Czech Mobility Centre

The project "Czech Mobility Centre" was put in place in order to reach the goal of an expanding and flourishing European Research Area (ERA). The ERA should be one of the pillars helping Europe to become one of the most competitive economies in the world by 2010.

CMC belongs to the European Services Network - EURAXESS - consisting of more than 200 Services Centres in 35 European countries.

The Czech Mobility Centre was established as part of the project "Czech Mobility Centre" in years 2005-2007, funded by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Program. An additional support grant was provided by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) for the years 2005-2008. This grant was utilized for the creation of Regional Cooperating Points or Local Contact Points (LCPs) located at regional universities across the whole Czech Republic. They were set up together with the Mobility Centre and are basically providing the same services as the CMC in their own respective regions. At the moment there are eight LCPs and one Services Centre (former Mobility Centre). In years 2008-2011, the Czech Mobility Centre is funded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports under the national EUPRO program.

CMC together with its Regional Cooperating Points offers:

• information about jobs and funding opportunities in the Czech Republic,
• advice on 'reintegration' of researchers in their home country,
• help with entry conditions, i.e. visas and other legal requirements,
• information and advice on social security, health care - how to ensure adequate social security, health and pension coverage,
• assistance in understanding taxation issues, insurance possibilities
• information and assistance on everyday life matters in the Czech Republic, i.e. housing, language courses, cultural activities,
• family support - practical and legal assistance for researchers and their family members, i.e. schooling, child care

Besides the LCPs, the CMC cooperates also with governmental and non-governmental institutions and organizations (i.e. MEYS, Ministry of Finance, Employment and Social Issues, Foreign Police Office, Czech Social Security Administration, etc.). CMC releases and updates several informative and promotional materials in a printed as well as an electronic format.

Two important instruments for gathering information regarding the mobility of researchers are the portals: European Portal http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess and the Czech Portal www.euraxess.cz.

Contact

Czech Mobility Centre
Centre for Administration and Operations of the Academy of Sciences of the CR
Vodičkova 40,
110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic