Part time job offer for MSCA policy and promotion work in Western Balkans and/or Eastern Partnership and Ukraine

About MSCA-GLOPOL
MSCA-GLOPOL is a Coordination and Support Action funded by Horizon Europe, that started in June 2025 and will end in May 2028. MSCA-GLOPOL stands out for “Global cooperation policy enhancement and strategic promotion” targeting 26 specific geographies: 20 countries that have signed bilateral science and technology agreements and 6 countries that have ongoing dialogues and bi-regional action plans with the EU.
The project has 3 main objectives:

• To monitor the different developments, trends, challenges and also possibilities for international collaboration in Marie-Sklodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) in the identified countries and regions.
• To establish a coordinated promotion plan, gathering the different info relays in the countries and regions
• To establish synergies with other major EU research and innovation initiatives, opening new pathways for talent and strengthening the overall ecosystem of global cooperation.
  To achieve these three objectives, a central management team both at PRACSIS and MCAA is complemented by a task-force on the ground, composed of Regional Liaison Officers and MCCA Local Chapter Members.

Description of work
RLOs are local experts with deep national and regional knowledge of the R&I ecosystem as well as the MSCA programme characteristics, whose role is to:

• Map and engage with key stakeholders (universities to industry and policymakers)
• Gather first-hand insights by disseminating surveys and convening expert focus groups.
• Identify high-impact events and lead promotional activities to boost participation in MSCA
• Animate Coordinated MSCA Promotion Groups in the region/country, creating synergy between local actors.
• Contribute to policy development by providing crucial data and analysis from their regions

We are looking for RLOs to cover the Western Balkan Countries and the Eastern Partnership Countries, including Ukraine.

In terms of workload, this will vary depending on the number of regions covered from 20 to 40 person days per year, from April 2026 until the end of May 2028.

If interested in applying for this position, please send your Europass CV until 17 April to isabelle.demolin@pracsis.be