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With EURAXESS the European Research Area is even closer 

A more European perspective for researchers


20.05.2011 -

On 23rd May, a day dedicated to European policies for research and researchers, EURAXESS Italy (www.euraxess.it), the new portal for the mobility of researchers, will be presented at the Ministry for Education, University and Research (MIUR - Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca).

 

EURAXESS is a tool that provides foreign researchers with all the necessary information to come and pursue their research activities in Italy. This includes information on entry visas where required, the Italian education system, the social security and welfare system, the tax system, housing options, etc. Mobile researchers looking to relocate to Italy can take advantage of a direct link to 7 Service Centres and 8 Local Contact Points.

 

In the same way, Italian researchers planning a period of research activity abroad can, by means of the portal, gain access to the entire European network of EURAXESS Service Centres (http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/), where they will find 35 sites sharing the same design and structure, that are easy to navigate and full of useful information.

 

EURAXESS is an initiative promoted by the European Commission, as dynamic as its users and continually expanding. More than 5,000 research organisations (both public and private) have registered on the EURAXESS portal in order to publish their job offers and funding opportunities.

 

About 18,000 researchers have published their CVs online. Collaborations have been established for exchanging job offers with other recruitment and job search portals, such as Naturejobs. In addition, an average of 4,000 research job opportunities are available daily on the EURAXESS Jobs Portal. This information is shared with national EURAXESS portals, including EURAXESS Italy.

 

As well as representing a practical opportunity to build up the European Research Area, EURAXESS provides Italian universities and research bodies with a tool for implementing the recently issued Italian Law 240/2010. In Article 18, paragraph 1a); Article 22, paragraph 1; and Article 24, paragraph 2a), the law in fact requires that announcements for fixed-term positions for professors or researchers must be advertised internationally.

 

All the services offered by the EURAXESS portal, both at a European and a national level, are totally free of charge. EURAXESS Italy is promoted by the CRUI Foundation in collaboration with AREA Science Park and the University of Camerino.

 

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