Proiectul "Migratie favorabilă dezvoltării. Instrumente/Politici pentru planificare strategică în regiunile si orasele din Sud Estul Europei” urmareste cresterea capacitatii autoritatilor regionale si locale de a anticipa si a administra in mod strategic efectele schimbarilor demografice asupra teritoriului. Proiectul este cofinanţat din Fondul European de Dezvoltare Regională (FEDER), prin Programul de Cooperare Transnaţionala Sud-Estul Europei, Axa Prioritara 4: Dezvoltarea sinergiilor transnationale ale zonelor cu potential, 4.2: Promovarea unui tipar echilibrat al zonelor cu potential in ce priveste accesibilitatea şi atractivitatea acestora. Obiectivul specific: cunoasterea impactului local al schimbarilor demografice şi implicatiile acestora in regiunile si orasele SEE si utilizarea cunostintelor ca instrument de planificare pentru regiunile si orasele SEE. Ministerul Dezvoltarii Regionale si Administratiei Publice este partener in cadrul proiectului, impreuna cu organizatii din Italia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Austria, Grecia, Muntenegru, Serbia, Moldova şi Organizaţia Internaţională pentru Migraţie din Elveţia, în calitate de observator. www.migration4growth.eu, http://bit.ly/1b6llKt The project "Making Migration Work for Development. Instruments/Policies for strategic planning in regions and cities in South-East Europe" aims at increasing the capacity of regional and local authorities to predict and manage the effects of demographic change and use strategic planning. The project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) throught the South-East Europe Programme (SEE), Priority Axis 4: Development of transnational synergies with potential, 4.2: Promoting a balanced pattern of growth areas - making them more attractive and accessible. The specific objective is increasing knowledge about the local impact of demographic change and its implications and using the knowledge acquired as a tool for planning in the regions and cities in the SEE area. The Romanian Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration is a partner in the project, along with organizations from Italy, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Austria, Greece, Montenegro, Serbia, Moldova and the International Organization for Migration in Switzerland as an observer. www.migration4growth.eu, http://bit.ly/1b6llKt

1. MAKING MIGRATION WORK FOR DEVELOPMENT
POLICY TOOLS FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN SEE REGIONS AND CITIES
POPULATION, MIGRATION AND LABOUR MARKET
EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY BUILDING
Anna Lucia Colleo
Regione Emilia-Romagna
Budapest, 22 May 2013

2. 1. INTRODUCING MMWD
2. MMWD APPROACH AND KEY ASSUMPTIONS
3. DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AND GROWTH
PROSPECTS: UNDERSTANDING
RELATIONSHIPS

3. MMWD:
Strategic project co-funded by the South East
Europe Programme
Website:
www.migration4growth.eu
Duration:
30 months (May 2012-October 2014)
Lead partner: Regional Government of Emilia-Romagna
21 Partners: Public administrations supported by technical
partners (statistical offices, universities,
research centres, development agencies).
The International Organization for Migration
is an observer.

5. THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF MMWD
To enhance the capacity of public administrations
to anticipate, understand and strategically manage
the implications of current demographic change,
and particularly of migration-related demographic
change,
with a view to actively address critical challenges
for the sustainable growth of SEE territories.

6. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
 Boosting knowledge: improving the harmonization of
comparable information about SEE regions and cities
that are key to understand the prospects for growth and
well-being of SEE regions and cities
 Supporting the identification of major territorial
challenges and political priorities, based on comparable
regionalized information on SEE regions and cities
 Strengthening local capacity to undertake evidence-
based strategic planning in participating territories

7. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
 Support and facilitate transnational dialogue and
exchanges among SEE territories that share common
development challenges and are affected (positively or
negatively) by the identified trends, prospects and/or
policy impacts, with an aim to exploring comparative
advantages and synergy through transnational
cooperation arrangements.
 Supporting dissemination and the use of MMWD results
to an audience of policy makers, practitioners, experts,
and SEE communities (public discourse).

8. ACTIVITIES
 Defining the knowledge base: panel of indicators, data
mapping and analysis of gaps
 Turning knowledge into a strategy-making tool: construct
demographic forecasts and impact scenarios until 2020 (i.e.
develop a "reading structure" anticipating territorial
evolutions related to demo change, as a precondition to be
able to steer them towards positive outcomes)
 Capacity-building on the use of policy scenarios for the
formulation of development strategies, with migration
recognized as a relevant feature for sustainable growth

9. ACTIVITIES:
ACTIVITIES
 From sparse initiatives to integrated policies: improving
governance methods and policy coherence. Pilot
applications of project results
 Harmonizing knowledge across SEE: Knowledge Platform on
www.migration4growth.eu
 Building a SEE platform for transnational dialogue and
cooperation, to promote more effective regulations of
migration flows across the SEE area

10. 1. INTRODUCING MMWD
2. MMWD APPROACH AND KEY ASSUMPTIONS
3. DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AND GROWTH
PROSPECTS: UNDERSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS

11. MAIN TERRITORIAL SCALE: REGIONS (NUTS2)
POLICY SCALE: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
… which also include a trans-national realm
(i.e. part of the non-realized development benefits of migration
for specific territories relate to a lack of articulated agreements
on mobility/migration management and social protection, as
well as limited dialogue, exchange and cooperation among
connected countries)

12. AT THIS STAGE, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT …
The development of SEE territories is facing several mega trends
that strongly impact policy choices:
 Interaction is growing across SEE territories as well as with
other parts of the world (increasing flows, including migration)
 Global economic competition is accelerating, offering more
options for regions but also more challenges to policy-makers
 Market forces and the evolution of society in general are
supporting a geographical concentration of activities: cities
are (and compete as) development hubs
 The ongoing demographic change is affecting the regions
differently (with labor moving across regions)

13. MMWD APPROACH AND KEY ASSUMPTIONS
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MMWD was designed in the realm of the Europe 2020
Strategy to support regional strategy-making for smart,
sustainable and inclusive growth
Policy-makers dealing with territorial development are in
need of a future oriented and integrated vision of
development, translating the targets and objectives of
Europe 2020 into policy priorities
Building such vision requires: sound evidence, comparable
regionalized information, mid-term scenarios in order to draw
sustainable and integrated policy responses for their
territories

14. MMWD APPROACH AND KEY ASSUMPTIONS
Focus on 3 critical (and inter-related) policy realms

Employment

Human capital

The offer of social services (ensuring the
social infrastructure needed to support
growth policies)

15. DEMO CHANGE AND GROWTH PROSPECTS
MMWD’S ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO SUPPORT
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY-MAKING FOR SEE REGIONS
AND CITIES.
MMWD’S SPECIFICITY IS THAT IT LOOKS AT
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AS A KEY FEATURE OF
TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS
AND IT LOOKS AT MIGRATION AS THE KEY FACTOR IN
TODAY’S POPULATION CHANGES.

16. MMWD APPROACH AND KEY ASSUMPTIONS
The effects of demographic change on living conditions and
growth prospects are both a challenge and an opportunity.
A challenge because demographic trends such as low fertility
rates, ageing, changes in the households’ structures and
population mobility can limit territorial competitiveness and
growth prospects.
An opportunity if such changes are appropriately placed in
regional development strategies, considering the evolutionary
effects of population trends on selected policy areas.

17. 1. INTRODUCING MMWD
2. MMWD APPROACH AND KEY ASSUMPTIONS
3. DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AND GROWTH
PROSPECTS: UNDERSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS

18. DEFINING DEMO CHANGE AND GROWTH IN MMWD
DEMO CHANGE:
AGE STRUCTURES - MIGRATION
GROWTH:
EMPLOYMENT – HUMAN CAPITAL – SOCIAL SERVICES
INTER-RELATED
AND KEY TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

19. DEFINING MIGRATION IN MMWD
UNDER MIGRATION, WE SUM UP :
•
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
•
IN-COUNTRY MIGRATION (ACROSS REGIONS, RURAL
VS. URBAN AND VICEVERSA)
•
LONG-TERM DEMO CHANGE RELATED TO NONNATIVE RESIDENTS ON SEE TERRITORIES (FIRST
GENERATIONS VS. RESIDENTS WITH A MIGRATION
BACKGROUND)

20. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE CHANGES (BEHAVIOURS)

21. DEMO CHANGE AND GROWTH: SEEKING CONNECTIONS
MIGRATION IS SCRUTINISED IN RELATION TO ITS EFFECTS:
DEMO
CHANGE
MIGRATION
GROWTH
PROSPECTS
EDUCATION
TRAINING
BEHAVIOURS
OF POP
GROUPS
VARY
LABOUR
SOCIAL
NEEDS
DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF
POPULATION TRENDS AND RESOURCES IN DIFFERENT TERRITORIES

22. HOW CAN DEMOGRAPHIC AND LABOUR MARKET PROCESSES
BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN MIGRATION POLICIES?
By migration policies – in relation to demographic and labor
market processes, we may refer to a broad range of policy
areas:
 Active management of international labor migration:
Skilled/less skilled; seasonal and circular migration programs;
programs for attracting/attracting back specific categories of
workers; compensation measures for origin countries; the offer of
services to migrants, including vocational training, ...)

23. HOW CAN DEMOGRAPHIC AND LABOUR MARKET PROCESSES
BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN MIGRATION POLICIES?
 Local policies to manage local population movements (labor
market and transports, schools, housing, services in general,
…).
The localization of the population on the territory is a driver for
local policies. Rural to urban movements across SEE, with densely
populated areas surrounded by more scarcely populated areas.
This may also imply a drastic change in the age structure of the
population (concentration of elderly in rural areas, for instance),
posing specific development challenges.

24. HOW CAN DEMOGRAPHIC AND LABOUR MARKET PROCESSES
BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN MIGRATION POLICIES?
 Migration policies targeting the resident foreign population
(or, for emigration territories, targeting nationals abroad)
Migration policies are often separated from territorial development
policies, and fragmented between labor market, education, and
social inclusion policies – not necessarily referring to a crosssector strategy.

25. Thank you!
Anna Lucia Colleo
acolleo@regione.emilia-romagna.it
annalus@hotmail.com
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