COFUND: What should be the international dimension in the selection process?

The selection procedure for researcher candidates must be open, competitive, merit-based and with a transparent international peer-review in line with the European Charter for Researchers.
There must be substantial involvement of independent international evaluators based in other countries, with no conflict of interest, for each submitted application, and at all stages of the evaluation process. The selection of the candidates will be done by the selection committees, whose members include international independent evaluators from outside the partnership. These members must have an adequate gender balance and possess the relevant expertise and experience to assess the candidates.
A good balance between evaluators related to the beneficiary and international independent evaluators from outside the partnership (based in other countries) must be maintained in the selection committee.