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Welcome address by Anders Hall, State Secretary to the Swedish Minister for Migration.
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Welcome address by Anders Hall, State Secretary to the Swedish Minister for Migration.
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Welcome address by Anders Hall, State Secretary to the Swedish Minister for Migration
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Bernd Parusel,
Senior Researcher, Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS)
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Jasmijn Slootjes,
Deputy Director, Migration Policy Institute Europe
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Micheline van Riemsdijk Professor in Human Geography, Uppsala University
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Micheline van Riemsdijk, Professor in Human Geography at Uppsala University
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Shawn Mendes,
Director of International Affairs, Swedish Public Employment Service
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Lisa Andersson,
Labour Market Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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Shawn Mendes,
Director of International Affairs, Swedish Public Employment Service
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Shawn Mendes,
Director of International Affairs, Swedish Public Employment Service
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Photo by Brandon Sandén
Photo by Brandon Sandén
Photo by Brandon Sandén
Session 1: Initiatives on a European level to attract talent and retain skills
From left to right: Micheline van Riemsdijk, Professor in Human Geography at Uppsala University, Jasmijn Slootjes, Deputy Director, Migration Policy Institute Europe,
Lisa Andersson, Labour Market Economist, OECD,
Shawn Mendes, Director of International Affairs, Swedish Public Employment Service, Bernd Parusel, Senior Researcher, SIEPS
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Session 1: Initiatives on a European level to attract talent and retain skills
From left to right: Micheline van Riemsdijk, Professor in Human Geography at Uppsala University, Jasmijn Slootjes, Deputy Director, Migration Policy Institute Europe,
Lisa Andersson, Labour Market Economist, OECD,
Shawn Mendes, Director of International Affairs, Swedish Public Employment Service, Bernd Parusel, Senior Researcher, SIEPS
Photo by Brandon Sandén
Session 1: Initiatives on a European level to attract talent and retain skills
From left to right: Micheline van Riemsdijk, Professor in Human Geography at Uppsala University, Jasmijn Slootjes, Deputy Director, Migration Policy Institute Europe,
Lisa Andersson, Labour Market Economist, OECD,
Shawn Mendes, Director of International Affairs, Swedish Public Employment Service, Bernd Parusel, Senior Researcher, SIEPS
Photo by Brandon Sandén
Shawn Mendes, Director of International Affairs, Swedish Public Employment Service, Bernd Parusel, Senior Researcher, SIEPS
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Leila Hadj Abdou,
Deputy Head, Policy Research and Migration Law Unit, International Organization for Migration (IOM) / EMN Austria
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Leila Hadj Abdou,
Deputy Head, Policy Research and Migration Law Unit, IOM / EMN Austria
Photo by Brandon Sandén
Photo by Brandon Sandén
Vydūnas Trapinskas,
Director of Global Talent Attraction Department, "Work in Lithuania" Programme, Invest Lithuania
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Vydūnas Trapinskas,
Director of Global Talent Attraction Department, "Work in Lithuania" Programme, Invest Lithuania
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Silvia Rager,
Senior Expert, Department for International Relations, German Federal Employment Agency Headquarters
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Santeri Ojala,
Manager, International Operations, Business Finland, Work in Finland
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Session 2: Attracting talent and facilitating labour migration – examples from EMN Member and Observer Countries
From left to right: Jonas Hols, Expert, EMN Sweden,
Leila Hadj Abdou, Deputy Head, Policy Research and Migration Law Unit, IOM/EMN Austria,
Santeri Ojala, Manager, International Operations, Business Finland, Work in Finland, Silvia Rager, Senior Expert, Department for International Relations, German Federal Employment Agency Headquarters, Vydūnas Trapinskas, Director of Global Talent Attraction Department, "Work in Lithuania" Programme, Invest Lithuania
Photo by Brandon Sandén
Session 2: Attracting talent and facilitating labour migration – examples from EMN Member and Observer Countries
From left to right: Jonas Hols, Expert, EMN Sweden,
Leila Hadj Abdou, Deputy Head, Policy Research and Migration Law Unit, IOM/EMN Austria,
Santeri Ojala, Manager, International Operations, Business Finland, Work in Finland, Silvia Rager, Senior Expert, Department for International Relations, German Federal Employment Agency Headquarters, Vydūnas Trapinskas, Director of Global Talent Attraction Department, "Work in Lithuania" Programme, Invest Lithuania
Photo by Brandon Sandén
Session 2: Attracting talent and facilitating labour migration – examples from EMN Member and Observer Countries
From left to right: Jonas Hols, Expert, EMN Sweden,
Leila Hadj Abdou, Deputy Head, Policy Research and Migration Law Unit, IOM/EMN Austria,
Santeri Ojala, Manager, International Operations, Business Finland, Work in Finland
Photo by Brandon Sandén
Photo by Brandon Sandén
Front row, from left to right: Bernd Parusel, Senior Researcher, SIEPS, Micheline van Riemsdijk, Professor in Human Geography at Uppsala University, Lisa Andersson, Labour Market Economist, OECD,
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Silvia Rager,
Senior Expert, Department for International Relations, German Federal Employment Agency Headquarters
Photo by Brandon Sandén
Session 2: Attracting talent and facilitating labour migration – examples from EMN Member and Observer Countries
From left to right: Leila Hadj Abdou, Deputy Head, Policy Research and Migration Law Unit, IOM/EMN Austria,
Santeri Ojala, Manager, International Operations, Business Finland, Work in Finland, Silvia Rager, Senior Expert, Department for International Relations, German Federal Employment Agency Headquarters
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Hanna Geurtsen,
Deputy Head of the Special Focus Area on the Work Permit Process, the Swedish Migration Agency under Break-out session 1: Ready to employ? Challenges and needs in employing labour migrants.
