Labour market performance and migration flows - European ...
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Background papersTo cope with the ample regional diversity <strong>and</strong> the variety of issues addressed in the Study, 10background papers were commissioned to feed the Study:8 national background papers on labour <strong>market</strong>s <strong>performance</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>migration</strong> <strong>flows</strong> inArab Mediterranean Countries. A country-by-country analysis (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan,Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia <strong>and</strong> the Occupied Palestinian Territories), following acommon questionnaire, of the <strong>migration</strong> trends in the AMCs, with particular emphasis on keylabour <strong>market</strong> factors such as demographics, labour costs, skills composition, effectiveness<strong>and</strong> efficiency of current employment policies, recent labour <strong>market</strong> reforms, contractualarrangements <strong>and</strong> size of the informal sector.2 thematic background papers on “EU Migration Policy towards AMCs <strong>and</strong> its Impacton their <strong>Labour</strong> Markets” <strong>and</strong> “The Impact of Migration on AMC <strong>Labour</strong> Markets: ABibliographical Review”.ActivitiesThe Study was carried out between January <strong>and</strong> October 2009. The main activities were the following:■ Methodological Workshop. Florence, 28 January 2009. A one-day co-ordination workshopfocused on methodology <strong>and</strong> data issues for the National Background Papers.■ Validation Workshop. Montecatini Terme, 26-27 March 2009. A two-day workshop to discuss<strong>and</strong> validate National <strong>and</strong> Thematic Background Papers <strong>and</strong> to undertake a regionalcomparative analysis of labour <strong>market</strong>s <strong>performance</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>migration</strong> <strong>flows</strong> in AMCs.■ Policy-Makers <strong>and</strong> Experts Conference on “<strong>Labour</strong> Markets <strong>and</strong> Migration Flows in ArabMediterranean Countries”. Cairo, 11-12 October 2009. Jointly organised by the EUI, CairoUniversity <strong>and</strong> the <strong>European</strong> Commission. A two-day conference for policy makers, labour<strong>market</strong> specialists <strong>and</strong> experts on <strong>migration</strong> issues from the EU <strong>and</strong> the AMCs to present <strong>and</strong>discuss the final Study <strong>and</strong> proposals <strong>and</strong> recommendations to improve the design of the EU’s<strong>migration</strong> policies towards AMCs <strong>and</strong> policy options available to them for the management ofmismatches between labour supply <strong>and</strong> dem<strong>and</strong>.For more information on the Studywww.eui.eu/DepartmentsAndCentres/RobertSchumanCentre/Research/Migration/<strong>Labour</strong>MarketsMigration/Index.aspx
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