A leader’s mission is to prepare the organization to successfully take on the challenges that lie ahead
Research centre directors are responsible for managing and maximising their institutions’ resources. It is their task to lead the organization towards international leadership based on efficiency, responsibility and scientific excellence.
GESCI is an opportunity to achieve this. GESCI is a high level management training initiative that combines the contents of a management and business programme with those of management development and training course . It has been specifically designed for the managers of research organizations.
Essential training in order to:
- To enhance their strategic vision to address new challenges in the environment and the increasing international competition in securing resources, talent, and opportunities.
- To promote the efficiency of their organizations and to drive scientific and institutional evaluation as a key mechanism for continuous improvement.
Programme
- Organizational structure of European and international research centres and institutions: RIKEN, CNRS, Max Planck, Fraunhofer, etc.
- Organizational structure of Spanish research centres and institutions (CSIC)
- IMDEA research system
- Basque research system
- The European research environment: key changes, future perspectives, and new opportunities
- Strategy in the scientific field. Vision and mission
- Setting strategic objectives. From the diagnosis of the current situation to strategy formulation and implementation
- The Balanced Scorecard. Usefulness, design, implementation and casuistry of centres
- Government bodies. Actors, roles and responsibilities
- Internal organization: Leadership, scientific structure, and management structure
- Advisory bodies: Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and Business Advisory Board (BAB)
- Regulatory framework. State and regional legislation and own regulations applicable to the different legal forms that support research centres
- Challenges in managing inter-university research centres
- Excellence and Responsible Research & Innovation (RRI)
- Economic and financial principles. Economic planning and management in a research centre. Tax considerations
- Competitive public funds. The regional, national and European funding environment (special reference to the ERC, SeO and ISCIII initiatives). Organizational structures that optimize competitive fundraising
- Fundraising in the field of R&D. Communication and marketing strategies
- Private funds. Relations with business and strategic alliances
- Talent attraction and retention
- The European competence framework for researchers (ResearchComp)
- The new Charter for researchers
- Research Managers: recognition, training, and mobility at the European level
- Gender balance and multiculturalism
- Managing myself and working with my team
- Management of scientific integrity
- Valorization, protection, and exploitation of research results
- Open Access and Open Data policies
- Communication and scientific dissemination: strategies to promote scientific outreach
- Scientific output and bibliometric analysis: practical application
- Evaluation of the productivity of administrative units
- Workshop
- Scientific and institutional assessment (8 hours)
- María de Maeztu Call (4 hours)
- The impact on research (4 hours)
- Master sessions (2 hours)
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Useful information
Strategic Management of Research Centres (GESCI)
Date
Start: 08/11/2024
End: 14/03/2025
End: 14/03/2025
Timetable
Friday mornings and afternoons
Modality
In-person (some sessions may beheld via real-time video conference)
Languages
Spanish / English
Registration
FREE REGISTRATION. Training financed by the Department of Education, Science, Universities, and Professional Training of Galicia
Limited places
27
Venue
Sede Feuga - Santiago de Compostela
Rúa Lope Gómez de Marzoa, s/n. Campus Vida. 15705 Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña)
981 534 180
Registration form
Registration deadline 2/10/2024
