Road show to launch the report Labour Migration in the Western Balkans

 

‌‌‌The OECD South East Europe Regional Programme, in cooperation with Austria and Switzerland, organised roundtable meetings in each of the six Western Balkan economies between June and September 2022.

These meetings provided the opportunity to discuss the economy-specific findings and policy recommendations of the OECD report Labour Migration in the Western Balkans: Mapping Patterns, Addressing Challenges and Reaping Benefits with a wide range of migration policy stakeholders in each Western Balkan economy. They also enabled discussion on how each Western Balkan economy can improve its policies to reduce the strength of potential push factors behind labour emigration and maximise the development benefits from migration and the diaspora.

The roundtable meetings also opened up the chance for deepening the discussions that took place during the 2022 OECD High-Level Conference on South East Europe and explored ways to continue and strengthen the work on labour and skills policies.

Serbia, 29 June 2022  Agenda  Presentation  Meeting summary	Montenegro, 1 July 2022  Agenda  Presentation  Meeting summary
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 14 September 2022 Agenda Presentation Meeting summary	Albania, 16 September 2022 Agenda Presentation Meeting summary
North Macedonia, 27 September 2022 Agenda Presentation Meeting summary	Kosovo*, 29 September 2022 Agenda Presentation Meeting summary

 

Related materials:

• More on the Labour Migration Project 
• OECD report: Labour Migration in the Western Balkans: Mapping Patterns, Addressing Challenges and Reaping Benefits
• Economy-specific two-pagers on labour migration:  Albania | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Kosovo* | Montenegro  | North Macedonia | Serbia

  *This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/99 and the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on Kosovo’s declaration of independence.