Anyone interested can download it here on the ESF web portal.

The ministry has invited Metropolis International – the world’s largest international network for exchanging knowledge on issues concerning migration, integration, and diversity – to Berlin for a forward-looking discussion of these topics.
Our authors and interview partners in this issue are involved in the conference as chairs of plenary sessions, speakers, or organisers; in their articles they discuss the conference’s core topics:

• The impact of multiple crises on migration and mobility
• The impact of technological development and the future of work
• Climate change – impact on migration
• Conditions for fair migration

Network IQ is not only represented by the task force specially created for the conference. It is also helping to shape the programme in the form of workshops and study tours. You can find an overview of the workshops offered by IQ in this publication.

In addition, three IQ projects offering study tours at the IMCB22 provide insight into their work. The Club Dialog organisation for migrants advises Ukrainian refugees on gaining recognition for their qualifications. LIFE e.V. provides academics with further training to equip them as ambassadors for climate change issues. Fair Integration fights to prevent unfair working conditions and exploitation.

The “IQ konkret” editorial team wishes you an enjoyable read and an exciting conference!

Download magazine "IQ konkret" 02/2022 here (PDF).

Using IOM’s data on identified victims and regional variations as a basis, new forms of cooperation with the banking and private sectors will be discussed further. Two additional regional perspectives from research and advocacy from South Africa and Germany will take a closer look at existing policy gaps in legislation and introduce several initiatives that promote decent work.

You can access the online seminar here.

This document contains an overview of legal regulations; it is not intended to and cannot replace legal advice and does not have any binding effect. Despite the care taken in compiling the information, errors, inaccuracies or outdated information cannot be ruled out. The presentation reflects exclusively the legal opinion of the authors.

The answers to the FAQs can be found here on the website of the Competence Centre.

In their inquiry, the authors provide an overview of the structure, methodology and output of the Network IQ. They emphasise the coordinative strengths of the programme, which closes information and capacity gaps through networking and the transfer of good practice. Recommendations are made to cooperate more closely with the private sector, pay more attention to territorial differences and to transfer good practices more systematically.

Download the OECD-publication "Multi-level governance for migrant integration. Policy instruments from Austria, Canada, France, Germany and Italy" (PDF).

Adult educators, employers, advisors, project managers, skilled workers, local officials, business promoters and other stakeholders interested in the labour market integration of migrants are warmly invited to participate in this seminar.

Key questions will include:

• Which solutions and services are suitable for upskilling, reskilling, and reinserting adults 45+, with a migration background, into the labour market?
• How does the project UPAM45+ reach out to migrants above 45 years? How do community-based organisations and educational institutions respond to the newcomers/return migrants?
• How does the project UPAM45+ train adult education providers?
• Which integrated solutions should adult educatorors consider while working together with migrants 45+?
• What are specific challenges in the labour market integration and community insertion of migrants 45+, and how to solve them?
• How does UPAM45+ respond to the labour market situation of return migrants in Romania?

Speaker:

• Denisa Centea, Researcher and Trainer, Romanian Institute for Adult Education, Timisoara, Romania

Moderators:

• Fabienne Braukmann, Research Officer, IQ Dissemination Project/ebb GmbH, Cologne
• Fabian Junge, Public Relations Officer, IQ Dissemination Project/ebb GmbH, Cologne

The IQ online-seminar will take place:

24 February 2022

11 am – 12 pm (CET, Berlin time)

via zoom

Please register via the following link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckce2gqTkrHdWQIYgKl_S0dtXlt80tyCwz

For further inquiries please contact: online-seminar(at)ebb-bildung.de

Following the title "Changing migration, migration in change", the conference in Berlin will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on migration and mobility, along with technological developments and the future of work, climate change and the implications for migration, and the conditions which are essential for fair migration.

Since the beginning of July 2021, more detailed information is available at the conference website www.imcb22.com, which will be updated continuously. The front page features a video clip on the conference topics with Hubertus Heil, German Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.

Moreover, the Twitter-community can now follow the 25th International Metropolis Conference on its official twitter channel, @IMCB22, to receive the most recent news on the event.

A call for workshop proposals for the conference will be published in November 2021 and end on 31 January 2022.
The registration for the conference will open from 1 March 2022, with an early bird ticket available until 31 May 2022. There will be a conference fee. The conference will be held in English, with translations available in German and French.

