pERCpectives #44 - 28 November 2022 - ERCEA Staff Newsletter
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28 November 2022

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In the spotlight
29 Nov, 10:15
Maria Leptin’s first speech to the European Parliament (ITRE) - webstream

Tomorrow, our President will address the EP’s ITRE Committee for the first time. She will speak about the role of frontier research, the EP’s support to the ERC, and what’s ahead. You can follow remotely via webstream - click "more".

 
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Citizen Science – Interview with Susana

Susana Nascimento (B0) is one of the "Citizen Science" conference organisers. We talked to her about the event and what makes it so interesting for participants. Read the full interview here!

Quote What sets it apart from other public engagement or science dissemination activities is the active role of citizens or communities in doing research. - Susana Nascimento
 
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News
ERC boost and voice to Starting Grantees

Thanks to the huge work from our ERCEA colleagues, the excellent young scientists got additional funds for further groundbreaking research. On ERC twitter, they shared tips for potential ERC applicants. You can share it too!

 
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Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the sharing of reserve lists

The Directors of the six Executive Agencies signed the Memorandum to achieve a dynamic working environment, that will facilitate staff recruitment from reserve lists into relevant posts amongst the six EA’s.

Quote We look forward to the benefits and synergies of this new Memorandum, together with the direct advantages for future staff members it fosters.
 
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Disaster Recovery Exercise

Attention: the yearly IT Disaster Recovery exercise at ERCEA is scheduled between Friday 02 Dec and Sunday 04 Dec 2022. Please don’t use any local IT services during the entire week-end (as of Friday 18:00)

 
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Your HR Corner
Interview and photo story
Interview with Adela Ruiz Caabeiro

Adela is one the colleagues who has seen the Agency grow from the beginning. She has been involved in many projects, the recent one being the organisation of the PI Centric events. Read the interview and meet Adela.

 
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Here is to the October Newcomers!

Curious to find out who joined the Agency last month? It's time to finally introduce our October Newcomers, so take two minutes and get to know your new colleagues a bit better.

 
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10 years of service - catching up with you!

The ceremony to celebrate your 10 years of service at the ERCEA has returned. Catching up on the last two years, this ceremony is for those who joined us in 2010. Stay tuned!

 
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Events
12 Dec, 13:00-15:00 (Ground Floor Auditorium)
Cine Frontier: “I am Greta”

Cine Frontier is back to Cove with the intimate story of climate activist Greta Thunberg. The documentary is told through the compelling, never-before-seen footage from the Swedish director, Nathan Grossman. Block your agenda...

 
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Continuous Improvement
Interview
CI Project on the role of Assistants

The management just gave the green light to this project for FG II Assistants, launched in February 2022 and ready for implementation. Project leader Erica Mori tell us about its added value and the challenges the team has faced.

Quote Due to the great diversity of FGII tasks, we had long discussions and I hope that our suggestions will be well received by all assistants and that they will help to improve and recognize their work. – Mihaela Simona Spanu, CI project participant
 
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Colleagues United
Green Week: Toys Toys Toys

In the frame of this week´s Green Week, this initiative is about sustainable product use. Bring a toy and/or get a second-hand one on Tues - Thurs from 12:30 - 14pm at 24/094.

 
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Take a look
Video
Latest managers meeting - highlights

Feedback to policy, Memorandum of Understanding, and more… Sit back, relax and see our video summary of the latest ERCEA managers meeting.

 
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