Focus of the project Sample Clauses

Focus of the project. Various GENERA partner organizations argued that for them, the focus of the project is not clear yet. On the one hand this addresses the core implementation process. As XXXX-4 projects are not research projects, but implementation projects, it was argued that no more data should be collected, but the implementation phase should finally start. Implementation here means getting concrete measures started as well as having a GEP ready for implementation. To have as many GEPs as possible designed and ready to implement or implementation already on-going is seen as the potential outcome here. On the other hand the European-wide impact of GENERA is rather unclear. Some interviewees have questioned: what will be different in the physics field after the end of GENERA? In this context it was mentioned that some measures are more effective and have a broader impact when being implemented at a European level. “The specific thing of GENERA is that we don’t do it in a single institute but that we synchronize it throughout Europe. And that is the added value in the longer term” (P1_IP1). Critical Friend’s ideas / recommendations: 🡺 Specify how the European field impact is generated and enlarged in practice. Fix the responsibility for addressing the European field impact: WP5 leader? Consortium leader? Others? 🡺 Decide if a general guideline for how to increase gender balance in physics can be developed as a final GENERA outcome, based on the roadmap, the toolbox, or other deliverables: Who is responsible for (i) decision and (ii) for doing it? 🡺 Decide if guidelines can be developed for specific fields of interventions, e.g. recruitment, selection committees, excellence criteria, and more? Who decides? Who is responsible for developing guidelines? Who is doing the work? GENERA partners should agree on topics that are addressed in each GEP while taking into account the heterogeneity of the partners. Then standards can be established (e.g. gender fair selection criteria for recruitment of scientists) and sensitive issues are easier to address (e.g. sexual harassment, to be addressed by trainings, ombudsperson). It was also argued that something like a code of conduct for gender in physics could be developed that can also be applied by research organizations outside GENERA; this would increase the field impact and make the outcomes more sustainable. Quite a number of interview partners from different organizations and different positions expressed the expectation that GE...