Brussels, Belgium
9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. CET
9:30 — 9:45: Introduction: Georg Fischer, Director for Analysis, Evaluation, and External Relations, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion, European Commission
9:45 – 11:15: Session I: Bleak Picture or Steady Progress? Labour Market Outcomes of New Arrivals in Europe
11:30 – 13:00: Session II: Can Training Get Migrants into Middle-Skilled Jobs? Working More Effectively with Social Partners and Civil Society
13:00 – 14:00: LUNCH
14:00 – 15:30: Session III: Where Next? The Future of Integration Policy in Europe
Newly arrived immigrants in Europe are at greater risk of unemployment and over-represented in the lowest skilled jobs. But is low-skilled work an inevitable trap or can governments help lift migrants into more skilled jobs? This meeting will discuss the dynamics by which migrants get stuck in low-skilled work, and the role of training and employment services in helping them progress in their occupations. This event concludes an MPI-ILO research project, funded by the European Commission, that examines employment prospects of foreign-born workers and the effectiveness of integration and workforce development policies in helping foreign-born workers overcome barriers and move up into middle-skilled positions in six case study countries: the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Read reports from the series here.
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