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that it support a number of ancillary measures intended to contribute 

 to promoting the mobility of scientific personnel within the Community 

 (transport, career, information, etc.). 



2,3 Proposed solutions 



From the examples referred to above, it can be seen that one of the 

 best ways of setting up a satisfactory system of mobility for research 

 workers ^, without creating problems concerning subsequent employment, 

 is to base the system on secondment from a research institute or body 

 in the country of origin to a research institute or body in the host 

 country. In this connection, the agreement between the European 

 countries on the joint programme on Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion 

 could form a basis on which an international agreement between the 

 countries which participated in the Summit could be concluded. That 

 same agreement could provide that the secondment expenditure would be 

 shared between the research worker's home laboratory and the host body, 

 and that the latter would undertake to facilitate the integration of 

 the seconded research worker and his family by placing accommodation at 

 his disposal, even if only for a limited period. 



Other problems such as those connected with taxes, children's 

 education, equivalence of diplomas and work permits for spouses require 

 lengthy and difficult negotiations before they can be solved, and such 

 negotiations could be initiated forthwith. It should be noted in this 

 regard that the Council of Europe was assigned by the Ministerial 

 Conference of 17 September 1984 the task of examining, in accordance 

 with normal procedures and in cooperation with the competent national 

 authorities, measures to improve the mobility of research workers in 

 Europe. This could lead to measures that might be taken within the 

 broader framework of Summit cooperation. 



While such measures are awaited it would in any case be useful to 

 inform potentially mobil researchers of their rights, and the 

 facilities offered by the various laboratories collaborating in the HEP 

 and Fusion fields. 



It will be also the task of TGE working group to give its opinion upon 

 the practicalities of setting up and operating such an agreement or 

 convention. 



5 In this document we have referred to the case of experienced research 

 workers; the mobility of young research workers, particularly during 

 their first employment, gives rise to different problems and should 

 doubtless be examined in greater detail. 



