EU Forum initiated

Summary
Maestro will set up a European forum on doctoralearlystage research training in renewable energy technologies The Forum is based on the European Materials Modelling Council to which the Coordinator has belonged since its inception The Coordinator will run this activity with Aldo Di Carlo UTV The forums aim similar to those of Erasmus is to ensure that skills and qualifications provided by the forum members can be more easily recognised and are better understood within and across national borders in relevant subsystems of education and training and the labour market acquired through courses or other sources eg work experience outreach online learningThe forum will run a public website that groups can to join with links to related initiatives convene meetings advertise relevant events contribute to and organise symposia at conferences such as the Erasmus convened Future of the doctorate Riga 28290515 It will start at the Erasmus conference in May 2018 Maestro will create a European School for PhD Students on Third Generation PV 3GPV linked to the European Forum Its main purpose is to offer the label European PhD on 3GPV to candidates who successfully finalized a high quality scientific research program in 3GPV science and technology and have been awarded a PhD To obtain this label candidates will apply to the School NCSRD has established objectives Management Committee members Scientific Committee members rules for candidates procedures for application and label attribution collaborations with companies and SMEs