Circular Migration: A Triple Win or a Dead End
‘Circular migration’ has recently been promoted as a triple win solution, bringing benefits to destination countries, origin countries and migrant workers themselves – and a major mechanism to reap development […]
Defining and Measuring Circular Migration
Circular migration is a topic of growing importance, for which information is needed for policy development at both the European and global level. However, the scale of circular migration is […]
Southeast Europe in Focus – Emigration from the Western Balkans
There may hardly be a family in the Western Balkans who does not count among them relatives in Germany, Austria, or Sweden. Indeed, over the past decades, emigration from the […]
Labour Migration in the Western Balkans: Mapping Patterns, Addressing Challenges and Reaping Benefits
The Western Balkan Six economies (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia) have advanced structural reforms to create new jobs, spur economic growth and move closer to […]
Cultivating Talent: Exploring Effective Talent Attraction and Retention Practices in and Beyond the EU
This study seeks to highlight current challenges and opportunities of talent attraction and retention policies in the EU and beyond. National, regional and municipal case studies have been selected to […]
Editorial Introduction: New Trends in Migration in the Western Balkans
This editorial introduction sets the scene for the special section of 6 papers on new migration trends in the Western Balkans. The paper is in 2 parts. The first reviews […]
General Principles and Operational Guidelines for Fair Recruitment
The objective of these non-binding ILO general principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment (hereafter “principles and guidelines”) is to inform the current and future work of the ILO and […]
EU-Western Balkan Cooperation Through Erasmus+
Erasmus+ is the European Union (EU) programme for education, training, youth and sport for the period 2014 2020. Erasmus+ funds academic and youth mobility and cooperation projects that involve partners […]
EU Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council
EU directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2021 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purpose of highly qualified […]
Student Mobility in Tertiary Education: Institutional Factors and Regional Attractiveness
The globalisation of higher education, through the mobility of students, has grown considerably over the past 40 years. Among the various categories of migrants, international students have experienced the most […]
