EURAXESS Career Planning Handbook for young researchers
This provide a pan-European understanding of the young researcher’s career development needs and will define a set of core skills and competencies crucial for career planning and development of young researchers. (WP 2.1)
Available: first outcomes in project month 14.

Talent Development Suite for experienced researchers
The professional development of more experienced researcher scan be given a boost by more tailor made instruments, such as coaching, mentoring, networking, talent and leadership training. A talent development suite will be developed which contains such instruments and advise on how to apply them.(WP 2.2)
Available at the EURAXESS European portal or via a direct link.

Dual Career services & Integration issues guidelines on providing services
Good practises are collected and evaluated, which will be developed into a set of modules, which can be used by EURAXESS Centres who want to develop their services on these issues. (WP 2.3)
Available for download (EURAXESS extranet login required)

Workshop and report on development of researchers networking events & social twinning programme
Researcher networking events will bring together mobile and non-mobile researchers.
Social twinning programme is available to mobile and non-mobile researchers and their families. They will be paired up with another researcher and respective family. Furthermore intercultureal activities will be organised to attend. Focus is on social interaction. (WP 2.4)
Available for download (EURAXESS extranet login required) + posters: Available for download (EURAXESS extranet login required)

An analysis on existing Career Development Services and Centres (CDC).
This Task aimed at collecting information on existing career development services for young researchers already served by EURAXESS. The information was collected based on a survey carried out (Nov 2015) among EURAXESS and, secondly, based on various interviews conducted with young scientists, employers, career advisors and heads of research institutions carried out in: Italy, Ireland, Poland, UK and Israel. The final results are collected in a report. (WP 3.1)
Available: the report is made available here: D3.1 Report on Career Development Services and Centres in The EURAXESS Network or on the Extranet

Service modules for establishing and operating a Career Development Centre.
This module will cover strategy for establishing a CDC, appropriate structures, main services, tools which a CDC should be equipped with. Different levels of service provision will be taken into account. (WP 3.2)
Available for download (EURAXESS extranet login required)

Career Development Centre toolkit
A set of tools is compiled, which are indispensible for a proper functioning of a Career Development Centre. (WP 3.3)
Available for download (EURAXESS extranet login required)

Training on Career Development aspects for BHO’s
In order to reach the entire network with knowledge on setting up Career Development activities, BHO’s will receive a three day training. (WP 3.4)

Pilot with 7 Centres interested in setting up a fully functioning CDC.

The Centres will be chosen from up to 7 different countries. They need to be motivated and be backed by their management in setting up these services. They will receive a 2-day training on career development issues. (WP 3.5)
Available for download (EURAXESS extranet login required)

Session on career development centre structures and activities
This session will be based on the first ideas gathered.
Available for download (EURAXESS extranet login required) (WP 3.2)

Recommendations on portal content relevant for third country researchers.
Research is done into which administrative challenges third country researchers meet when coming to ERA countries. On the basis of this research, both qualitative and quantitative, a report with recommandations will be written and shared with the Portal Administrators. (WP 4.1)
Available for download (EURAXESS extranet login required)

Advice on portal content in light of RRI principles
Science can provide solutions for societal needs. That is why RRI is introduced. This is a key principle based on the need to gear the innovation process towards societal needs. Considering the nature of the EURAXESS initiative, a pan-European network (40 countries) supporting researchers in both public and private sector, potentially there is an important role to play in the RRI arena. Advice will be provided on RRI in connection to portal content. (WP 5.1)
Available for download (EURAXESS extranet login required)

Portal Administrators forum
Continuation of the portal administrators community. So the outcome is not a document or tool, but the facilitation of a network within EURAXESS. Very useful, even if this does not directly apply to you. (WP 5.2)
Available: during the TOP III project

Training sessions on revamping of national portals
at least two training sessions will be arranged with the PA community. (WP 5.3)
Available: projectmonth 10 and one later on in the project.

Match-making portable portal application
based on the “match-making” principle between the international researches and local community will be developed and pilot-tested. Application designed in the framework of the TOP III project will primarily focus on the accommodation search but its use for other possible activities will also be discussed (e.g. for the purpose of social twinning with local researchers) (T4.2)
Available: unknown

Updating the Promotion Action Plan (PAP)
Under the previous TOP projects a Promotion Action Plan has been set up, which is filled with clear and helpful information, when you want to work on promotion for EURAXESS, either locally or otherwise. You can find the most recent PAP in the library on the Extranet, by searching for ‘PAP’. It is worth your time, as it has a lot of information on: target groups, impact assessment, types of promotion channels, setting up a promotion plan, as well as in depth advise on how to use certain promotion opportunities. Where the broad spectrum of promotion tools is discussed, espcially a lot of helpful advice is given to Social Media and One-on-One promotion, and promotion at Research Conferences. The Promotion Action Plan counts 30 pages in April 2016 (updates might have changed this). And is followed by some really interesting annexes:

