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HRS4R- OTMR Strategy Action Plan
(https://icmpp.ro/hrs4r_otmr-strategy_action_plan.php)

Proposed ACTIONS

 

 

 

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Action 1 - Creating a section dedicated to relevant information on research freedom, limitations and  opportunities  on  the institutes website

 

Link: hrs4r_otmr-strategy_action_plan_a1.php

1-Research freedom

Semester 1/2025

 

Semester 2/2025

Scientific

Council

 

Scientific

Secretary

 

IT Department

Number of documents available  within  section  /  1 new  or  updated   document per year

Number  of users  per  year  /

100 users per year

Action 2 - Drafting PS- System Procedure - Research process and posting  it  on  the  institutes website

1-Research freedom

 

4- Professional attitude

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2025

Scientific Council Scientific Secretary

IT Department

Number of documents available  within  section  /  1 new

Number  of users  per  year  /

100 users per year

Action 3 - Supporting researchers to perform research activities in other domains that those specific to their department

1-Research freedom

Semester 1/2026

Semester 2/2026

Scientific Council Scientific Secretary

Number of researchers involved in research activities not specific to their department / 20 researchers per year

Number of projects involving

collaboration between departments / 4 projects per year

Action   4-Updating   the   section dedicated    to    information    on

2-Ethical principles

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2025

Commission   of ethics

Number       of                    documents available  within  section  /  1


 

ethical principles  application  and Commission  of ethics activity  on the institute’s website section Ethics documents - https://icmpp.ro/GEP.php

 

Continuously

IT Department

new  or  updated  documents per year

Number  of users  per  year  /

100 users per year

Action 5 - Maintenance and development of institutional repository

3- Professional responsibilit y

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2025

Continuously

Repository responsible

IT Department

Number of documents available  /  50  new documents per year

Number of registered users /

100 registered users per year

Action 6 - Disseminating to researchers the professional responsibility, on research methodologies, planning of research projects, ethical aspects of research projects, with accent on   new   tendencies   related   to open data, open science, AI.

3- Professional responsibilit y

28-Career developmen t

37-

Supervision and managerial duties

38-

Continuing Professional Developmen t

39-     Access to   research training  and continuous developmen

t

40- Supervision

Semester 2/2025

Semester 2/2026

Repository responsible

 

 

Ethics

Responsible

Number  of  training  sessions on professional responsibility per year / 2 training sessions per year

Number  of  trained researchers on professional responsibility per year / 40 trained researchers per year

Action 7 - Training courses and support for young researchers  in order to submit project proposals within national and especially international competitions

4- Professional attitude

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2025

Scientific Council PM

Department

Number  of  training  courses per year / 2 training sessions per year

Number          of          trained

researchers per year / 40 trained researchers per year

Action 8 - Creating a section, on ICMPP  website,  dedicated  to open competition calls, research funding   process   and management of research projects

4- Professional attitude

Semester 2/2025

Semester 2/2026

Scientific Council Scientific Secretary

IT Department

Number of documents available  within  section  /  2 new or updated documents per year

Number  of users  per  year  /

100 users per year

Action    9    -    PM    Framework/ Guidelines

4- Professional attitude

Semester 2/2025

Semester 2/2026

Scientific Council Scientific Secretary PM Department

Number of documents available  within  section  /  1 new  or  updated   document per year

Number  of users  per  year  /

100 users per year

Action 10 - Translation to English of documents regarding contractual and legal obligations and       their       publication       to

5- Contractual and        legal obligations

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2025

Continuously

HR compartment IT Department

Documents regarding contractual obligations translated to English and published      on      institutes


 

institutes website and https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/ in order to attract researchers from abroad

10-Non discriminati on

 

 

website                              and https://euraxess.ec.europa.e u/   /   1   set   of   documents regarding                     contractual obligations      translated                 to English and published online Trend      in              the     share                        of applicants    from    abroad    / Increasing trend of applicants from abroad

Action 11 - Organizing yearly training sessions on contractual and legal obligations within research activity (e.g.: annual workshop     on    application     of legislation regarding project financing, patents, technology transfer, data protection and confidentiality)  and  insuring budget for periodic trainings

