The Coronavirus Global Response pledging event has just kicked off with a successful mobilisation of €7.4 billion from donors worldwide, including €1.4 billion mobilised by the Commission. The initial target of this worldwide pledging event was €7.5 billion to ensure collaborative development and universal deployment of diagnostics, treatments and vaccines against coronavirus, but more is needed to ensure the distribution worldwide. To help...

Due to exceptional circumstances linked to COVID19, processing of HRS4R applications might suffer additional delays. Moreover, in the context of extraordinary measures taken at national level (e.g. universities or other institutions closed), all self-assessment deadlines between 15 March and 30 May can be extended by one or two months, depending on your needs. You only need to apply for an extension electronically in your dashboard or, if you...

The BRiDGE Conference "Policy advice for the integration of researchers in Danger into the EU Job Market" was held on the 11 and 12 February 2020. The aim of the conference was to give an overview of the most important results of the project and bring together relevant stakeholders with refugee researchers and mentors in order to formulate appropriate policy advice facilitating the inclusion Researchers in Danger into the European societies ...

The BRiDGE I Project (Bridge for Researchers in Danger Going to Europe) has launched the January 2020 issue of their Newsletter. BRiDGE Project aims at supporting researches in danger to develop a career path that matches their goals and experience. In this issue you will find information about the upcoming BRiDGE conference in Athens, past Webinars, and more. Find more information about the project here You can access the newsletter here  

The BRiDGE II Project (Bridge for Researchers in Danger Going to Europe) has launched the 3rd issue of their Newsletter.  BRiDGE II Project aims at supporting researches in danger to develop a career path that matches their goals and experience.  In this issue you will find information on several webinars, network meetings and more. You can access the newsletter here. You may contact the team at bridge2.coordinator@uni-bielefeld.de   

BRiDGE (Bridge for Researchers in Danger Going to Europe) has launched a preliminary European Directory of Services for Researchers in Danger containing also a list of useful projects for refugee researchers. Find more information here.           

The training material from the BRiDGE webinar “How EURAXESS staff could use BRiDGE project experience and materials for dealing better with integration of Refugee Researchers?” held on 16 January 2020 is now available for download. During the training, EURAXESS staff were offered practical advice, resources, information and guidance on how to successfully use and apply BRiDGE project experience and materials in their everyday job with...

The European Commission’s Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography launched an updated version of the Atlas of Migration. The Atlas of Migration is an online reference tool, which provides easy and handy access to data. It contains facts and figures on almost 200 countries and territories for migration policy makers, practitioners and citizens, aimed at improving the quality of evidence and reducing uncertainties on key information that...

The training material from the BRiDGE Pilot training course for non-academic mentors on how to guide refugee researchers in non-academic area is now available for download. The training aimed at boosting EURAXESS staff skills in advising and helping the RRs to cooperate with industrial employers and act as their mentors. This one-day training, focused on the following topics: Important aspects of working with RRs; Internal and external resources...

The video handbook for mentors of Researchers in Danger addresses the topic of how the first contact between researchers in danger and institutions is made and how they overcome difficulties. BRiDGE (Bridge for Researchers in Danger Going to Europe) supports refugee researchers displaced to find their long term professional realization in research and business organizations in Europe. You can watch the video here.