Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

The regional Research Career Guidance Center (COCerc) – Center Region, part of the ERA Talent Platform network, aims to raise societal interest in science, especially among youth, through a set of co-ordinated actions: organizing public events (public debates, Science Cafés, itinerant and interactive exhibitions), disseminating content through traditional local, regional, national and international media and social media, as well as organizing events aimed at pupils (science promotion visits in schools, involving children and youth in scientific experiments and citizen science activities, assisting teachers in developing science-oriented curriculum).

Within the academic space, raising the interest in careers in scientific research involves: career orientation services for BA and MA students, facilitating professional practice stages in research organizations, providing training on good practice in scientific research. Increasing the capacity of researchers for high quality research and communicating science outside the academia will be pursued by the following co-ordinated actions: basic career orientation services, advanced career orientation services (especially mentoring and coaching), professional training focused on transferable skills (multiple mentorship, networking, communicating research results to policy-makers and the general public).