or get a PIC Individual Application NCP Evaluation 3 to 4 independent experts For successful applicants : TIME-TO-GRANT = 8 MONTHS Electronic signature of GA via the Participant Portal Grant Agreement New structure of GA: legal provisions all in 1 document Periodic Report: Reporting technical and financial and/or Final Report: technical and financial

MSCA Calls 2016-2017

Responsible Research and Innovation Science Education Public engagement Gender Ethics Open Access / Open Science

Open Access What is Open Access to Publication? Online access at no charge to the user to peer-reviewed scientific publications "green open access": depositing articles in an online repository and granting open access after an embargo period; "gold open access ": paying scientific publishers a fee upfront to provide open access on publication • Zenodo http:/ / zenodo.org/ (OpenAI RE) • List of publications repositories: http:/ / www.opendoar.org/ • List of publisher policies: http:/ / www.sherpa.ac.uk/ romeo/ • Directory of OA journals: https:/ / doaj.org/

Open Access What is Open Access to Research Data? Online access at no charge to the user to research data (possibility to re-use) List of research data repositories: http:/ / www.re3data.org/

Keep it in mind for the future : “RESAVER” What is it? • the European Commission is supporting a consortium of employers, through Horizon 2020, in creating a single European pension arrangement (RESAVER), tailor-made for research organisations and their employees. • it will enable employees to remain affiliated to the same pension vehicle when moving between different countries and changing jobs. • first contributions to be transferred as of 2016 http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/rights/resaver

Your Marie Curie Award Certificate Fellows who have completed a research period within one of the FP7 Marie Curie actions may request, through their project contact person at the coordinating institution, a Marie Curie Award Certificate . http://ec.europa.eu/rea/secure/mc_certificates_en.htm

Useful Links MSCA website http://ec.europa.eu/msca Participant Portal (applications, documents) http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal acebook.com/Marie.Curie.Actions

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