1. The European Researcher’s Mobility Portal and the ERA- MORE Network of Mobility Centres Liina Raju Archimedes Foundation ERA-MORE mobility centre

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Estonian Mobility Centres There are currently six mobility centres in Estonia, their full contact details are available at http://www.smartestonia.ee/eramore : http://www.smartestonia.ee/eramore –Archimedes Foundation mobility@archimedes.ee mobility@archimedes.ee –Estonian Academy of Sciences mobility@akadeemia.ee mobility@akadeemia.ee –University of Tartu mobility@ut.eemobility@ut.ee

9. Estonian Mobility Centres –Tallinn University of Techonology mobility@ttu.ee mobility@ttu.ee –Estonian University of Life Sciences mobility@emu.ee mobility@emu.ee –Tallinn University mobility@tlu.eemobility@tlu.ee

10. Thank you for your attention! Liina Raju Archimedes Foundation liina@archimedes.ee