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Paula Kossack, Lead Analyst for the Government Assignment “Work in Sweden”, Statistics Sweden under Break-out session 1: Ready to employ? Challenges and needs in employing labour migrants.
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Helena Renström,
Head of Society Expo 2026, Skellefteå municipality, Sweden during Break-out session 2: EU-internal movement of third country nationals – Moving to a new employer
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Helena Renström,
Head of Society Expo 2026, Skellefteå municipality, Sweden during Break-out session 2: EU-internal movement of third country nationals – Moving to a new employer
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Helena Renström,
Head of Society Expo 2026, Skellefteå municipality, Sweden during Break-out session 2: EU-internal movement of third country nationals – Moving to a new employer
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Erik Litborn,
National Contact Point for Horizon Europe (HEU), Sweden's Innovation Agency (Vinnova) during Break-out session 3: Student and researchers – How can the transition from talented student to valuable employee be facilitated?
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Erik Litborn,
National Contact Point for Horizon Europe (HEU), Sweden's Innovation Agency (Vinnova) during Break-out session 3: Student and researchers – How can the transition from talented student to valuable employee be facilitated?
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Photo by Brandon Sandén
Anna Tillander, expert at EMN Sweden and Eva Englund, Senior Advisor, Greater Copenhagen
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Anna Tillander, Expert at EMN Sweden and Anna Broeders, Talent & Community Manager, Switch to Sweden
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Hanna Geurtsen,
Deputy Head of the Special Focus Area on the Work Permit Process, the Swedish Migration Agency
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Paula Kossack,
Lead Analyst for the Government Assignment “Work in Sweden”, Statistics Sweden
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Elin Jansson, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Justice, Sweden and Hanna Geurtsen,
Deputy Head of the Special Focus Area on the Work Permit Process, the Swedish Migration Agency
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Conclusions and summary of the day with Hanna Geurtsen, Deputy Head of the Special Focus Area on the Work Permit Process, the Swedish Migration Agency and Mats Wessman, Project Manager for the government assignment “Work in Sweden”, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth
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Closing remarks by Anna Lindblad, Chief of Staff of the Office of the Director-General,
Swedish Migration Agency
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Session 1: Initiatives on a European level to attract talent and retain skills
From left to right: Micheline van Riemsdijk, Professor in Human Geography at Uppsala University, Jasmijn Slootjes, Deputy Director, Migration Policy Institute Europe,
Lisa Andersson, Labour Market Economist, OECD,
Shawn Mendes, Director of International Affairs, Swedish Public Employment Service, Bernd Parusel, Senior Researcher, SIEPS
Photo by Adelina Dankova
Session 2: Attracting talent and facilitating labour migration – examples from EMN Member and Observer Countries
From left to right: Jonas Hols, Expert, EMN Sweden,
Leila Hadj Abdou, Deputy Head, Policy Research and Migration Law Unit, IOM/EMN Austria,
Santeri Ojala, Manager, International Operations, Business Finland, Work in Finland, Silvia Rager, Senior Expert, Department for International Relations, German Federal Employment Agency Headquarters, Vydūnas Trapinskas, Director of Global Talent Attraction Department, "Work in Lithuania" Programme, Invest Lithuania
Photo by Adelina Dankova
Photo by Adelina Dankova