The main goal of the I-SEEMob project is to contribute to the enhancement of the career development of R&D personnel in the European Research Area by examining the existing legal and research policy gaps hampering the inter-sectoral mobility of R&D personnel in the South-Eastern European countries participating in the consortium. From the early beginning of  I-SEEMob the subject matter of analysis was to examine the existing barriers on inter-sectoral mobility that hinder the career development of researchers. One of the main instruments working towards this objective was the mapping exercise, performed in order to identify the situation prevailing in the South-Eastern European countries of the consortium in terms of a) industrial R&D representation, b) industry-academia cooperation level, c) industry's respective needs for R&D personnel and d) existing support tools for inter-sectoral mobility.

The first exercise mapps the number of industries with R&D departments, operating in South-Eastern Europe (local industries and/or multinational corporations). This is a summary of the Mapping Exercise, for a short summary please follow the link below.