Appel of ETUCE

Call for Mobilization 
on defending and improving Higher Education and Research for the society in Europe
by 07-13 May 2015 

Due to Higher Education and Research situation in Europe and in each European country, ETUCE urges all Higher Education and Research staff in our respective countries to mobilise for a week of action from Thursday, May 7th, to Wednesday, May 13th, before the Bologna Ministerial Conference that will stand in Yerevan on the 14-15th of May 2015. 

ETUCE condemns?: 

- the precarious employment increasing, including short term, and poorer and poorer working conditions, 

- the loss of academic freedom, 

- the foundations of research being under attack. 

- the inadequate public funding.

ETUCE call the European Union institutions and each European country to take action for: 

- Solidarity within the European Union and throughout Europe that will enable the balanced development of Higher Education and Research; 

- An ambitious, multi-year recruitment plan for Higher Education and Research staff based on secure employment; 

- A significant increase in core funding for Research Institutions/Bodies and Higher Education Institutions; 

- A policy for the development of all areas of research, guaranteeing diversity in subjects and in approaches to research, the respect of research methods, together with appropriate time frames and academic freedom for individuals and higher education and research institutions; 

- A policy of eliminating inequality, in particular gender-related inequality; 

- The restoration and development of a democratic approach and a team spirit within Higher Education Institutions and Research Institutions/Bodies.  

From now, an information and debate campaign could be conducted by each union of ETUCE with a common content, this ETUCE appeal, completed freely across countries and across organizations.