Recognising Migrants’ Skills and Qualifications: A Transnational Perspective

Final Report of Working Group 1 of the MEET EQUAL Transnational Partnership

In recent times the EU has experienced unprecedented levels of migration. Many migrants arrive desperate to put their skills into use but find themselves either unemployed or in low-skilled work. Whilst the EU has well documented skills gaps in high-skilled, seasonal and low-skilled positions, unemployment levels across Europe are twice as high for migrants than the host population. It was with the challenge of linking migrants to skills gaps that the partners in the MEET ‘recognising skills and qualifications’ working group set about their task. The overall aim of the group was to develop approaches to recognising the worth of migrants by creating systems to recognise their skills and qualifications. Each of the participating partners, Progress GB (UK), MigraNet (Germany), Laat Zien Wat Je Kunt (Netherlands) and Visibilinvisibili (Italy) operate within different policy environments. The group agreed that the best way forward was to model their different approaches to recognising migrants’ skills and then explore what might be learned at national and European levels. This report sets out the models, the way in which they operate, and the overall learning and recommendations about skills recognition and utilisation.'

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The MEET Partnership is part funded by the European Social Fund under the EQUAL Community Initiative Programme

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