What is Charter and Code?

The European Commission’s Recommendation on the “European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers”, http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/pdf/brochure_rights/am509774CEE_EN_E4.pdf  referred to as the Charter and Code, are two documents containing recommendations concerning the responsibilities and obligations of researchers, employers and funders as regards working conditions, knowledge development and the sharing of knowledge, career planning for researchers and researcher mobility/

 

What does it mean to be a charter and code signatory?

On April 9 of 2015 Aldent University has endorsed “European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers” thus become the 14th Albanian Institution to endorse the Charter and Code. See Link.

Research institutions and funding organization endorse the Charter and Code with intentions to follow the principles. The Charter and Code work is primarily an awareness process, which sets researchers` working conditions on the agenda and through which will contribute to an improvement of researchers` careers