Contact Persons:

Jürgen Schröder
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Head of Conference Management, International Metropolis Conference 2022 - Berlin
E-Mail: imcb22(at)bmas.bund.de

Anne Güller-Frey
Tür an Tür – Integrationsprojekte gGmbH
Conference Management (Liasion with ISC)
E-Mail: imcb22(at)bmas.bund.de

Tara Käsmeier
ebb Entwicklungsgesellschaft für berufliche Bildung mbH
Conference Management (Impacts of COVID-19 on migration)
E-Mail: imcb22(at)bmas.bund.de

Juliane Keßler
ebb Entwicklungsgesellschaft für berufliche Bildung mbH
Conference Management (Technological and climate change - impacts on migration)
E-Mail: imcb22(at)bmas.bund.de

Fabienne Braukmann
ebb Entwicklungsgesellschaft für berufliche Bildung mbH
Conference Management (Fair conditions for migration)
E-Mail: imcb22(at)bmas.bund.de

The theme of the Berlin conference will be "Changing migration, migration in change". The focus will be on the impact on migration of the COVID-19 pandemic, technological and climate change. Another key topic of the conference will be the question of how migration processes can be shaped in a fair and sustainable way. Answers to these questions will be sought in high-level panel discussions accompanied by an interesting programme with international workshops and bilateral and multilateral symposiums. In September 2021, a pre-conference programme will start that leads up to the conference.

Detailed information will be made available on the conference website on 1 July 2021. The call for proposals for the conference workshops will start on 1 November 2021 and is expected to end on 31 January 2022. Interested participants can register on the conference website from 1 March 2022 (early bird until 31 May 2022). A participation fee will be charged for the conference. The conference language is English (with interpreting for French and German).

Contacts:

Jürgen Schröder
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Head of the organisation team of the International Metropolis Conference 2022 - Berlin
Email: imcb22(at)bmas.bund.de 

Anne Güller-Frey
Tür an Tür – Integrationsprojekte gGmbH
Organising team (liaison with ISC)
Email: imcb22(at)bmas.bund.de  

Tara Käsmeier
ebb Entwicklungsgesellschaft für berufliche Bildung mbH
Organisation team (Impacts of COVID-19 on migration)
Email: imcb22(at)bmas.bund.de 

Juliane Keßler
ebb Entwicklungsgesellschaft für berufliche Bildung mbH
Organisation team (Technological and climate change - impacts on migration)
Email: imcb22(at)bmas.bund.de 

Fabienne Braukmann
ebb Entwicklungsgesellschaft für berufliche Bildung mbH
Organisation team (Fair conditions for migration)
Email: imcb22(at)bmas.bund.de 

Regardless of the disparities that arisen, health worker migration has increased over the past decades. How could these inequalities be addressed, knowing that migrants belong to the most vulnerable groups on the job market, especially in the healthcare sector? Which instruments are needed to guarantee sustainable and ethical recruitment practices from abroad and equal rights and ethical treatment of skilled workers in their new workplace?

To address these challenges, the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel in 2010.

How a Global Code finds implementation on the European, national, local level and then workplace level will be the focus of the IQ online-seminar. Altogether, the IQ online-seminar will allow attendees to understand how several international ethical recruitment codes are implemented on different policy levels. Finally, as a practical example, the King's College Hospital London will present their international recruitment practices.

Speakers from the World Health Organization, European Hospital and Healthcare Employers' Association, the UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), and the National Health Service (NHS) will give 5 minutes-presentations.

The webinar is hosted by the Network IQ ("Integration through Qualification"), Germany's flagship programme to promote the integration of migrants into the labour market.

Key questions will include:

• What is the purpose of the Codes of Practice and Conduct for ethical recruitment in the health sector?
• Why is ethical recruitment being important?
• How are Codes of Practices implemented globally and on a European as well as a national scale?
• What role do social partners and trade unions play?
• Which stakeholders need to be involved on a national level for the applicability of such a code?
• To what extent is a Code of Practice preventing labour shortage in countries of destinations and countries of origin?
• How does the implementation of a code work on the institutional ground?
• How can health care employers contribute to fair and just recruitment on the local level?

Speakers:

• Ibadat Dhillon, Technical Officer, Human Resources for Health Unit, WHO, Geneva
• Simone Mohrs, Policy Officer, European Hospital and Healthcare Employers' Association, Brussels
• Sarah Cliff, Policy Manager, UK Department of Health and Social Care, London/Leeds
• Adele Bunch, Programme Lead, NHS Employers, London/Leeds
• Peter Absalom, Associate Director Workforce Operations, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London

Moderators:

• Fabienne Braukmann, Research Officer, IQ Dissemination Project/ebb GmbH, Cologne
• Fabian Junge, Public Relations Officer, IQ Dissemination Project/ebb GmbH, Cologne

Please register via mail by 19 April 2021 and indicate your name, your organisation and project:
online-seminar(at)ebb-bildung.de

The IQ online-seminar will take place
21 April 2021, 1 pm – 2:30 pm (CEST), via zoom. After registration, you will receive a link to the zoom-meeting for the seminar.

Two female speakers will present the fellowship programme and will also talk about their own experiences and perspective as former fellows.

Speakers:

• Chérine Ali, European Scaling Manager of #TF4women, Techfugees, Paris, France
• Rania Yussef, back-end developer at yzr.solutions and a former fellow of the #TF4women programme, Paris, France

Moderator:

• Fabienne Braukmann, Research Officer, IQ Dissemination Project/ebb GmbH, Cologne, Germany

Please register via mail by 26 January 2021 and indicate your name, your organisation and project: online-seminar(at)ebb-bildung.de.