5- Contractual and        legal obligations

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2025

Continuously

Scientific

Council

PM       &      KTT Departments

Number  of  training  courses per year / 2 training sessions per year

Number          of          trained

researchers per year / 40 trained researchers per year

Action 12 - Continuing efforts for a Collective labor contract

5- Contractual and        legal obligations

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2025

Continuously

Top management Legal        Office ICMPP

Syndicate

Number  of  collective  labour negotiation    invitations    per year / 1 invitation per year Number  of ICMPP  Syndicate representatives    involved   in negotiations   per   year   /   3 representatives per year

Action 13  -  Organizing   training sessions on social responsibility Link: hrs4r_otmr-strategy_action_plan_a13.php

6- Accountabili ty

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

Scientific

Secretary

HR Department

Number  of  training  courses per year / 2 training sessions per year

Number  of  trained researchers per year / 40 trained researchers per year

Action 14 - Dissemination to the personnel   of   procurement process rules within research projects

6- Accountabili ty

Semester 2/2025

Semester 1/2026

Procurement office

Legal office

Share of researchers with access  to  procurement process rules within research projects  (both  in  Romanian and English) / 100% researchers   with   access   to the  procurement  process rules within research projects

Action 15 - Dissemination to researchers of good practices within research activity

7-Good practice      in research

36-Relation

with supervisors

37- Supervision and managerial duties

38- Continuing professional developmen t

Semester    1/2025

Semester 2/2025

Scientific Council Scientific Secretary

HR Department

Share of researchers that can access good practices within research activity (both in Romanian    and    English)    /

100% researchers with access to good practices within research activity


 

 

39.     Access to   research training  and continuous developmen

t

40- Supervision

 

 

 

Action 16 - Organizing training sessions  on  data  confidentiality and protection of intellectual property rights

7-Good practice                  in research

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2025

Juridical Office PM       &      KTT Departments

Number  of  training  courses per year / 2 training sessions per year

Share of trained researchers per year / 100% researchers trained

Action 17 - Training sessions on introduction to market of new technologies, products & services based on research results

8- Diseminatio n, exploitation of results

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

KTT Department

Number  of  training  courses per year / 2 training sessions per year

Number          of          trained

researchers per year / 40 trained researchers per year

Action  18  -  Institutional centralized data bases of ICMPP patents and list of services and products for SMEs and industrial partners periodically updated & uploaded on ICMPP website

8- Diseminatio n, exploitation of results

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

KTT Department

IT Department

Section on ICMPP website on patents  and  list  of  services and products for SMEs and industrial partners / 1 section on ICMPP website

Number  of users  per  year  /

100 users per year

Action   19   -  Developing   an   IP Policy and KTT Guidelines

8- Diseminatio n, exploitation of results

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

KTT Department

IT Department

Section   on   ICMPP   internal website  on  IP  Policy  and  a KTT Guidelines / 1 section on ICMPP internal website Number  of users  per  year  /

100 users per year

Action 20 - Creating a section on ICMPP website dedicated to commercialization of research results  and  engagement  of general public

9-Public engagement

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2025

KTT Department Communication Coordinator

IT Department

Section on ICMPP website on commercialisation    of research results and engagement of general

public  / 1 section  on ICMPP

website

Number  of users  per  year  /

100 users per year

Action 21 - Organization of thematic events dedicated to the general public to popularize ICMPPs research activities: e.g., ICMPP Open Days, Researchers Night, Flame Laboratory, Researchers Festival

9-Public engagement

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2025

Scientific Secretary KTT Department

Communication

Coordinator

Number of thematic events dedicated  to  the  general public to popularize ICMPPs research  activities  / 1  event per year

Number of persons participating to thematic events / 40 participants

Action 22  -  Organizing  seminars for researchers on Science communication to the general public Link: hrs4r_otmr-strategy_action_plan_a22.php

9-Public engagement

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2025

KTT Department Communication Coordinator

IT Department

Number of seminars per year

/ 1 seminar per year

Number of researchers participating     seminar     per year   /   40   researchers   per year

