{"id":10559,"date":"2021-11-14T07:13:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T04:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emn.ee\/event\/emn-finland-conference-is-finland-ready-for-increased-labour-immigration\/"},"modified":"2021-11-14T07:13:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T04:13:26","slug":"emn-finland-conference-is-finland-ready-for-increased-labour-immigration","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.emn.ee\/en\/event\/emn-finland-conference-is-finland-ready-for-increased-labour-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"EMN Finland Conference &#8220;Is Finland ready for increased labour immigration?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6045 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.emn.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/kuvatommis-2021-11-14-091017.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"731\" height=\"153\"><\/p>\n<p>The EMN Finland National Contact Point is organizing a conference <strong>on November 30, from 11:30 AM to 4:30 PM<\/strong>, on the topic of <strong>&#8220;Is Finland ready for increased labour immigration?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Registration for the conference is available  <strong>until November 24 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emn.fi\/ajankohtaista\/registration_form_-_emn_finland_national_conference_30.11.2021\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">HERE<\/span><\/a> <\/strong>. The working languages of the conference are Finnish and English. Simultaneous interpretation from Finnish to English and English to Finnish will be available. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Preliminary Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"table table-sm\" style=\"width: 848px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 116.05px;\">11:30 AM &#8211; 12:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 718.35px;\"><b>Registration and Lunch<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 116.05px;\">12.30-13.00<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 718.35px;\"><strong>Welcome Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rafael B\u00e4rlund, Head of EMN Finland National Contact Point<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening Remarks<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Tuula Haatainen, Minister of Employment, Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment<br \/>\n\u2022 Akseli Koskela, State Secretary to Minister of Interior Maria Ohisalo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 116.05px;\">13.00-14.00<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 718.35px;\"><strong>Panel Discussion I: Boosting Labour Migration \u2013 Easier Said Than Done?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The panel discussion features Mirelle Paquet (Associate Professor, Concordia University), Jean-Christophe Dumont (Head of OECD Migration Division), Silvio Grieco (Policy and Legal Officer, Legal Migration and Integration Unit, DG HOME). Moderator: Rafael B\u00e4rlund, Head of EMN Finland National Contact Point). <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 116.05px;\">2:00 PM &#8211; 2:15 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 718.35px;\"><b>Break<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 116.05px;\">14.15-15.30<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 718.35px;\"><strong>Panel Discussion II: &#8220;Immigration and Labour Market Policies \u2013 Structures, Attitudes, and Societal Readiness&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The panel discussion features: Minna Helle (Director, Federation of Finnish Technology Industries), Taina Vallander (Trade Union Representative), Mika Raunio (Senior Researcher, Finnish Institute of Migration), Siam\u00e4k Naghian (CEO, Genelec). Moderator: Minna Hulkkonen (Head of Migration Department, Finnish Ministry of the Interior). <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 116.05px;\">15.30-16.00<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 718.35px;\"><strong>Germany Case Study \u2013 Sustainable Recruitment of Nurses (Triple Win)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The presentation will be given by Raymond Pascubillo (Triple Win Project Manager). The discussion will be led by P\u00e4ivi Vartiainen (Tampere University of Applied Sciences). <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 116.05px;\">4:00 PM &#8211; 4:15 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 718.35px;\"><strong>Questions and Discussion <\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 116.05px;\">4:15 PM &#8211; 4:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 718.35px;\"><strong>Summary and Concluding Remarks<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[card-collapse][card-collapse-title]Conference Materials[\/card-collapse-title][card-collapse-body]Concept note <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emn.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fi-emn-2021-conference-concept-en.pdf\">&#8220;Is Finland ready for increased labour immigration?&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/card-collapse-body][\/card-collapse]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EMN Finland National Contact Point is organizing a conference on November 30, from 11:30 AM to 4:30 PM, on the topic of &#8220;Is Finland ready for increased labour immigration?&#8221; Registration for the conference is available until November 24 HERE . 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