Since the start in 2013, DUO for a JOB has created more than 2600 duos in five cities in Belgium: Brussels, Liège, Antwerp, Ghent and Mechelen. The association is about 1000 mentors strong and has helped more than 1800 young people to find a job, an internship or a training programme (71% of positive outcomes). More than one mentee out of two (53%) finds a job within the 12 months that follow the mentoring period.

A special feature this year was the Canada-Germany-Symposium, initiated by Jürgen Schröder, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Germany (BMAS), in which representatives of the BMAS, the Federal Employment Agency (BA) and the Insitute for Employment Research (IAB) compared and discussed the two immigration systems with their ministerial, administrative and academic colleagues from Canada. The Canada-Germany-Symposium was of high interest for the audience consisting of about 70 participants. Presentations were followed by an engaging discussion including questions on how both countries intend to increase their attractiveness for potential immigrants for keeping them in the labour market on a long-term basis. Further questions concerned the need for skilled workers in certain sectors and the German newly passed legislative package for skilled labour immigration.

For the Network IQ, the conference constituted a valuable opportunity to showcase its results and share its experiences, reflect self-critically on its work, learn about other successful approaches, and expand relevant networks of exchange and partnership.

More information about the Network IQ’s activities at Metropolis is available here.

Best practices of the following initaitives will be presented:

WES Global Talent Bridge, a programme dedicated to enabling skilled immigrants fully utilise their talents and education in the United States and Canada;

Hire Immigrants, a Canadian initiative that helps employers take concrete action to tap into migrant and refugee talents.

The webinar is hosted by the Dissemination Project of the Network IQ (Integration through Qualification), Germany’s flagship programme to promote the integration of migrants into the labour market.

For further information please click here, to register please click here by 16 June 2019 and indicate your name, your organisation and project.

The webinar will take place 18 June 2019 at
10:00 am (EST) – New York, Toronto,
16:00 (CEST) – Berlin.

During his one-week stay at MDA, Liam Patuzzi had the opportunity to learn about numerous programmes for labour market integration of newcomers, ranging from upskilling (Skilling Queenslanders for Work) to job placement (Work & Welcome) and credential recognition (Career Pathways Program). The visit included insightful and inspiring conversations with employment agencies, social enterprises, government representatives, and the fantastic team of MDA. In a luncheon keynote in Brisbane, Liam Patuzzi presented the Network IQ to a very interested audience of about sixty experts and practitioners in the area of migrant and refugee integration.

We are glad to announce that the film is now available in English language. In less than four minutes, you can learn more about what we mean by "intercultural opening" and why it is definitely worthwhile for organisations to invest in it.

You can find the video in English audio (without subtitles) here. For the subtitled version, please click here.

For the Network IQ, the conference constituted a valuable opportunity to showcase its results and share its experiences, reflect self-critically on its work, learn about other successful approaches, and expand relevant networks of exchange and partnership. More information about the Network IQ’s activities at Metropolis is available here. Presentations and materials will be uploaded shortly.

The report reveals that, also in Germany, migrants still face considerable difficulties along the different stages of their education career. For example, first- and second-generation migrants are less likely to obtain a higher education degree compared to the general population. This and other disadvantages often lead to poorer employment outcomes.

The report is available on the OECD website here.

Submit your proposal here, apply before 31st January 2019.

More information on "Support to victims of trafficking in human beings" is available here, while further details on the Asylum Migration Integration Fund can be found here.

The new provision gives them the opportunity to come to Germany to complete the necessary compensation measures, obtain full equivalence, and thus become able to work in their professions. Once they obtain full professional recognition, residence permit holders are entitled to stay in the country to seek work for up to one year.  

This guide, which was originally published in German, aims to provide all relevant stakeholders with a practical, easy-to-understand summary of the main steps, players and requirements involved in the procedures around Section 17a of the German Residence Act (AufenthG).

You can download the English version here

It also distinguishes from the very start between different categories of would-be entrepreneurs (e.g. EU migrants and non-EU migrants, refugees, students and qualified workers, people already residing in Germany and those still living abroad), carefully selecting the information that best suits their profiles and needs. And if any questions remain unanswered, the website is linked to a pool of expert advisors offering individual counselling via telephone or email.

Other challenges mentioned in the document are: delays in the start of integration support (due to people moving between EU countries, but also to lengthy asylum adjudication); instances of discrimination; inconsistencies in funding; EU Member States’ partial lack of commitment in designing and implementing policies; and the difficulty of coordinating numerous stakeholders in this field.

The briefing paper is available here.

To view the explanatory film, click here (duration 2:14 minutes). To choose among the available subtitles, please click on the ‘settings’ icon in the Youtube toolbar under the video.