Mobility and labour dynamics after the EU Year of Skills: Are we fit for the future?

Conference

EVENT

Friday, 22 March 2024

VENUE

Enabel
Rue Haute 147
1000 BRUSSELS
BELGIUM

Speakers

Ambassador Hugo Verbist
Special Envoy for Migration and Asylum, Belgian Federal Public Service (FPS) Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation

Anita Vella
Head of the Legal Pathways and Integration Unit, DG HOME, European Commission

Aurelia Segatti
Labour Migration and Mobility Specialist for North Africa and the Horn, ILO

Camila Westman
Senior Advisor, Future Place Leadership

Jason Gagnon
Head of Unit, Migration and Skills, OECD Development Centre

Jean Van Wetter
General Director, Enabel

Jessica Sbrissa
External Relations Expert, International Unit, Le Forem

Joonas Halla
Business Development Manager, Business Finland

Mandiaye Ndao
Chief Executive Officer, NeX Africa

Maria Vittoria Garlappi
Senior Human Capital Development Expert, Skills and Migration, European Training Foundation (ETF)

Ola Henrikson
Regional Director, Regional Office for the EEA, EU and NATO, IOM

Rudi Delarue
President of the Belgian National Labour Council

Salima Bensalem
Head of International Placement, ANAPEC

Veronika Casteur Petrzelkova
Foreign Market Director, Accent Jobs

Moderator(S)

Anastasia Karatzas
Junior Policy Analyst, European Migration and Diversity Programme, EPC

Raffaella Greco Tonegutti
Lead Expert on Migration & Development, Enabel

Sarah Schlaeger
Senior Lead, Policy and Liaison, ICMPD

Launched in May 2023, the European Year of Skills provided renewed impetus to the EU’s efforts to address labour shortages across member states. The initiative also aimed at promoting greater accessibility to the EU labour market from abroad. However, challenges remain, and persisting skills gaps must be addressed while ensuring that proposed and ongoing initiatives are effectively implemented.

As the Year of Skills draws to a close, this in-person Conference will take stock of its achievements and assess future priorities across three panels: EU attractiveness in the world; the effectiveness of EU labour mobility initiatives, and partnerships for skills mobility and the development agenda. Key questions will include: what is the EU’s competitive edge compared to other major global destinations for talent? What benefits and challenges do existing EU initiatives pose for enhancing mobility, and what is their overall added value? How to better align priorities as well as maximise international partnerships for all actors?

We kindly ask you to register as soon as possible. Due to high registration volumes and limited space, we cannot guarantee your attendance. Only once your registration has been approved, will you receive a confirmation email. Please consult the event agenda and the concept note.

Participation is open to EPC members only, the media, and EU officials.

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