The Director of the Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology – National Research Institute in Warsaw, Prof. Jan Walewski, signs a declaration of support for the principles and recommendations adopted in the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. The declaration of support for the principles and recommendations adopted in the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers is sent to the European Commission.

The Director of NIO-PIB, Prof. Jan Walewski, signs an Ordinance establishing the Team for the Implementation of the HR Excellence in Research Strategy at the Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology – National Research Institute in Warsaw (Ordinance No. 77/2022). The Team’s tasks include preparing the implementation at NIO-PIB of the principles and requirements set out in the Charter and the Code, in accordance with the European Commission’s guidelines. The Team for Implementation includes: Chair of the Team: Assoc. Prof. Michał Mikula Deputy Chair of the Team: Mariusz Kuliński, MA Secretary of the Team: Dorota Kiełczewska, MA Members of the Team:

• Assoc. Prof. Elżbieta Sarnowska
• Władysław Januszewicz, MD, PhD
• Paweł Koczkodaj, MD, PhD
• Marta Smotrycka, MA
• Piotr Pawłowicz, MA
• Monika Dzienyńska-Dyk
• Izabela Zielińska

The Director of NIO-PIB in Warsaw, Assoc. Prof. Beata Jagielska, MD, PhD, signs the following Ordinances:

On establishing the Steering Committee for the Implementation of the HR Excellence in Research Strategy at the Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology – National Research Institute in Warsaw (Ordinance No. 15/2024), whose tasks include monitoring the schedule and effective risk management in the process of implementing the HR Excellence in Research Strategy at NIO-PIB in Warsaw.

The Steering Committee consists of:

Chair: Witold Tomaszewski, MD, PhD

Member: Prof. Andrzej Kawecki

Member: Marcin Ozygała, MA

Amending the Ordinance on establishing the Team for the Implementation of the HR Excellence in Research Strategy at the Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology – National Research Institute in Warsaw (Ordinance No. 14/2024). The Team’s tasks include preparing the implementation at NIO-PIB of the principles and requirements set out in the Charter and the Code, in accordance with the European Commission’s guidelines.

The Team for the Implementation of the HR Excellence in Research Strategy consists of:

Chair of the Team: Assoc. Prof. Michał Mikula

Deputy Chair of the Team: Mariusz Kuliński, MA

Secretary of the Team: Dorota Kiełczewska, MA

Members of the Team:

• Assoc. Prof. Elżbieta Sarnowska
• Władysław Januszewicz, MD, PhD
• Dorota Kijowska, MD, PhD
• Paweł Koczkodaj, MD, PhD
• Marta Karasińska-Duma
• Martyna Dębicka, MA
• Marta Smotrycka, MA
• Piotr Pawłowicz, MA
• Monika Wójtowicz-Popiel, MA
• Monika Dzienyńska-Dyk
• Izabela Zielińska

Five meetings of the Team for the Implementation of the HR Excellence in Research Strategy at NIO-PIB are held, during which the HRS4R actions planned for 2024 are discussed.

A document entitled “HR Excellence in Research – a certificate that confirms facts” is published. The document describes NIO-PIB in Warsaw as a place where employees’ rights are respected, professional development is prioritised, equality is supported and transparent rules are applied in the recruitment of researchers.