The European Commission described the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers as 'key elements in the European Union's policy to make research an attractive career, which is a vital feature of its strategy to stimulate economic and employment growth'.
As of July 2020[update], 1000 European institutions had formally endorsed the charter, with little evidence for practical implementation.
[1] Given that legally the Charter and the Code are recommendations, the implementation of the documents was initially left to peer pressure.
The Charter and the Code were described as serving as a quality certificate for research institutions.
Implementation of the Researchers Charter was recommended not only by the European Commission, but also by research and science policy organisations including Eurodoc and Marie Curie Fellows Association.