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📢 New release: Country Profile – The Netherlands 🇳🇱 How is the Netherlands tackling labor shortages in construction, healthcare, and STEM? Our latest country profile, authored by Prof. Dr Godfried Engbersen and Dr Julia Reinold, PhD from the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, dives into: ✅ National strategies to attract highly skilled talent ✅ Private sector efforts to recruit mid-skilled workers ✅ Emerging migration corridors with India and Ukraine ✅ Untapped historical links with Indonesia and Morocco Discover how public and private approaches are shaping the future of labor migration. 👉 Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/djikphGq #Migration #Skills #Employment #HorizonEU #ResearchImpactEU #EUInnovation #Netherlands

Starting the year right. 💖 I am glad to announce that my (first ever) blog post for the Migration, Migrants and Labour Markets (IILME) standing committee within the IMISCOE network is out! I am thankful to colleagues at IILME who provided this opportunity, and my senior colleagues Tesseltje de Lange and Colleen Boland for their feedback. In the blog post (https://lnkd.in/gV-qwZHk), I briefly present outcomes of Horizon GS4S research I contributed to. We wondered how emigration from the WB to the EU impacts skills shortages in the WB, and what role (if any) skills shortages in both regions play in migration aspirations. Our work has resulted in a working paper (which I then imperfectly translated to Serbo-Croatian) and a policy brief. For more information, see the project website, this blog post or our podcast episode with the amazing Mahdi Ghodsi: https://lnkd.in/gT3_GuXW 😊 I am grateful to all colleagues who led and contributed to this timely research about my home region: Tesseltje de Lange and Pascal Beckers from Radboud University, Mahdi Ghodsi, Sandra Leitner and Alireza Sabouniha at The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) and Friedrich Poeschel from the European University Institute. Photo source: IILME website

Starting the year right. 💖 I am glad to announce that my (first ever) blog post for the Migration, Migrants and Labour Markets (IILME) standing committee within the IMISCOE network is out! I am thankful to colleagues at IILME who provided this opportunity, and my senior colleagues Tesseltje de Lange and Colleen Boland for their feedback. In the blog post (https://lnkd.in/gV-qwZHk), I briefly present outcomes of Horizon GS4S research I contributed to. We wondered how emigration from the WB to the EU impacts skills shortages in the WB, and what role (if any) skills shortages in both regions play in migration aspirations. Our work has resulted in a working paper (which I then imperfectly translated to Serbo-Croatian) and a policy brief. For more information, see the project website, this blog post or our podcast episode with the amazing Mahdi Ghodsi: https://lnkd.in/gT3_GuXW 😊 I am grateful to all colleagues who led and contributed to this timely research about my home region: Tesseltje de Lange and Pascal Beckers from Radboud University, Mahdi Ghodsi, Sandra Leitner and Alireza Sabouniha at The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) and Friedrich Poeschel from the European University Institute. Photo source: IILME website

HUGE thanks ✨to our amazing team at Horizon GS4S for an incredible first year - project COO Radboud University Nijmegen, Partners Migration Policy Institute, European University Institute, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), SEO Amsterdam Economics, FIERI - Forum Internazionale ed Europeo di Ricerche sull'Immigrazione, The American University in Cairo, The Nest Innovation Technology Park Ltd, University of Groningen, OKUP - Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, Global Skills Network, University of Geneva, ODI Global. Your dedication to raising awareness about the vital issues in skills, migration, and development across the Digital/IT, Construction, and Care sectors has been truly inspiring. A special thanks to our Linkedin team Tesseltje de Lange, Ksenija Ivanović, Sandra Lund for their commitment to disseminating GS4S' activities and showcasing the project's impact. 🥂Here's to many more impactful years ahead, and programming successes in 2025 and 2026!

Excited to share the Winter, 2024 edition of the GS4S quarterly newsletter, recapping significant advances made during our first year of operations.

The Netherlands has the tightest labour market in Europe. Labour mobility may be a part of the solution, but current Dutch policies are mostly steering in the opposite direction, aiming to reduce many forms of migration. MPI Europe is part of the Global Strategy for Skills (Horizon GS4S) project that explores skills shortages in the tech, health, and construction sectors. Stay in touch to learn more about the trade-offs of different policy solutions (from automation to labour mobility), that will hopefully inspire European governments, including the Dutch, to use evidence-informed approaches that work.

