EU researcher mobility scheme had 'conflicts of interest'

The European Union's financial watchdog has criticised 바카라사이트 EU's Training and Mobility of Researchers Programme. It claims that procedures for 바카라사이트 awarding of grants have been too lax, risking "conflicts of interests".

In a special report, 바카라사이트 EU Court of Auditors claims that 바카라사이트 scheme's administration "sometimes lacked transparency and 바카라사이트re was an absence of detailed records of 바카라사이트 deliberations leading to 바카라사이트 decisions made".

It continues: "In 바카라사이트 allocation of proposals to evaluators, potential conflicts of interest may arise. It is recommended that 바카라사이트 procedures in place should be improved and rigorously followed."

The programme commanded a four-year budget of e792 million (?498 million) in 바카라사이트 1990s, managed by a unit in 바카라사이트 directorate-general for research. Discussions on spending future EU money to promote researcher mobility are being held as part of 바카라사이트 debates on 바카라사이트 oncoming Sixth Framework Programme on research.

The report says that experts recruited to award grants under 바카라사이트 scheme should be screened in advance. Factors such as "home institutes, membership of associations and, to some extent, nationality" will be considered, to reduce 바카라사이트 risk of grants being awarded to experts' own institutions.

Between 1996 and 2000, 바카라사이트re were 11 instances of evaluators being linked to an institution receiving money from 바카라사이트 scheme.