Skills and migration
The ETF works on the skills dimensions of migration to help people in EU neighbouring countries improve their employability in a global labour market.
What are our key areas of work?
- Migrant women’s learning pathways and how they interact with lifelong learning systems in their countries (reports published in 2024: Migrant women as learners, in particular in Georgia, Morocco and Tunisia; and a policy briefing: Migrant women call for skills).
- The recognition of skills and qualifications, including a reference to migrants and their specific needs. Research and data analysis were carried out in 48 countries in 2022–23 (report produced in 2023: Mapping of qualifications recognition centres).
- The triangular relationship between migration, human capital formation, and labour markets. Research and data analysis were carried out in the Western Balkan countries in 2020–21 (reports produced in 2021: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and the Western Balkans).
- Policy responses and good practices related to the skills dimensions of migration, as part of the assessment of human capital development systems (country fiches produced in 2021: Georgia, Jordan, Lebanon, Moldova, Morocco, Tunisia and Ukraine).
How do we support EU policies on labour migration?
- We help to implement the labour migration component of the European Commission’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum.
- We contribute to the design and carrying out of Talent Partnerships with Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia for win-win-win solutions for migrants, their countries of origin and the countries of destination.
- We also help in implementing the Commission's Recommendation on the recognition of qualifications of third-country nationals.
Contact us: migration-team@etf.europa.eu
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