Action 23 - Translation to English of             documents           regarding

10-Non discriminatio

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2025

HR Department

IT Department

Number    of    translated    to

English        of        documents


 

personnel  recruitment  and  their publication  to institutes  website and https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/ in order to attract researchers from abroad

n

 

 

regarding                              personnel recruitment         and                       their publication      to       institutes website                 and https://euraxess.ec.europa.e u/   3   documents   per   year Number  of users  per  year  /

100 users per year

Action  24  -  GEP  annual  reports published on ICMPP website

10-Non discriminatio n

27-Gender balance

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2025

HR Department

GEP Responsible

IT Department

Number     of     GEP                 reports published on ICMPP website/

1 report per year

Number  of users  per  year  /

100 users per year

Action 25 - Drafting new and broader criteria for researchers periodic evaluation and drafting Internal Methodology for recruitment and research personnel hiring, according to the new  Law  no.  183/2024,  and posting  them  on ICMPP  website in Romanian and English

11- Evaluation/ appraisal systems

12-

Recruitment

Semester 2/2025

Semester 1/2026

Scientific Council Scientific Secretary

HR Department

IT Department

Number   of   documents posted on ICMPP website/ 2 documents per year

Number  of users  per  year  /

100 users per year

Action 26 - Elaboration of OTM-R

policy

12- Recruitment

13- Recruitment (Code)

14-Selection

(Code)

15- Transparenc y (Code)

16-Judging

merit (Code)

17- Variations  in the chronologica l    order    of CVs (Code)

18- Recognition of     mobility experience (Code)

19- Recognition of qualification s (Code)

20-Seniority

(Code)

21- Postdoctoral appointmen ts (Code)

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

HR compartment Scientific Council Steering Committee

OTM-R                       strategy/policy available  both  in  Romanian and    English    /    1    OTM-R strategy / policy developed OTM-R                       strategy/policy published  on  HRS4R  section on   institutes   website   /   1

OTM-R     strategy     /               policy

publicly available

Action    27   -   Regular    use   of

12-

Semester 2/2025

HR Department

Documents                                regarding


 

https://euraxess.ec.europa.

eu/ not only in the case of vacant positions   within  research projects, but for all available job positions.

Recruitment

13- Recruitment (Code)

14-Selection

(Code)

15- Transparenc y (Code)

16-Judging merit (Code)

17-

Variations  in the chronologica l    order    of CVs (Code)

19-

Recognition of qualification s (Code)

Semester 2/2026

 

personnel recruitment/selection translated    to   English    and published on                       institutes website                                            and https://euraxess.ec.europa.e u/   /   1   set   of   documents regarding                            contractual obligations      translated                        to English and published online Web-based   tools   used   for recruitment                       when a     job vacancy is advertised (at least https://euraxess.ec.europa.e

u                                         and https://jobs.mcid.gov.ro)/

100% of job positions adverts

published           on                          web recruitment tools

Share  of  job  adverts  posted

on EURAXESS  / 100 % of job adverts posted on EURAXESS

Action  28  -  Revising  ICMPP Internal Regulation and ICMPP Methodology for research personnel recruitment and hiring, including  provisions  of  clear criteria and/or rewards for mentoring and tutoring activities for  young  researchers,  and posting  them  on ICMPP  website in Romanian and in English

12- Recruitment

13- Recruitment (Code)

14-Selection

(Code)

15- Transparenc y (Code)

16-Judging merit (Code)

17- Variations in the chronologica l order of

CVs (Code)

18- Recognition of mobility experience (Code)

19-

Recognition of qualification s (Code)

20-Seniority

(Code)

21- Postdoctoral appointmen ts (Code)

33- Teaching

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Scientific Council Scientific Secretary HR

Department

Share of staff with access to revised Internal Regulation and ICMPP Methodology for research personnel recruitment and hiring (date of last update, ensure that is sent to all staff) / Revised procedures, 100% researchers with access to revised procedures


 

 

36- Relation with supervisors

37. Supervision and managerial duties

 

 

 

Action  29  -  Revising administrative tasks of human resources   compartment   in  line with OTM-R mandatory requirements

12- Recruitment

13- Recruitment (Code)

14-Selection

(Code)

