EURAXESS Rights provides all information regarding the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, adopted by the European Commission in 2005. These two documents addressed to researchers as well as to employers and funders in both public and private sectors, are key elements in the European Union's policy to make research an attractive career, which is a vital feature of its strategy to stimulate economic and employment growth.

The Charter describes the rights and duties of researchers, as well as research and funding institutions. 

The Code aims at ensuring equal treatment of all researchers in Europe and increases transparency in their recruitment.

Today more than 400 institutions from 33 European and non-European countries have endorsed the Charter and Code principles.

In Poland:

• The Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (KRASP) in May 2006

• The Independent Academic Forum in June 2006

• The Polish Academy of Sciences in July 2008

• The Institute of Aviation (Warsaw) in September 2008

• International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in September 2010

• Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS in September 2010

• Foundation for Polish Science in February 2011

The full list of European signatories along with the signed documents is available here.

More information on the Charter and Code can be found at the European EURAXESS Rights website.