Nermin Oruc was a session moderator at the ETF online Regional Conference “Use it or lose it: how labour markets, human capital and migration interact in the Western Balkans”. The conference was held on 1st December, 2021. The conference gathered all relevant stakeholders at the national, regional and international levels, with the key objectives to discuss the types of interactions between job markets, human capital stock and labour mobility based on the findings of the recent ETF regional and country studies; to stimulate an open policy debate among the national, regional and international actors on the conditions of virtuous and vicious interactions and show good practices for policy options; and to bring together the national, regional and international actors from migration, labour market and education fields that otherwise remain distant to each other, and encourage them to develop joint actions for win-win-win situations.
Nermin moderated panel on opportunities and risks of labour and skills mobility titled “Can mobility be part of a virtuous cycle to better match jobs and workers in the region’s growing economies?” This panel brought together discussants from different fields to reflect upon the results of the ETF regional study and share their own experience and perspective regarding the benefits and risks of labour and skills mobility in the region.
More about the conference can found here.