October 6, 2021 - Rector Assoc. Prof. Sylwester Tabor, Ph.D. signs the declaration of support for the principles and recommendations of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers and the declaration is sent to the European Commission. The Endorsment Letter can be found on the University web page.
October 6, 2021 - University of Agriculture in Krakow receives an official reply of the European Commission. The Commission approves the declaration and encourages the implementation of the principles of the Charter and the Code. https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/charter.
November 10, 2021 - Rector Prof. Sylwester Tabor, Ph.D. signs an Ordinance on establishment of a Rector's Commission for the Implementation of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers at the University of Agriculture in Krakow (Ordinance No. 172/2021), whose tasks include preparation of the strategy for implementation of the principles and requirements set out in the Charter and in the Code at the University of Agriculture in Krakow, in accordance with the guidelines of the European Commission.Link to the Rector's Ordinance in Polish
November 18, 2021 - the first meeting of the Rector's Commission; presentation of the scope of the Commission's activities and the action plan; establishment of a Steering Committee (comprising Vice Rector for International Cooperation, Vice-Rector for Science and Vice-Rector for General Affairs), and the following Working groups within the Rector’s Commission: (1) Working group for the analysis of legal acts (WG1) - the aim: identification of the gaps between the principles of the Charter and the Code, and the regulations and procedures binding at the University of Agriculture in Krakow, and preparation of the OTM-R checklist, (2) Working group for the conduct and analysis of the survey results (WG2) - the aim: preparation of a questionnaire survey aimed at identifying the gaps between the principles of the Charter and the Code, and the regulations and procedures binding at the University of Agriculture in Krakow, (3) Working group for preparation of the HR report and strategy (WG3) - the aim: preparation of the HRS4R strategy entitled: "Action plan for the implementation of the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers at the University of Agriculture in Krakow - HRS4R UAK Strategy" as well as the Action Plan, (4) Working group for contacts with the European Commission and data management (WG4) - the aim: to conduct an information campaign at the University concerning the process of implementation of HSR4R and preparation of the final versions of documents to be entered into the Euraxess electronic system, and creating and updating English and Polish-language websites regarding the HR Excellence in Research.
December 16, 2021 - the second meeting of the Rector's Commission; discussion on the scope of the survey addressed to employees and doctoral students of the University (R1-R4 stakeholders) - analysis of the proposed survey questions identifying the gaps between the principles of the Charter and the Code, and the regulations and procedures binding at the University of Agriculture in Krakow.
January 13, 2022 - the third meeting of the Rector's Commission; approval of the final version of the questionnaire addressed to employees and doctoral students of the University and sending it to the Rector's Committee for the Ethics of Scientific Research with Human Participation (the approval obtained on February 19, 2022).
February 24, 2022 - a meeting with university staff and Ph.D. students informing the academic community about the procedure of the application for the "HR Excellence in Research Award" as well as about the planned survey.
March 1-5 and 23-26, 2022 - the survey is conducted in the form of an anonymous on-line questionnaire. 44.1% of the UAK researchers (of the total population of 871 academic teachers, research staff and Ph.D. students) respond. The survey is used as the main tool in obtaining information for the gap analysis required.
February - May, 2022 - members of the WG1 analyse internal regulations and documents, and conduct numerous consultations with R1-R4 researchers to come up with the best solutions to be included in the HRS4R strategy. They also analyse the results of the survey conducted and of the binding regulations and procedures, as well as of the mentioned above consultations; in parallel, the WG3 prepares the Strategy for the implementation of the HRS4R at the University of Agriculture in Krakow.
April 13, 2022 - the fourth meeting of the Rector's Commission; discussion and approval of the survey results, presentation of the strengths and weaknesses of the University in the field of HR.
May 26, 2022 - the fifth meeting of the Rector's Commission; presentation by the WG1 and approval by the Commission documents comprising the analysis of legal acts and internal regulations, OTM-R checklist, as well as the GAP analysis; the WG3 shows a draft of the HRS4R strategy entitled: "Action plan for the implementation of the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers at the University of Agriculture in Krakow - HRS4R UAK Strategy"
June 29, 2022 - the sixth meeting of the Rector's Commission; discussion and acceptance of the Action plan for the implementation of the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers at the University of Agriculture in Krakow (introducing the action plan into HRS4R UAK Strategy), and making a decision to send the document for consultation with researchers of the UAK. Consultations took place from June 29 to July 15, 2022.
