1. “The 2005 ‘Researchers in Europe’ Initiative”. Σανόπουλος Δημήτριος Εθνικό Κέντρο Έρευνας και Τεχνολογικής Ανάπτυξης (ΕΚΕΤΑ) Θεσσαλονίκη Μάρτιος 200 5

2. The 2005 ‘Researchers in Europe’ Initiative The need to raise the public awareness about the role of researchers in society and to attract more young people into scientific careers appears to play a central role has led to the organization during 2005 of a large awareness campaign in Europe under the theme: “The 2005 ‘Researchers in Europe’ Initiative The Initiative will be launched in Luxembourg on 8 June 2005 and last until end November.

3. Objectives to improve and promote a better public understanding of the contribution of researchers to society, in terms of innovation, job creation, competitiveness and economic growth; to encourage more young people to embark on careers in R&D and contribute thereby to increase the number of researchers in Europe to contribute to the overall attractiveness of the EU as a reference area for research talent from all over the world and raise awareness of the potential of the European Research Area as a European Employment market for researchers.

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5. Students Teachers Parents Businesses Academic institutions Research organisations Public authorities Foundations Main Stakeholders

6. 2005 ‘Researchers in Europe’ Initiative’ main pillars: 1 st Pillar Events organised at European level, including : a European launch event on 8 June, under the Luxembourg Presidency a pan-European Researchers’ Night on Friday 23 September a large scale closing conference and event bringing together the conclusions and recommendations put forward during the Initiative

7. Activities put forward by organisations acting at local, regional, national and international level. These activities have been proposed in the framework of an open call for proposals (FP6-2004-Mobility- 13), which was published in the European Community Official Journal on 11 September 2004, with a closing date of 2 December 2004 2005 ‘Researchers in Europe’ Initiative’ main pillars: 2 nd Pillar

8. 2005 ‘Researchers in Europe’ Initiative’ main pillars: 3 rd Pillar Activities organised in the context of large scale events (science festivals, science weeks etc), which have agreed to devote part or all of their 2005 session to the themes of the Initiative. Partnerships created under this group of projects may take various forms – exchange of information, stands, conferences, scientific cafés, granting of the Researchers in Europe Initiative label. Specific attention will be devoted in this respect to the establishment of synergies with events organised under the International Year of Physics

9. Impact The idea of proposing a European-wide Initiative focusing on researchers is expected to attract considerable attention and impact. The current interest generated by the human resource debate paves the way consequently for a potentially considerable outreach, with extended discussion opportunities and policy implications. It concerns above all a large range of possible actors and opens the opportunity to engage the public at large, including the media, in this debate