Download MMWD Overview and rationale

The
MMWD Project
CONSORTIUM,
OBJECTIVES, OUTPUTS
What is MMWD?
Making Migration
Work for Development
Policy tools for strategic planning in
South East Europe‘s regions
and cities
is a strategic project of the EU‘s SEE
Transnational Cooperation Programme
Parameters of the MMWD Project
 Co-funded by the European Regional Development
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Fund (ERDF) and the Instrument for Pre-Accession
Assistance (IPA)
Priority Axis No.4: Development of transnational
synergies for sustainable growth areas;
Duration: 30 months (May 2012 - October 2014);
Budget: 3.680.826€
Lead partner: Regional Government of EmiliaRomagna
Website: www.migration4growth.eu
Participants
21 partners from 9 countries
Migration changes societies
(impacts on population development, %)
Objectives of the MMWD Project
 To improve the knowledge base for population
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projections;
To develop territorial scenarios for demographic
change till 2020;
To strengthen the administration capacities for
strategic planning by taking migration into account;
To promote the transnational cooperation for
effective regulation of migration flows;
To disseminate the outputs of the scenarios developed
in the MMWD project.
Guiding concepts
Outputs‘ Overview
 Identification of data gaps in the knowledge about
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population change;
Development of methodologies for population
projections and policy scenarios;
Preparation of population projections and policy
scenarios at national, regional and municipality
level;
Carrying out of capacity-building courses for
dissemination of the acquired knowledge;
Establishment of a Platform for dialogue and
cooperation in migration management.
Identification of data gaps
 Indicators put under scrutiny: √population, √fertility,
√mortality, √migration, √labour, √households,
√education and training, √income and living
conditions, √social and cultural indicators;
 The availability of data was checked in three statistical
regions: NUTS-1, NUTS-2 and NUTS-3;
 Results of the test for availability of data:
√Data concerning immigration and emigration are
questionable in many cases;
√Time series of data are not homogenious.
Methodology for population projections
 Check of basic data availability:
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Age/sex/total population time series;
Age/sex/foreign population time series.
Territorial breakdown of available data;
Projection extension;
Projections frequency;
„Closed population“ scenario (zero net migration);
Scenario assuming constant migration;
Scenario considering the average migration trends;
Extended projections including √household
√education indicators.
Methodology for policy scenarios
concerning migration management
 Thematic focus on:
√Labour market;
√Human capital;
√Welfare/ social needs.
 Tools:
√Econometric models;
√Cohort component projections;
√Delphi panels with experts.
Migration and population growth:
Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Policies in conditions of continuing immigration:
Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia
 Fostering SMEs , particularly these managed by
foreigners;
 Active measures for involvement of the young
NEETs with migration background in education and
vocational training;
 On-the-job vocational training for employed labour
force with migration background;
 Facilitation of the work permits for migrants in order
to avoid or diminish illegal work.
Migration and population growth:
Municipality of Vratsa, Bulgaria
Policies in conditions of continuing out-migration:
Municipality of Vratsa
 Fostering life long learning;
 Promotion of local business, increase of
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employment;
Improvement of the educational system;
For a better organized health system;
Active social policy;
Upgrading the space and public works policy;
Efficient housing policy.
Transfer of knowledge and skills
 Website: www.migration4growth.eu;
 Newsletter, information materials;
 Action plans for transfer of institutional experience;
 Internships and study visits;
 Involvement of stakeholders in the studies;
 Conferences and workshops with representatives of
the public administration;
 Capacity-building courses;
 Distance learning sessions for dissemination of
outcomes of the MMWD Project.
Capacity-building courses for transfer of
MMWD outputs to the public administration
 Presence and distant learning sessions;
 Precise selection of participants;
 Decisions about teaching materials and didactic;
 Package of teaching materials:
√Challenges of international migration;
√Methodology of population projections;
√Methodology of policy scenarios;
√Local population projections and policy scenarios;
√Instructions and questionnaires.
Dialog and cooperation on migration:
National migration profiles - Slovenia
Dialogue and cooperation on migration and labour
market policies: Topics of MMWD Round Tables
 Employment policies;
 Work permits;
 Labour rights and obligations;
 Prevention of illegal work policies;
 Labour contracts;
 Pay systems;
 Health insurance systems;
 Pension and disability insurance systems;
 Unemployment insurance systems;
 Occupational education and training.
Dialogue and cooperation on migration and welfare
policies: Topics of MMWD Round Tables
 Family and demographic policies;
 Policies concerning children and young people;
 Policies for protection of disabled people;
 Policies concerning elderly people;
 Social assistance for groups at threat;
 Policies of gender equality;
 Education of children with developmental difficulties;
Dialogue and cooperation on migration and
education policies: Topics of MMWD Round Tables
 Migration and early childhood education policies;
 Migration and primary school education policies;
 Migration and secondary school education policies;
 Migration and tertiary education policies;
 Migration and adult education policies;
 Migration and job training policies;
 Migration and curricular content;
 Migration and teaching methods;
 Migration and transmission of value-normative
systems in educational institutions.
Thank you so much
for your attention!