(2000) 6 - EUR-Lex

– Training programmes for researchers and administrators– Improvement of certain regulatory provisions5.2. Introduction of a European dimension into scientific careers– Encouragement for recruitment committees to open up to Europe– Establishment of career prospects for researchers from other Europeancountries– Taking into account of activities undertaken elsewhere in Europe or atEuropean level5.3. Greater place and role for women in research– Implementation of the "Women and science" action plan5.4. Giving young people a taste for research and careers in science– Better teaching of science at all levels in the Union– Support for exchanges of experience and good practice in campaigns to raiseyoung people's awareness of science– Coordination of the "Science Weeks" organised in the Union6. A DYNAMIC EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE, OPEN AND ATTRACTIVE TO RESEARCHERS ANDINVESTMENT6.1. Greater role of the regions in the European research effort– Combined use of the Structural Funds and the European research programmes– Benchmarking of the research activities of the regions and measures taken toencourage research– Balance of the best ways of transferring knowledge to the economic sector atregional level– Analysis of the role of the “prime regional movers” in the development ofmore dynamic a European scientific area6.2. Integration of the scientific communities of Western and Eastern Europe– Mobilisation of expertise available in the Union to increase the capacities ofresearch and research administration in applicant countries6.3. Making Europe attractive to researchers from the rest of the world– Creation of a system of grants for scientists from third countries– Opening of national and European research programmes to researchers fromthird countries27