Objective Speakers

Simon Cox, , Doughty Street , This seminar will analyse the current state of EU and selected national legislation and policy on labour migration concerning non-EU nationals. It is designed to meet the requirements of Ghinadie Cretu, Labour Migration Program ERA practitioners needing to stay informed on the Coordinator, IOM Mission to Moldova, Chisinau Academy of European Law latest developments in legislation, jurispru- dence and best practice in this field. Tomasz Cytrynowicz, Director of Department, Polish Office for Foreigners, Chair of the Council‘s Key topics Working Party on Integration, Migration and Expulsion during Polish Presidency, Warsaw

 Implementation of the EU Policy Plan on Legal Migration Agnieszka Drzewoska, Policy Officer, Unit B.1 - Immigration and Integration, DG HOME,  Transposition of the EU Blue Card scheme European Commission, Brussels and examples of national policy proposals RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN for implementation Sander Groen, Partner, Kroes Advocaten EU LABOUR MIGRATION LAW  The potential of circular migration and Immigration Lawyers, Amsterdam mobility partnerships with third countries  RECENT LEGISLATIVE  Latest developments concerning the Fiona Kinsman, Deputy Head of Unit, Unit B.1 - DEVELOPMENTS European Commission’s proposals on intra- Immigration and Integration, DG HOME,  FOCUS ON HIGHLY-SKILLED corporate transfers and the single permit European Commission, Brussels MIGRATION FROM THIRD directive COUNTRIES Stefan Nerinckx, Partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP, Brussels Who should attend? Brussels, 9 December 2011

MCE Management Centre Europe, Ingrid Nowotny, Deputy Director General of In-house counsel, human resources managers, Rue de l'Aqueduc 118, Employment, Federal Ministry for Labour, Social lawyers in private practice, lawyers working for B-1050 Brussels employers’ associations and trade union Policy and Consumer Protection, Vienna officials Conference organiser: Isabella Skrivanek, Researcher, Department for Killian O’Brien, ERA Migration and Globalisation, Donau University,

Krems Language: For further information: Lynne McAleavey English Borbala Szigeti, Policy Officer, Unit JLS B1 - Tel. +49 (0) 651 937 37 421 Immigration and Integration, DG HOME Fax. +49 (0) 651 937 37 773 Event number: European Commission, Brussels E-Mail: [email protected] 411D42

Online registration: www.era.int/?122113&en Kathleen van der Wilk-Carlton, Permits International, The Hague This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication refl ects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

www.era.int Friday, 9 December 2011 12:30 Round-table discussion: common experience and challenges 08:30 Arrival and registration of Simon Cox participants Ghinadie Cretu Sander Groen 09:00 Welcome Words Ingrid Nowotny

09:15 Setting the scene: 13:15 Lunch L Economic and demographic challenges of highly-skilled II. Latest developments labour migration Chair: Tomasz Cytrynowicz Isabella Skrivanek

14:30 The labour migration package 09:45 Question & Answer Save the date: negotiations under the Polish I. The EU Blue Card scheme Presidency: state of play Tomasz Cytrynowicz ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EU LABOUR Chair: Stefan Nerinckx LAW 2012

Trier, 22-23 March 2012 10:00 The Blue Card Directive and its 15:00 Proposal for an intra-corporate Languages: English, French, German transposition transfers directive Fiona Kinsman Agnieszka Drzewoska

15:30 Discussion SUMMER COURSE ON EUROPEAN 10:30 Discussion 2012

16:00 Coffee Break Trier, 25-29 June 2012 10:45 Coffee Break Language: English

National experiences with the EU Blue 16:30 Proposal for a single permit directive Card Scheme For more information: www.era.int Borbala Szigeti 11:15 Netherlands Sander Groen 17:00 Practical challenges: the employer’s perspective 11:30 Austria Kathleen van der Wilk-Carlton Ingrid Nowotny 17:30 Panel discussion 11:45 Fiona Kinsman Simon Cox Kathleen van der Wilk-Carlton Isabella Skrivanek 12:00 A third country perspective: the

Mobility Partnership Agreement Programme may be subject to amendment 18:00 End of seminar For programme updates: with Moldova www.era.int Ghinadie Cretu

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