{"id":13416,"date":"2025-06-16T10:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T08:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/en\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=13416"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:30:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:30:15","slug":"1st-central-and-eastern-european-congress-for-research-managers","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/en\/events\/1st-central-and-eastern-european-congress-for-research-managers\/","title":{"rendered":"1st Central and Eastern European Congress for Research Managers &#8211; a new regional forum for the RMA community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\">\n\t<h2 class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\">\n\t\t\tNovember 4, 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t &#8211; \t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--end\">\n\t\t\t\t\tNovember 5, 2025\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/CEE_grafika_www-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/CEE_grafika_www-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/CEE_grafika_www-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/CEE_grafika_www-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/CEE_grafika_www.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\"><strong>4 &amp;5 November 2025, Brussels &#8211;<\/strong>The first <strong>CEE Congress for Research Managers and Administrators<\/strong> will gather the region\u2019s RMA community for two days of keynotes, panels, parallel workshops, focused sessions and networking. The programme walks through the full project lifecycle, i.e. from developing RMA talent, shaping proposals and budgets to implementation, impact and reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong>How did the Congress come about?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Congress grows out of a <strong>decade of <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJl-iKkBGfU\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJl-iKkBGfU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">V4 Trainings for Research Proje<\/mark>ct Managers<\/a><\/strong>, organised by the Brussels liaison offices of the Czech Republic (CZELO), Hungary (NRDIO), Poland (PolSCA) and Slovakia (SLORD). This long-standing practical cooperation has naturally evolved into a <strong>pan-European platform for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)<\/strong> aimed at strengthening the visibility of the RMA profession, exchanging good practices and co-creating standards. It marks a shift from a training series to a flagship event that builds durable networks, policy dialogue and institutional partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why now? Because the RMA community in CEE needs a <strong>dedicated space to join forces<\/strong> across institutions and countries, accelerate skills development across the whole project cycle, and do so in a way aligned with ERA priorities and open to partners from all over Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong>What\u2019s in the programme?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Day 1. Setting the Stage for Research Management Excellence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Opening &amp; Keynote:<\/strong> Advancing research excellence in CEE through professional research management.<\/li><li><strong>Plenary:<\/strong> Building a stronger ERA; panel on \u201cUnlocking CEE\u2019s Research Potential\u201d with a spotlight on institutional cooperation and national support systems for RMAs.<\/li><li><strong>Parallel sessions:<\/strong><ul><li><em>Pre-pre-award<\/em> \u2014 talent development and RMA career pathways<\/li><li><em>Pre-award<\/em> \u2014 from idea to proposal, alignment with EU priorities<\/li><li><em>Post-award<\/em> \u2014 compliant, efficient project delivery<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Focused Session 1:<\/strong> Digital collaboration and management tools \u2014 demos and user-to-user exchange.<\/li><li><strong>Evening reception<\/strong> for informal networking.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Day 2. Deep Dives into Research Management Phases<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Parallel sessions:<\/strong><ul><li><em>Pre-pre-award<\/em> \u2014 soft skills (communication, leadership, negotiation)<\/li><li><em>Pre-award<\/em> \u2014 budgeting and financial planning<\/li><li><em>Post-award<\/em> \u2014 impact and reporting<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Plenary:<\/strong> Best practices in research management \u2014 translating proven models into the CEE context; <strong>roundtable<\/strong> on cross-border collaboration, regional support and joint solutions.<\/li><li><strong>Focused Session 2:<\/strong> AI in research management \u2014 practical tools, institutional readiness, ethics and governance.<\/li><li><strong>Closing:<\/strong> A shared vision for RMA development in CEE and next steps for professionalisation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong>See the full <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/CEE_Congress_full_programme.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/CEE_Congress_full_programme.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PROGRAMME<\/a><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media contact:<\/strong> \u0141ukasz Pieczonka (PolSCA): <a>lukasz.pieczonka@polsca.pan.pl<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">The event is aimed at<strong> research managers and administrators<\/strong> from universities, research institutions and innovation centres in Central and Eastern Europe <strong>who have participated in previous editions of the V4 Training for Research Managers<\/strong>, organised periodically in Brussels by the PolSCA Office and partners from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\"><strong>For the summary of event, please click: <a href=\"https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/two-days-ten-different-sessions-almost-one-hundred-experts-and-unicorns\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/two-days-ten-different-sessions-almost-one-hundred-experts-and-unicorns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">HERE<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1004\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Projekt-bez-nazwy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Projekt-bez-nazwy.png 1004w, https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Projekt-bez-nazwy-300x78.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 &amp;5 November 2025, Brussels &#8211;The first CEE Congress for Research Managers and Administrators will gather the region\u2019s RMA community for two days of keynotes, panels, parallel workshops, focused sessions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":true,"_EventTimezone":"Europe\/Warsaw","_EventStartDate":"2025-11-04 00:00:00","_EventEndDate":"2025-11-05 23:59:59","_EventStartDateUTC":"2025-11-03 23:00:00","_EventEndDateUTC":"2025-11-05 22:59:59","_EventShowMap":true,"_EventShowMapLink":true,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"$","_EventCurrencyPosition":"prefix","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"  ","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":" - 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