After three years of successful implementation, the 'Women as Financially Independent Rural Actors' (WAFIRA) project, one of the flagship projects under the MPF’s labour migration portfolio, officially wrapped up activities with a closing ceremony in Rabat, Morocco, on 24 January 2025.

The Migration Partnership Facility makes available a detailed mapping of labour migration pathways across the 27 European Union member states to the wider public. Following an initial presentation at the third annual conference of the Labour Migration Practitioners’ Network earlier in November, the mapping is offered now available to all audiences, with labour migration practitioners, researchers, and policymakers particularly in mind.

A Nigerian delegation with representatitves from the Nigerian President's office, the Nigerian Diaspora Commission, and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment  completed an exchange visit to Brussels, Belgium and Szczecin, Poland in late October 2024.

As Europe grapples with growing labour shortages, particularly in specialised fields like ICT, energy, and renewables, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are facing an uphill battle in attracting and retaining international talent. At a recent expert panel held during ICMPD’sVienna Migration Conference, moderated by Jennifer Tangney, Senior Project Manager, Migration Partnership Facility, speakers discussed the current state of labour migration and the private sector’s role in shaping a more efficient, inclusive system.

The Mediterranean Network for Training to Regular migration (MENTOR II) project wrapped up activities on 12 October 2024 with an event in Tangier, Morocco. The event convened around 100 participants, project partners from Morocco and Tunisia, the EU Delegation to Morocco and Moroccan and Tunisian trainees with testimonies of their entrepreneurial and professional projects.

The PEM-WECCO project concluded 30 months of activities with a two-day event in Dakar on 10-11 September 2024. This article summarises the project’s main achievements.

EU LMPN In-Person Conference

19-20 November 2024

Moving Talents: Scaling up Action in Key Sectors

The EU Labour Mobility Practitioner’s Network hosted its third in-person conference in Brussels on 19-20 November 2023. The MPF Labour Mobility Practitioners’ Network gathers over 220 members from EU and national authorities, the private sector, International Organisations, NGOs and think tanks/academia with extensive experience researching, designing, and implementing labour mobility initiatives. The network has been operational since 2022 and organises events in different formats on topics such as green skills mobility, talent attraction and retention, capacity building in migrants' countries of origin, and ethical recruitment. The event aimed to contribute to the effective design and implementation of the Talent Partnership policy framework by offering an opportunity for LMPN members and relevant stakeholders to come together, exchange, learn and ultimately improve the implementation of labour migration initiatives to the EU around the theme “Moving talents: Scaling up action in key sectors”. 

Documents

• Agenda
• Concept note
• Presentations
• Report

Photo Gallery

For any questions, you can reach us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

The headlines are filled with news of labour shortages, as employers report needs in nearly all industries and at various skill levels. The global ‘race for talent’ is set to heat up, with employers and countries increasingly vying for international workers as one way to meet labour needs. Why not include refugees in the search for needed talent?

 This is the premise of an EU-funded MPF project that launched earlier this year, Making refugee talent visible and accessible to EU labour markets – tapping into the potential of skills-based complementary pathways. Complementary pathways provide an opportunity for displaced persons to utilise their skills through migration channels for work, matching the skills of displaced persons with the needs of employers in other countries. This project is examining how complementary labour pathways can be expanded, for the benefit of displaced persons, EU labour markets, and host countries alike – a ‘triple win’.