1. An example of the promotion action plan towards young and future researchers
2. A strategy for the promotion of EURAXESS at Conferences
3. Action Plan proposal for an effective communication between EURAXESS Service Network and EURAXESS Links.
4. Feasability study on incorporating a forum on EURAXESS skills provision and user industry interface
5. Methodology for implementing a Facebook social presence of EURAXESS members

The PAP will be updated with new insights during the project. (WP 6.5)

Recommendations on active use of social media
Both facebook and linkedin will be looked at when advising on how to use social media to promote EURAXESS.
The recommendations will feed into the Portal Administrators Action Plan. (WP 5.5)
Available for download (EURAXESS extranet login required)

Boosting visibility of the EURAXESS network
Target groups of promotion activities are on the one hand the researchers community and on the other hand other relevant networks and stakeholders. The previously developed Promotion Action Plan (PAP) will be used, built upon and asked attention for by the national networks. (WP 6.5)
Available: Activities will be undertaken during the entire project.

Recommendations on creating strategic partnerships
A SWOT analysis on EURAXESS’ opportunities for networking was undertaken, relevant networks are identified and pilots are ran on setting up structural strategic networks.
How is this relevant to you? Maybe you want to set up a strategic partnership or maybe you have or need information for a specific partner with which we have set up a partnership. (WP 7.3-5)

• EURAXESS SWOT analysis
  Available for download (EURAXESS extranet login required)
  
• Action plans for sustainable collaboration schemes
  Available for download (EURAXESS extranet login required)
• Templates for collaboration
  Available for download (EURAXESS extranet login required)

Framework for individual Study Visits
If a EURAXESS Centre want to gain certain knowledge/skill/procedure, they can choose to go on a study visit to a centre who has developed that specific knowledge/skill/procedure. This can be done anyway of course, but TOP III provides an encouraging and facilitating surrounding for these activities. On the Extranet (under tab Study Visits) you can find examples of individual study visits which have taken place in the past. SAIA, the taskleader of this task, might be able to advise you a suitable EURAXESS centre if you want to learn about certain skills/procedures, but do not know which centre might be interesting for you to visit. Also within the Network Call perhaps there is some funding available for undertaking study visits. But even without funding it is still worth considering to go. (WP 6.1)
Available: during the entire project, funding is attached to the conditions of the Network Call.

Group Study Visits
Group Study Visit Offers have been put together, and more might follow. These offers are published on the Extranet. Each offer has a clear focus on a specific topic. The dates and programme are set and interested centres can participate. There might be some funding available from the Network Call. But without funding it is still worth to check out if the offers provide something which might interest you. It is a great way of gaining hands on knowledge. Next to receiving a lot of information on the topic, you will also learn more about and from the other participants in the visit. (WP 6.1)
Available: on the dates they are on offer, but at the latest when the activities in the Network Call come to a close. (Closed on 28 February 2018)

Inviting a EURAXESS expert
If your EURAXESS Centre is looking for specific expertise, or if an event is organized for the national Network on a topic, you can use the Study Visits programme to fly in a EURAXESS expert. Some costs can be covered through the Network Call, depending on which agreement your BHO made. If you are not sure who would be a good expert to invite, SAIA might be able to advise you. (WP 6.1)
Available: As long as the Network Call activities can take place. (Closed 28 February 2018)

Mentoring program
In order to deepen the learning and sharing process and enable its extension over the longer period of time, a one-to-one mentoring partnership can be formed between two EURAXESS Centres. This is facilitated by the project through financing (if it is a part of the Network Call agreement) and through a structure and coordinator, SAIA. The Network Call does not have budget for travelling as part of the mentoring program. A useful way of making use of a mentoring program is therefore to combine it to a Study Visit. The mentoring can take place before the Study Visit, can be a follow up of the Study Visit, or both. If you are looking for a mentor on a specific topic, but do not know where to look SAIA might be able to help you. (WP 6.1)
Finished (will be continued under TOP IV from 1st of September onwards)

Trainings
Two trainings will be organised for EURAXESS network members. Trainings are made available to both newcomers and experienced members of the Network and are intended to provide specific expertise. First training will be organized for EURAXESS Centres staff (100 participants) in Croatia and the other will only be available to BHO staff (40 participants), taking place in Hungary. Participation in the trainings is for free, the travelcosts and accommodation costs can be covered through the Network Call. Each country receives a limited number of seats to these trainings. The BHO’s are requested to put forward the participants. (WP 6.2)
Delivered: 22 June 2017, autumn 2017, February 2018.

Online training platform
A content management platform is being developed and maintained in order to increase the impact of EURAXESS Network trainings and bi-annual conferences, by facilitating wider participance, better knowledge management and sharing. It will offer different types of material from trainings, workshops and conferences, adjusted for online use, and available anytime to those EURAXESS members who have not had to chance to participate at a training in person. The platform will be integrated in the EURAXESS Handbook website and the EURAXESS Extranet. (WP6.3)
Available: unknown