15- Transparenc y (Code)

16-Judging merit (Code)

17-

Variations  in the chronologica l    order    of CVs (Code)

19-

Recognition of qualification s (Code)

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

HR Department

Revised  administrative  tasks of human resources compartment  in  line with OTM-R mandatory requirements / 1 Revised administrative tasks for HR personnel

Action 30 - Developing evaluation competences of

selection  commissions  members

(trainings, courses)

14-Selection

(Code)

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

Scientific Council Scientific Secretary

HR Department

Number  of  training  courses on competences

evaluation       for                                   selection commissions   members   /   1 training sessions per year Number   of   staff   following trainings     on    competences evaluation      /                  5                    trained researchers  per    year            on competences evaluation Statistics on the composition of  commissions  /  1  statistic per year

Action 31 - Creating a section on the institutes  website  dedicated to mobility opportunities and periodical monitoring of the training plan/opportunities of training vs. available financing

18- Recognition of     mobility experience (Code)

29-Value   of

mobility

39-Access  to research training  and continuous developmen

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

Scientific Council Scientific Secretary

IT department HR Department Accounting Department

Website section of mobility opportunities / 1 website section on mobility opportunities

Number       of                    documents available                    within                 website section    /   5   new/updated documents       on                                       mobility opportunities per year Number of users per year /

100 users per year

Number  of  internal  reports


 

 

t

 

 

on    training plan/opportunities of training vs. available financing / 1 per year

Action  32  -  Creating  individual career plans for researchers

18- Recognition of     mobility experience (Code)

25-Stability

and permanence of employment

29-Value   of

mobility

30-Access  to career

advice

33-Teaching

36-  Relation with supervisors

37-

Supervision and managerial duties

38- Continuing Professional Developmen t

39-Access  to

research training  and continuous developmen

t

40. Supervision

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

Scientific

Secretary

Heads             of Laboratories/D epartments

HR Department

Number of individual career plans   for  researchers   /  50 plans per year

Action 33 - Support from the PM Department for researchers for searching and drafting mobility project applications

18- Recognition of     mobility experience (Code)

29-Value   of

mobility

39-Access  to research training  and continuous developmen

t

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

Scientific

Secretary

Heads             of Laboratories/D epartments

HR Department

Number  of  mobility  project applications / 10 per year Number  of  researchers  who had support/ 10 per year

Action 34 - Increasing researcher number by attracting additional funding,     other    national     and

22- Recognition of            the

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

HR Department

PM Department

Trend  in  the  share  of applicants  from  outside ICMPP  / Share  of  applicants


 

European funding

profession

 

 

from  outside  ICMPP calculated on yearly basis, positive trend in the share of applicants  from  outside ICMPP

Document      the      list      of

candidates that applied to advertised positions, their compliance  to  selection criteria   /  1   document   per year

Evaluation of job advertisements in order to ensure that they are clear, concise  and  outline  the specific requirements and benefits of the advertised position  /  1  updated template for job adverts per year

Number  of  locations  where job vacancies are advertised /

3   locations    for   each   job advert: https://euraxess.ec.europa.e u,     https://jobs.mcid.gov.ro/ and ICMPP website

Feedback given to candidates

on the strengths and weaknesses  of  their application / 100% of candidates  to  receive feedback on their application

Action          35          -                   Annual teambuilding/networking event

22- Recognition of            the profession

Semester 2/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

HR Department Accounting Department

Number                               of teambuilding/networking event/ 1 per year

Number of employees attending the event/ 50 per event

Action 36 - Annual seminar on research project financing programs to increase access options  to  supplementary financial sources

22- Recognition of            the profession

26 - Funding and salaries

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

PM Department

Number  of  seminars/  1  per year

Number        of       employees

attending the seminar/50 per seminar

Action 37 - Internal pilot project for  digitalized  planning  and training  for  the  use  of institutional research equipment

23 -Research environment

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

Scientific

Secretary

IT Department

Number of pilot project for digitalized planning and training for the use of institutional research equipment / 1

Number  of  employees  using

digitalized planning and training for the use of institutional research equipment /100

