Human Resources Strategy in Research – HRS4R
Project: HR Excellence in Research University of Ostrava
Reg. No.: CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/16_028/0006225
The University of Ostrava obtained one of significant awards related to the HR policy in research. It has succeeded to fulfil strict criteria of the European Commission and to obtain the HR Excellence in Research Award. Among other institutions having this award, there is for instance Swiss CERN or the University of Oxford.
OUR PROGRESS SO FAR
In 2005, European Commission created the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers to contribute to development of an attractive, open, and permanent European labour market for researchers, where regulations shall enable to recruit and keep high quality researchers in environment supporting effective work and productivity.
European policy of human resources management in the field of science and research has been supported also by Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports by means of Operational Programme Research, Development and Education. University of Ostrava has also joined this programme and has become a successful applicant for support from the Ministry of Education with the project “HR Excellence in Research na Ostravské univerzitě”.
In November 2017, University of Ostrava sent commitment letter to European Commission including endorsement of principles of Charter and Code and commitment to take the necessary steps to implement HR strategy in compliance with principles of Charter and Code to obtain the “HR Excellence in Research Award”. Consequently, by November 2018, we must provide the European Commission with results of our Gap Analysis and Action Plan.
University employees got involved in the project by completing a survey, which was distributed through the university in the second half of May 2018.
To achieve the best results and correct procedures in processing the application for the HR Excellence in Research logo, we have cooperated (and we are going to keep cooperating) with other universities as well, Czech and foreign, in the form of international workshops and study visits.
The European Commission awarded UO the “HR Excellence in Research Award” in May 2019.
We performed Interim Assessment in June 2021. European Commission will now assess the results of the Interim Assessment. Once it will be done, our progress and new targets will be assessed every three years.
Information about EURAXESS: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/
Details of the Project
| Timeline of Initiation Phase | |
|---|---|
| Endorsement of The European Charter and The Code principles | December 1, 2017 |
| Internal Gap Analysis and Action Plan preparation | January – November 2018 |
| Submission of the Gap Analysis and Action Plan to the European Commission and publishing the documents on the university website | November 28, 2018 |
| Successful administrative eligibility check of the application (Gap Analysis, Action Plan, OTM-R checklist) by the European Commission | December 3, 2018 |
| Requirement from the European Commission to revise the application | January 23, 2019 |
| Submission of revised application to the European Commission | March 15, 2019 |
| Successful administrative eligibility check of the revised application by the European Commission | April 4, 2019 |
| Initial assessment of the application and granting | May 6, 2019 |
| Submission of the Interim Assessment to the European Commission and publishing the documents on the university website | June 4, 2021 |
| Timeline of Implementation | |
|---|---|
| Action Plan Implementation | From December 2018 |
| Internal Interim Self-Assessment of the original Action plan and creation of a revised Action Plan for following 36 moths | 24 months after obtaining the HR Award |
| Implementation of the revised Action Plan based on the Interim Assessment and External Assessment & Site visit | 36 months after Interim Self-Assessment |
Project Outputs
- New Action Plan for the period July 2021 – June 2024
0,58 MB - Interim Assessment 4,88 MB
- Gap Analysis 0,85 MB
- Action Plan 0,55 MB
- OTM-R Policy 0,28 MB
Team Members
| HR Award Steering Committee: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Project Guarantor | doc. Mgr. Pavel Drozd, Ph.D. | Vice-Rector for Science |
| Supervisor | Mgr. Monika Šumberová, MBA | Head of Rector´s Office |
| HR Manager | Ing. Jana Kuchařová | |
| HR Award Working Group: | |
|---|---|
| Coordinator of Strategy and Ethics Group | doc. Mgr. Pavel Drozd, Ph.D. |
| Group members | Mgr. Lucie Dokoupilová, Ph.D., MBA RNDr. Tomáš Drobík, Ph.D. doc. RNDr. Jan Hradecký, Ph.D. doc. PhDr. Diana Svobodová, Ph.D. prof. Mgr. Soňa Kalenda, Ph.D. Mgr. Denisa Hařovská, Ph.D. doc. MUDr. Václav Procházka, Ph.D., MSc., MBA |
| Coordinator of HR Group | Ing. Jana Kuchařová |
| Group members | Mgr. Libor Běhounek, Ph.D. Ing. Mgr. Vítězslav Bican, Ph.D. Bc. Lucie Holubová Ing. Ladislava Petrů Mgr. Martin Sieber, LL.M., MBA Jana Šomková Mgr. Monika Šumberová, MBA |
| Coordinator of Popularization Group | Mgr. Adam Soustružník |
| Group members | Mgr. Martina Hoňková Ing. Andrea Svobodová Mgr. Jan Fric Ing. Petra Čubíková Mgr. Tomáš Fabík |
| Project Team: | |
|---|---|
| Head of Project | Mgr. Helena Repaňová |
| Financial Manager | Mgr. Jiřina Hladká |
| Administrator | Anna Frydrychová |
Updated: 07. 06. 2021
