Migration
41. Proposal: Legal Migration
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Measure 41(1) - Promoting EURES and the Skills Profile Tool
41.1) Launching a communication campaign at a cross European level in order for EURES (European Employment Services), the EU Immigration Portal and the EU Skills Profile Tool for Third Country Nationals to be better known by European citizens and more frequently accessed and used by EU companies when recruiting (recommendation 6).
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Measure 41(2) - Creating a European Entity for Migrants' Access
41.2) Creating a European entity for migrants' access to the EU labour market or alternatively widening the powers of the European Cooperation Network of Employment Services (EURES) for example improving the Talent Partnership projects (recommendation 7 and WG debate), with the possibility of online matching of supply and demand of skills, in the country of departure, on the basis of assessment criteria (recommendation 9 and WG debate). The EU should encourage Member States to simplify the process of reception and integration of legal migrants and their access to the EU labour market through a better interoperability amongst the different relevant administrations (WG debate).
- Communication on Attracting skills and talent to the EU
- Multiannual communication campaign aimed at raising visibility of the EU skills profile tool for third country nationals
- Skills and Talent package - Single Permit Directive
- Skills and Talent package - Long-Term Residents Directive
- Horizon Europe programme, cluster 2 part for innovative research on democracy and governance
- Blue Card Directive on conditions of entry to and residence in the European Union of non-nationals for the purpose of highly qualified employment
- European Year of Skills 2023
- Establishing an EU talent pool
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Measure 41(3) - Improving the "Blue Card" Directive
41.3) Improving the functioning and implementation of the blue card directive to attract relevant qualifications that the EU economy needs (recommendation 7 and WG debate), taking into consideration the risk of brain drain (as in measure 1 proposal 42).
- Skills and Talent package - Single Permit Directive
- Skills and Talent package - Long-Term Residents Directive
- Communication on Attracting skills and talent to the EU
- Demographic toolbox
- Blue Card Directive on conditions of entry to and residence in the European Union of non-nationals for the purpose of highly qualified employment
- Establishing an EU talent pool
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Measure 41(4) - Harmonizing Working Conditions
41.4) Promoting upwards convergence on working conditions harmoniously throughout the Union to combat inequalities of working conditions and to ensure an efficient EU labour migration policy and workers' rights. In this context, reinforce the role of trade unions at national and transnational level (recommendation 28 and WG debate), in cooperation with employers' organisations (Plenary discussion).
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Measure 41(5) - Increasing Efforts to Inform Citizens on Migration & Integration
41.5) Increasing efforts to inform and educate citizens of the Member States about the topics related to migration and integration (recommendation 30 and LT recommendation 9 and WG debate).
There are currently no implementing initiatives that address this particular CoFE measure.