DIRECTORY OF EXISTING PROFESSIONAL AND

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS IN THE EU

(Guy Van Gyes, Tom Vandenbrande, Ellen Schryvers)

Budapest, June 12 & 13, 2003

Code of practice on

professional standard

Situation within the project

Code of practice on

intellectual property

Code of practice on

data protection

Code of practice on

research ethics

Occupational profile of European socio-economic research projects

Methodology

Functional analysis: holistic approach which focuses on the outcomes and shows the relationship between them

Functional map (represents the tasks required

for a European socio-economic research project)

Construction of the map

Flowchart of tasks or functional units

Accompanying skills and knowledge

Range indicators

Methodology

Observational unit: ‘the research project’

Variety in the organisation of labour

Transcend the disciplinary approach

Socio-economic disciplines• Business studies, industrial relations and

management studies• Demography and statistics• Economics• Educational sciences• Human and economic geography• Law, criminology and penology• Political science• Psychology and related disciplines• Sociology, applied social studies and

anthropology• Socio-technical studies

Subdivision of tasks

• By executor• Co-ordinator• Leadpartner• All partners

• By type of tasks• Management task• Scientific task• Administrative task• Networking

Results

Course of a scientific project

Networking

• Preparation

• Execution

• Dissemination

Required skills and knowledge

Three types of skills and knowledge: Skills and knowledge important for all

kind of socio-economic research

Skills and knowledge which become more important in European research

Skills and knowledge unique for European research

Networking

# Act in a multicultural team# Basic knowledge of the different European

societies# Profound knowledge of the consortium language# Skills to express oneself in the consortium

language# Skills to understand different cultures# Skills to let differences enrich the research

findings# Skills to cope with different views# Skills to respect the different European theoretical

traditions

Networking

# Act in a delocated team# Skills to make use of the new technological

communication tools# Skills to convert spoken language into written

language (knowledge of the impact of written language and sensitivity of written communication)

Preparation

# Compose a consortium

# Elaborate a project proposal

# Plan the project implementation

(further elaboration on website)

Preparation

# Initator/Co-ordinator# Good knowledge of the European society to define

problems and research questions concerning the European interests

# Broad international network# Tacit knowledge of the European research plan# Good knowledge of the European interests of the

different European countries and the skills to translate this in the allocation of the workpackages

# Negotiating skills and personal influence

Preparation

# Leadpartners# Knowledge of the European structures and cultural

diversities besides the usual knowledge and skills to develop a conceptual framework

# Flexibility

# All partners# Skills to cope with cultural differences# Skills to perform in a group

Execution

# Design a conceptual framework for the scientific research

# Execute the scientific assignments according to the conceptual framework

# Deliver and report the output of the scientific research

Execution

# Co-ordinator# Skills to classify information in a way that all partners

are able to retrace it# Skills to make the expected project aims and quality

requirements clear to all partners# Skills to describe the quality requirements in a

testable way # Knowledge of the most imposed standards concerning

the final report and the skills to follow them when writing the report

# Skills to delegate and spread responsibilities among the leadpartners and the co-ordinator

Execution

# Leadpartner# Skills to explain the research plan clearly to the

associated partners# Skills to adapt the conceptual framework when

problems occur in one of the other countries# Skills to mach the work of the others with the

conceptual framework and give instructions when necessary

# Skills to delegate# Skills to take leadership

Execution

# All partners# Knowledge of the basic features of European

policy# Knowledge of the most important developments

within the European Union, especially those related to one’s own research topic

# Knowledge of the European research language# Skills to handle different research methods

Dissemination

# Organise an international event

# Disseminate the results through the website and newsletter of the project

# Fulfill additional efforts to disseminate the scientific research results

Dissemination

# Skills and knowledge required in a national research project, but with an international dimension: # Knowledge of public relation techniques (e.g. advertising

channels)# Skills to present research results for a broad public

(website, newsletter)# Skills to give clear oral presentations (on international

scientific events)# Knowledge of international academic journals# Knowledge of the standards of publications# Skills to bring the research results to the notice of the

stakeholders and the media

Purposes of this profile

To be a reference document for compiling the voluntary code of practice

To be the basic material for the production of a user manual for European socio-economic research

To contribute to the broader professional debate about the curriculum consequences of international research

To contribute to the debate on creating quality standards and assessments of socio-economic research

Reference document

Link between the professional and ethical codes

Functional map = guiding tool on the internet

User manual

Mapping the unique scientific aspects of European research

Limited list of socio-economic disciplines and methods used in socio-economic research

Curriculum consequences

B NL HU D GB ...

EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECTS

Quality check

No restriction to the results

Also process-check Functional map = guideline