Communiqué September 2006
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Greater labour mobility fits with the Lisbon objectives
Analysis by the Foundation of the 2005 Eurobarometer survey on geographical and labour mobility reveals that European citizens are indeed willing to move to another region or another Member State for the purposes of employment. Greater mobility is good news for Europe in terms of achieving the objectives of the Lisbon Agenda, which require a skilled and adaptable labour force and a more open and more accessible labour market.
However, the process of integrating new migrants into host societies must be planned and managed. Increasingly, it is local authorities who are charged with the task of effectively implementing integration policy to ensure that the benefits of immigration are experienced by all. It is important for the local authorities to be able to exchange views and share experiences on successful integration policy. The Foundation will be contributing its expertise in migration and labour mobility at the launch of the newly created European Network of Cities for Local Integration Policy for Migrants (CLIP) in Dublin on 11 September. The CLIP action research project brings together representatives from some 30 cities from across the European Union, with the aim of analysing good practice in sustainable integration policy on a variety of issues.
Further afield, also in September, the Foundation will present its recent findings in industrial relations at the 14th World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association in Lima, Peru. And at the start of October, at a conference organised under the auspices of the Finnish Presidency in Helsinki, the Foundation will gather experts from across Europe to discuss policy recommendations on how demands for staff in social care can be met.
Jorma Karppinen
Director