Action   38   -   Diversification    of financing   sources   for   research

23                   - Research

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

PM       &      KTT Departments

Number   of   new   financing sources for research projects,


 

projects,                       including                       from enterprises and industry

environment

Continuously

 

including    from    enterprises and industry / 5 per year

Action 39 - Development of an internal regulation on remote working for research activities

24 - Working conditions

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

HR Department

Number  of  internal regulations  on  remote working   for   research activities / 1

Action 40 - Assuring suitable working  conditions  for researchers,    including    for disabled researchers

24 - Working conditions

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

PM       &      KTT Departments

Number checks on working conditions for researchers, including for disabled researchers / 1 per year

Action  41  -  Trainings  for laboratory heads on velvet leadership

24 - Working conditions

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

Scientific

Secretary

HR Department

Number    of    Trainings    for laboratory   heads   on  velvet leadership / 1 per year Number of laboratory  heads attending   training   /   9   per year

Action  42  -  Annual  seminar  on

GEP issues

27  - Gender balance

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2025

HR Department

GEP Responsible

Number  of  seminars/  1  per year

Number   of   participants   to seminar / 50 per year

Action  43  -  Strategy  for  career development for researchers

28-Career developmen t

29-Value   of mobility

30-Access

to        career advice

33-Teaching

36-Relation with supervisors

37- Supervision and managerial duties

38-

Continuing professional developmen t

39-Access  to research training  and continuous developmen

t

40- Supervision

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Scientific council Scientific Secretary

Heads             of

Laboratories

HR Department

Number  of  strategies (available both in Romanian and English) / 1 spread to all researchers

Career advice system in place

/  1  implemented  career advice   system,   10 researchers per year benefits from implemented career advice system

Action 44-Elaboration  of a policy on   intellectual   property   rights and  exploitation  of  research results and elaboration of KTT Framework

31- Intellectual Property Rights

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2025

Scientific council Scientific Secretary KTT Department

Juridical Office

Share or researchers with access to policy on IPR and exploitation  of  research results and to KTT Framework (both  in  Romanian  and English) / 1 developed documented  policy,  100%  of


 

 

 

 

 

researchers   with   access   to the policy

Action 45- Training of early-stage researchers  on  intellectual property  rights  and  exploitation of research results

31- Intellectual Property Rights

32-Co- authorship

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2025

Scientific council Scientific Secretary

PM       &      KTT Departments Juridical Office

Number  of  training  courses per year / 2 training sessions per year

Number          of          trained

researchers per year / 40 trained researchers per year

Action  46-  Elaboration  of  a internal procedure on co- authorship

32-Co- autorship

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Scientific council Scientific Secretary

PM       &      KTT

Departments

Juridical Office

Share of researchers with access  to internal  procedure on co-authorship (both in Romanian and English) / 1 developed procedure,

100% of researchers with access to procedure

Action 47- Training for implementation of co-authorship procedure

32-Co- autorship

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Scientific council Scientific Secretary

PM       &      KTT Departments Juridical Office

Number  of  training  courses per year / 2 training sessions per year

Number          of          trained

researchers per year / 40 trained researchers per year

Action 48- Organizing training sessions  on  the  internal regulations and structure responsible for solving complains

34- Complains/ appeals

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

Top management Scientific council

HR Department Commission of ethics

Ethics

Responsible

Number  of  training  courses per year / 2 training sessions per year

Number          of                       trained

researchers   per   year   /   50 trained researchers per year Statistics   on  complains   /  1 statistic per year

Action 49- Organizing periodic information sessions on results of information, consultation and decision-making bodies
Link: hrs4r_otmr-strategy_action_plan_a49.php

35- Participation in     decision making bodies

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

Top management Scientific council

HR Department Commission of ethics

Number of information sessions per year /2 information     sessions     per year,  100%  of  staff  with access    to    information sessions

Action 50- Introducing specific duties related to professional training and continuous development  in  research  in  the job description sheets of research coordinators/supervisors and mentors

40- Supervision

Semester 1/2025

Semester 2/2026

Continuously

HR Department Scientific Secretary

Revised   job   description sheets of research coordinators/supervisors and mentors/10 per year







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