National EMN Conference Austria: “Labour Migration and its challenges In The EU – Perspectives in the EU Member States”

Organizer: National Contact Point Austria in the European Migration Network

21 October 2010, Vienna (Austria)

The conference “Labour migration and its challenges in the EU – Perspectives in the EU Member States” provided an overview of the main results of the EMN study “Satisfying labour demand through migration”. Comparisons of labour migration within the EU as well as the Austrian case were addressed in the opening lectures, followed by the presentation of further national perspectives in the course of the event. The panel discussion served as the conclusion of the event, whereby current Austrian labour market demand and the role migrants have within it were discussed.

Agenda (PDF) 
  
Conference Report (PDF)
  
List of participants (PDF)

08:30 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 10:00

WELCOME   AND OPENING

Moderation: Andreas HALBACH, Director, IOM Vienna

Jürgen GMELCH
Deputy Head of Public   Relations Unit, Representation of the European Commission in Austria

Peter WEBINGER
Branch Director III-B-2 – Unit III/4   (Residence and Citizenship Affairs) and III/5 (Asylum   and Care), Austrian   FederalMinistry   of the Interior

Fiona KINSMAN  (Presentation; PDF, 137 KB)
Policy Officer, European Commission, Directorate General HOME   B/1, Immigration and Integration
10:00 – 10:45 SESSION   1 – Key note Speech

Moderation: Katerina KRATZMANN, Head of Research, IOM Vienna

Satisfying Labour DEMAND through   Migration in the European Union – Background   to the EMN Study and preliminary comparative analysis

Petra VAN NIEROP (Presentation; PDF, 91 KB)
Director GHK, EMN   Service Provider, Belgium

Discussion
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee   Break
11:15 – 12:00 SESSION   2 – Key note speech

LABOUR DEMAND AND MIGRATORY DEVELOPMENTS IN AUSTRIA   – DATA, FIGURES, FACTS

Gudrun BIFFL (Presentation; PDF, 124 KB)
Head of the Centre for Migration, Integration and Security at the Danube University Krems, Austria

Discussion
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
  Session 3   – national perspectives on labour migration
13:30 – 13:55 LABOUR   MIGRATION TO GERMANY   – BACKGROUND AND CURRENT PERSPECTIVES

Jan SCHNEIDER (Presentation; PDF, 223 KB)
Researcher, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), Nurnberg, Germany

Discussion
13:55 – 14:20 TURKISH AUTHORITIES’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS TEMPORARY AND CIRCULAR   MIGRATION TO EUROPE: NOT A “HOT TOPIC”

Özge BILGILI (Presentation; PDF, 587 KB)
Research fellow, University of Maastricht, Netherlands

Discussion
14:20 –14:45 SKILLED MIGRANT WORKERS IN FINLAND – POLICY FACES REALITY

Pia BJÖRKBACKA (Presentation; PDF, 235 KB)
Advisor for Trade and   Industrial Policy, Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions, Finland

Discussion
14:45 –15:10 THE MIGRATION OF THE HUNGARIAN HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

András ZSIGMOND (Presentation; PDF, 375 KB)
Head of Migration and Monitoring Department, Office of Health Authorisation and Administrative Procedures, Hungary

Discussion
15:10 – 15:30  Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00

SESSION   4 – PANEL DISCUSSION

THE AUSTRIAN LABOUR MARKET AND   THE ROLE OF MIGRANTS

Chair: Katerina KRATZMANN

Panellists:

Sarah GALEHR – Public Employment Service
Andreas GRUBER – Federation of Austrian Industries
Dietmar HUDSKY – Federal Ministry of the Interior
Ingrid NOWOTNY – Federal Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection
Johannes PEYRL – Chamber of Labour
Nilgül RAEKE – Vienna Business Agency

Discussion
17:00 END

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