The second episode of the GS4S podcast is live! In the second episode of the GS4S mini-series within the Centre for Migration Law podcast, Colleen Boland and Ksenija Ivanović have a conversation with Tommaso Frattini, a labor economist specializing in economics of migration at the Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, one of partner organizations at GS4S. 💡 Tommaso discusses the overeducation of tertiary-educated migrants (coming from both EU Member States and third countries) in European labour markets and explores the immigrant-native gap in overeducation levels. He elaborates on policy implications of this research, and in particularly the importance of improved procedures for recognition of foreign qualifications, better facilitation of language learning and other types of integration measures to improve labor market entry. To find out more about this episode, have a look here: https://lnkd.in/gdqWvBzp The episode is available on: 📣 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gadTtRk5 📣 PodBean: https://lnkd.in/g8XGX6tK References: Dalmonte, A., Frattini, T., & Giorgini, S. (2024). The Overeducation of Immigrants in Europe. Global Strategy for Skills, Migration and Development (GS4S). https://lnkd.in/gDayjcPW Frattini, T., & Giorgini, S. (2024). Interactive Dashboard: Skill Waste Across EU Member States. Global Strategy for Skills, Migration and Development (GS4S). https://lnkd.in/gPQ9djEW We will be back with more episodes in 2025!

🌟 Exciting News from Horizon GS4S! 🌟 We’re thrilled to launch our MEET THE GS4S PARTNERS series, showcasing the incredible people driving research in #skills, #migration, and #development across our three focus sectors: #IT/Digital, #Construction, and #Care Industries. First up, our esteemed COO, Radboud University in The Netherlands. Meet the brilliant minds behind their contributions: * Prof. Tesseltje de Lange and Dr. Pascal Beckers, Co-Principal Investigators * Dr. Ayse Saka-Helmhout, Professor of Comparative Management * Dr. Colleen Boland, Post-Doctoral Researcher * Ksenija Ivanović, GS4S Project Manager 🎥 Learn more by downloading their Partner Profile on the GS4S YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@gs4s-eu. Stay tuned—more partners will be introduced in the coming weeks! 🚀 #HorizonGS4S #sisterproject #ResearchImpact #InformedPolicymaking

🥁 Episode #1 of the GS4S podcast is live! In this episode, Colleen Boland and Ksenija Ivanović have a conversation with Mahdi Ghodsi, an Economist at the The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), one of partner organizations at GS4S. The podcast is a mini-series of the Centre for Migration Law (CMR) podcast. 💡 Mahdi discusses the relevance and key findings of the recent GS4S research examining the role of skills shortages in migration from the Western Balkan region to the EU. He reflects on challenges encountered during the process, and how these were overcome to result in novel indicators. The episode also digs deeper into the policy implications of GS4S research. Excited to find out more about this episode? Have a look here: https://lnkd.in/g_jCQAR9 The episode is available on: 💡 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gxUHMAez 💡 PodBean: https://lnkd.in/gN5pWTj6 References: Working paper (English): Beckers, P., Ghodsi, M., Ivanović, K., Leitner, S., Poeschel, F., & Sabouniha, A. (2024). Skills-oriented migration in the Western Balkans: Linking workers' migration aspirations to skill shortages in destination and origin countries. Global Strategy for Skills, Migration and Development (GS4S). https://lnkd.in/grXuKqYu Working paper (Serbo-Croatian): Beckers, P., Ghodsi, M., Ivanović, K., Leitner, S., Poeschel, F., & Sabouniha, A. (2024). Migracije na Zapadnom Balkanu usmjerene na vještine: povezivanje aspiracija radnika ka migracijama sa nedostatkom vještina u zemljama odredišta i porijekla. Global Strategy for Skills, Migration and Development (GS4S). https://lnkd.in/g7KFQZtx Policy brief: Ghodsi, M., Ivanović, K., Leitner, S., Beckers, P., & de Lange, T. (2024). The impact of migration to the EU on labour shortages in the Western Balkans: Policy implications. Global Strategy for Skills, Migration and Development (GS4S). https://lnkd.in/g6nNcA9D

Migration is rarely a choice; it’s a desperate response to climate-induced challenges. Our latest policy brief draws from longitudinal research (2018–2024) in Khulna and Satkhira, uncovering the harsh realities faced by climate migrants and their families in the Sundarbans region of Bangladesh. Through testimonies and data, we expose the compounding risks these communities endure: 🔸 Debt traps tightening financial hardships 🔸 Emotional and physical distress from displacement 🔸 Exploitation due to lack of systemic support The urgency to adopt locally-led, rights-based, community-driven solutions has never been more critical. It’s time to amplify community voices, ensure policy interventions, and foster resilience at the grassroots level. Let’s advocate for actionable, sustainable change