Free movement of labour within the EU has led to unprecedented possibilities for EU citizens to improve their lives by moving to higher-income EU Member States. The consequences for Member States who are mostly origin countries have so far received little attention. Facing increasing challenges on their domestic labour markets, a number of EU Member States have started to develop policies in order to attract back citizens to the country.
Countries
Poland
Status
Completed
Duration
June 2018
to
October 2019
Donors
European Commission (Structural Reform Support Service – SRSS)
Partners
Ministry of Investment and Economic Development; Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy; Statistics Poland
Implementing Agency
ICMPD
Objectives: The project aimed to support Poland in developing a comprehensive and sustainable policy framework for labour migration based on the country’s socio-economic needs and drawing on past experiences of EU Member States and other relevant countries.
Summary: Set against the background of a growing structural and economic demand for high and low-skilled labour in Poland, this projects targeted relevant Polish government ministries and public administrations in order to increase their institutional capacity to design and implement labour migration policies in line with strategic priorities.
The project consisted of the following 4 components:
- Analysis of existing labour migration policy instruments employed in other countries with the aim of evaluating their applicability in the Polish context.
- Review of migration data collection practices, assessing the interoperability of registries and databases, identifying potential gaps and developing recommendations for their improvement and use in the area of migration policy analysis.
- Evaluation of successful examples of bilateral/regional cooperation on labour migration and examination of migration potential of countries that could be implicated in labour migration to Poland.
- Review of return migration policies and tools that could be potentially effective in stimulating and facilitating the return of Polish emigrants.
Contact
Barbara Salcher
Project Manager