1. Partnerships for Mobility Management and Development
Gaining from Migration Experts’ Meeting
29 March 2007

2. Migration and Development: Policy Proposals
Look at migration policies through a development lens
Integrate international migration into development strategies
Overhaul the organisation of migration management
Make policies more coherent for more effective management 2

3. Percent of Tertiary Educated Population in OECD Countries
Countries with the highest proportion of their tertiary educated population in EU15:
-small countries and island states: Gambia, Suriname, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Mauritius, Sierra Leona
-African countries appear at the top of the list
Source: OECD Database on Expatriates and Immigrants, 2004 3

4. Looking at Migration Policies Through a Development Lens
Tackling the brain drain…
experiment with innovative circularity schemes to manage migration flows without crippling social services
• continue developing guidelines for recruitment of the highly skilled

5. Less-educated migrants don’t come from the poorest countries
Source: Data from OECD Database on Expatriates and Immigrants, 2004; WDI; authors’ analysis. 5

6. Looking at Migration Policies Through a Development Lens
Organising recruitment of low and semi-skilled migrants…
introduce smart visa provisions to facilitate circularity
develop an Integrated Monitoring System
enter into strategic partnerships with migrants’ home countries
rethink GATS Mode 4 provisions for trade in services
encourage and support regional schemes among developing countries

7. Reported Remittances Sent per Migrant (2000)
Source: IMF Balance of Payments Statistics and UN Trends in Migrant Stock. 7

8. Looking at Migration Policies Through a Development Lens
Mobilising and channelling remittances for development…
lower the costs of transfers through formal channels
expand financial services to poor rural communities

9. Integrating International Migration into Development Strategies
For sending countries: integrate migration into macroeconomic, human resource management, education, infrastructure and “South-South” policy initatives
For EU Member States: use partnership arrangements to interlink more effectively recruitment with capacity building and development in sending countries.

10. Overhauling the Organisation of Migration Management
National level: inter-ministerial initiatives to promote co-ordination of development and migration policies
Commission level: stronger systematic consultations across all relevant directorates

11. Migration management: Decision making in the EU
JHA Council (27 EU interior ministers)
General Affairs Council (27 EU foreign ministers)
Coreper II
(Commitee of Permanent
Representatives of the
member states)
High-Level Working Group on
Asylum and Immigration
(Interior/justice reps)
SCIFA
(Interior/justice reps)
Working parties
Migration &
Expulsion
Visa
CIREFI
Frontiers &
False Documents
Asylum

12. Coherence of Policies for More Effective Management
EU and Member State aid policies must exploit complementarities with migration policies
EU trade policy should be crafted with attention to its impact upon labour mobility
recognise the relationship between insecurity and labour mobility

13. For more info: www.oecd.org/dev/migration

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