CILAC 2021 presents 'MSCA: all about the European Commission's mobility, training and research program'

The Open Forum of Sciences of Latin America and the Caribbean (CILAC) is a regional space for debate and exchange. The CILAC Forum is the “hub” of science in Latin America and the Caribbean, constituting a regional platform to discuss how to strengthen and implement effective science, technology and innovation (STI) policies in line with the Sustainable Development Goals of the Agenda 2030. This new edition #cilac2021 will be an opportunity to debate, plan and monitor the role of science in the face of the new normal, in the context of COVID-19.

Net4Mobility+, EURAXESS Latin America and the Caribbean and Red LAC NCP present a session aimed at the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA): all about the European Commission's mobility, training and research program.

• Date: Friday, 30 April 2021
• Time: 10:00 Mexico/Colombia, 12:00 Argentina/Brazil/Chile
• More information:https://event.meetmaps.com/cilac21/en/landing/#agenda
• Language of the event: Spanish

General objectives of the session:

• Share the training model for young researchers promoted by MSCA actions.
• Discuss possible advantages and disadvantages of these programs and other support mechanisms that favor research mobility.
• Identify good practices on similar models of training and international collaboration in the region.

Expected results:

• Make known to institutions and researchers in Latin America and the Caribbean the MSCA actions, the modes of participation and the advantages that they can bring to them.
• Establish alliances that can help to reflect on a training model for young researchers in the region.

Available slides from the presentations done during the event:

1. ¿Qué son las Acciones Sklodowska-Curie? Información sobre las Acciones MSCA en Horizonte Europa: explicación de las novedades del programa MSCA centrándose además en aquellas modalidades que resultan más atractivas para entidades y personal de investigación de la región CELAC.

   1. msca-cilac-conference-30-04-2021-clean.pdf

2. Experiencias en primera persona: ¿Cómo lo viven l@s beneficiari@s de proyectos MSCA? Con la participación de diferentes investigadores/entidades que hayan sido beneficiarios de proyectos MSCA, que nos contan sus experiencias.

   1. forocilac_msca_euraxess.pdf

   2. arturocastro_itn.pdf

   3. tgc_msca_latinoamerica.pdf

   4. edulia_itn_espanol.pdf

   5. lacegal_elizabeth_gonzalez.pdf

3. ¿Cómo ayudan los Puntos Nacionales de Contacto a las entidades y a l@s investigador@s que quieren pedir proyectos MSCA?

   1. Información sobre RedLAC, Claudia Romano.

   2. Información sobre Net4mobility+, Graciela Morelli

   3. Pautas de los NCPs sobre cómo preparar propuestas competitivas, Miguel Ángel