Human Resource Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R)
On 15 April 2021, Comenius University Bratislava adopted the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers and undertook to implement the principles of the Charter and the Code through its Human Resource Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R).
The basic goals of the Human Resource Strategy for Research (HRS4R) project are to increase the quality of human resource management, open up the opportunity to recruit more foreign researchers at Comenius University Bratislava and to make the University an attractive employer in the European research area by helping it earn the HR Excellence Award.
The first step towards the University's own human resource strategy for researchers - HRS4RUK - is to create the right conditions for the implementation of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.
The European Charter for Researchers is a set of general principles and requirements which specifies the roles, responsibilities and entitlements of researchers as well as of employers and/or funders of researchers.
The Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers consists of a set of general principles and requirements that should be followed by employers when recruiting researchers in an open, transparent and merit-based way.
The European Charter for Researchers The Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers (.PDF)
On 15 April 2022, Comenius University Bratislava submitted the Gap Analysis1, OTM-R Checklist and Action Plan to the European Commission - the revised documents on 19 November 2022.
On 6 January 2023, Comenius University Bratislava joined the scientific institutions of the European Union that received the "HR Excellence in Research" award.
Strategy implementation process
Steering Committee
Project Team
HRS4R Working Group
Internal Regulation No. 16/2022 Directive of the Rector of Comenius University on the adoption of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the recruitment of researchers at the Comenius University Bratislava.
The regulation is valid and effective as of 16 June 2022.
Development project 008UK-2-1/2021 Human resources strategy aimed at earning the HR Excellence Award for Comenius University (HRS4RUK) is financed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Slovak Republic.
1 GAP Analysis as well as the survey on which the analysis is based was sent to the reviewers and is not a public document.