BRiDGE II (EU funded project)
BRiDGE II – Bridge for Researchers in Danger Going to Europe Step
II
BRiDGE II is a project funded under the Horizon 2020 call SwafS-6-2018:
Science4Refugees-Support to highly skilled refugee scientists. BRiDGE II is a two-year
project that started on December 1st, 2018
BRiDGE II gives an all-in-one solution for the localized guidance of
refugee researchers (RRs) in the European Research Area (ERA) and enables the
40 EURAXESS country members in the ERA to identify and utilize the potential of
RRs across Europe.
BRiDGE II for refugee researchers at a glance
Support the long-term careers of 300 highly skilled refugee
researchers and their integration into the labour markets of the European Union
member states and its associated countries. It provides high quality guidance,
mentoring and training for refugee researchers, especially postdocs and
professors displaced for more than two years in Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia,
Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Sweden.
Procedures and criteria to identify and recruit participants
- Priority is given to all asylum granted
researchers in Europe and Horizon2020 eligible countries are eligible to
participate in the project, and profit especially from the matching with
academic and non-academic mentors, the trainings, the career development
measures and the networks, provided that these RR have an affiliation (a
mentorship, a position, a fellowship, a project collaboration) with a
research institution, higher education institution, company or other
relevant entity will be eligible in participating in BRiDGE II. No further
selection criteria will be applicable. - Gender quota will be applied (50/50
men/women) in mentoring, training, internship and networking measures and
events. - All career stages (R1-R4) of refugee
researchers are eligible, although priority will be given to R3-R4 refugee
researchers - For the recruitment and identification of
participants the beneficiaries use their established network in the
refugee researchers’ community of their countries and collaborate in a
wide network of experts and NGOs, recruiting refugee researchers in
network events, through mouth-to-mouth propaganda, excellent and committed
academic mentors, Science4Refugees, newsletters, mailing-lists, social
media.
Impact of BRiDGE II
- The project facilitates the efforts of the
European Union to help RRs settle into their host country of residence and
prepare RRs for the highly competitive and highly skilled EU job market. - The project outcomes will contribute to
increasing the employability of RRs and their use of the EURAXESS Portal.
The knowledge and experience to be gained include the methodologies to be
developed that will enable the future integration of RRs in the European
Societies.
BRiDGE II Work Plan
BRiDGE II is structured in 5 interrelated work packages (WP):
- WP1 Ethics and Data Protection focused on
Ethics and data protection in line with national and European rules and
laws on data protection. - WP2 Career Planning, Mentoring and
Building Networks emphasizes the guidance of 300 Refugee Researchers, who
are already affiliated with higher and research institutions in Europe, on
their path to a future career in and outside academia. - WP3 Career Development Courses and
Trainings which is the base for the implementation of other WPs, adjusting
course materials and conducting trainings and materials for the
integration of RRs in the European job market (in and outside academia),
by obtaining key career and labour market relevant skills and knowledge; - WP4 Dissemination and Outreach with the
scope to establish a comprehensive, consistent and sustainable
dissemination strategy for the project which will enhance the impact of
the co-generated project activities for all target audiences, especially
for RRs and EURAXESS members. - WP5 Project Management and Quality
Assurance devoted to the coordination, monitoring and reporting on the projects
progress.
PARTNERS
The BRiDGE-Step II team consists of experienced members of the
EURAXESS Network and they use their experience and established cooperation to
solve RRs’ cases. Geographical coverage of the project team marks “BRiDGE
for Researchers in Danger Going to Europe − Step II” including so
called final destination countries and entry countries, a transit, conditional
host and origin country of RRs at the same time
Coordinator
- Bielefeld University (UNIBI), Germany
– www.uni-bielefeld.de
Partners
- Austrian Agency For International
Cooperation in Education, Science and Research (OeAD), Austria – https://oead.at - Center for Research and Technology Hellas
(CERTH), Greece – http://www.certh.gr - Eidgenössische
Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zürich), Switzerland – www.ethz.ch - Goeteborgs Universitet (UGOT), Sweden
– https://www.gu.se - Sofia University “St. Kliment
Ohridski” (SU), Bulgaria – www.uni-sofia.bg - University of the Aegean (UAeg), Greece
– https://www.aegean.gr - University of Nis − Mechanical Engineering
Faculty (MEF), Serbia – https://www.masfak.ni.ac.rs
Experts with advisory role
A broad pool of relevant experts with advisory role is also
consulted in BRiDGE − Step II:
- Scholars at Risk Network, New York
University, USA – www.scholarsatrisk.org - Marie Curie Alumni Association, Belgium
– www.mariecuriealumni.eu - German-Syrian Research Society, Germany
– ds-fg.de - SCIREA, University of the Aegean, Greece
– www.scirea.aegean.gr/