September 21, 2022 - the Senate of the University evaluates and adopts the HRS4R UAK Strategy (comprising the Action Plan) at the University of Agriculture in Krakow (Resolution No. 96/2022. of the Senate of the UAK of 21st September, 2022 on the adoption of the HRS4R UAK Strategy – Action Plan for the Implementation of the Principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct at the Recruitment of Researchers at the University of Agriculture in Krakow; link to the Senate’s Resolution: https://bip.malopolska.pl/urkrakow,a,2166431,uchwala-nr-962022-senatu-uniwersytetu-rolniczego-im-hugona-kollataja-w-krakowie-z-dnia-21-wrzesnia-2.html ).
September 23, 2022 - commencement of the Implementation Phase of the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers at the UAK in line with the guidelines set out in the Action Plan and the provisions of the Strategy HRS4R UAK; in order to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Charter and the Code, a Team for monitoring the implementation of the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers at the UAK, called the Monitoring Team, was established. The scope and tasks of the Team have been defined by Rector's Ordinance No. 97/2022 of September 23, 2022. Link to the Rector's Ordinance in Polish: https://urk.edu.pl/zasoby/23/zr_97_2022.pdf
October 3, 2022 – the final version of Strategy HRS4R UAK submitted to the European Commission via the EURAXESS HRS4R E-tool.
October 19, 2022 - formal approval of the Gap-Analysis, OTM-R, and Action Plan documents by the EURAXESS Rights team
March 9, 2023 - receipt of the EURAXESS Rights team report on the assessment of application documents (setting the status Pending minor modifications in the system)
March 23, 2023 – the meeting of the Rector's Commission for the implementation of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers at the University of Agriculture in Krakow; discussion of the EURAXESS Rights team report and expert recommendations on application documents; adoption of the action plan of working groups (WG1-WG4) aimed at introducing the necessary changes and corrections in individual documents of the HRS4R UAK Strategy; making a decision to extend the composition of the Rector’s Commission by persons from groups R2 and R1 (in accordance with the experts' recommendations); The Rector's decision to separate the Steering Committee from the Rector's Commission as a distinct body supervising the implementation of the HRS4R UAK Strategy was accepted; Prof. dr hab. Joanna Makulska was appointed as a new Head of the Rector's Commission.
March 29, 2023 - adoption by the Senate of the UAK of resolution No. 18/2023 on the change in the Strategy of the University of Agriculture in Krakow regarding the introduction of a provision integrating the HRS4R Strategy with the UAK Strategy – link: https://en.urk.edu.pl/mission.html
April 4, 2023 – the meeting of the Rector's Commission with new representatives of UAK Faculties from the group of R2 and R1 employees newly appointed to the Commission; presentation of current activities in the implementation of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers at the UAK (prepared documents and HRS4R UAK Strategy); obtaining additional information and postulates from internal stakeholders from the R2 and R1 groups, supplementing/correcting the previously obtained results of surveys conducted among employees and doctoral students of the UAK.
April 12, 2023 – the next meeting of the Rector's Commission; presentation of the corrected documents, i.e. Process Description, Gap Analysis, OTM-R Checklist, and Action Plan, according to the recommendations of EURAXESS Rights team experts; approval of final versions of individual documents.
April 18, 2023 - approval of the final versions of individual documents by members of the Rector's Committee in electronic voting (MS Forms).
April 26, 2023 - the Senate of the University evaluates and approves the revised documents included in the HRS4R UAK Strategy (Resolution No. 27/2023 of the Senate of the UAK; link to the Senate’s Resolution: https://bip.malopolska.pl/urkrakow,a,2270460,uchwala-nr-272023-senatu-uniwersytetu-rolniczego-im-hugona-kollataja-w-krakowie-z-dnia-26-kwietnia-2.html .
May 8, 2023 - submission of the revised documents of the HRS4R UAK Strategy, i.e. Process Description, Gap Analysis, OTM-R Checklist, and Action Plan for reassessment by EURAXESS Rights team via EURAXESS HRS4R E-tool.
October 30, 2023 - meeting of the Monitoring Team for the Implementation of the European Researcher Charter and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers at the University of Agriculture (agenda).
November 14, 2023 - meeting of the Monitoring Team for the Implementation of the European Researcher Charter and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers at the University of Agriculture (agenda).
December 5, 2023 - participation of the URK delegation in a meeting of institutions holding the European HR Excellence in Research distinction in Warsaw.