It seems that support doesn’t start with tools, but with space
Feedback from a workshop for women in science shows that, alongside tools, space for reflection, sharing, and practical support plays a key role.
CZARMA & Euraxess Workshop to Renew the HR Excellence in Research Award
In March 2024, a workshop on Renewal the HR Excellence in Research Award was held in Prague at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The Czech Association of Managers and Administrators in Research (Czarma) organised the workshop in cooperation with Euraxess CR. Sixty participants from more than thirty Czech and Slovak institutions signed up for it. The main speakers were EC Assessors Isabelle Halleux and Barbora Wahlová. Tomáš Mozga, Vice-chair and representative of the HR section of CZARMA moderated the entire event.
The workshop aimed to prepare institutions approaching the Renewal milestone in their implementation of the HRS4R strategy for the visit of the European Commission Assessors and for updating their HRS4R action plan in line with the new European Charter for Researchers. Isabelle Halleux, an experienced Lead Assessor at the European Commission with a long track record of research institution assessments since 2005, spoke online about the Site Visit organization and expectations from an Assessor's perspective. Barbora Wahlová, Assessor and, at the same time, HR manager of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, who is currently intensively preparing to defend their personnel strategy, presented practical experience and tips for the institution's self-assessment report and for preparing for the Site Visit from the perspective of the evaluated institution. Both experts also responded to many questions from the audience and, together with representatives of the Euraxess CR, presented the institution's transition process to the new European Charter for Researchers.
