THE PROMISE OF SKILLS PARTNERSHIPS FOR EFFECTIVE LABOR MOBILITY

Madrid, October 4th, 2023: 4:00pm – 6:30pm

HYBRID EVENT

IN-PRESENCE ATTENDANCE (by invitation only): CAR Centro de Acogida a Refugiados (P.º de la Casa de Campo, 1, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, España)

VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION: MICROSOFT TEAMS

• 4:00pm - Opening remarks and introduction
  
  • Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations
  • Maria Dolores Arribas Baños, Practice Manager for the World Bank’s Social Protection and Jobs Global Unit

• 4:10pm - Interview: “Expanding legal migration pathways. Insights from Spain’s reform”

A conversation on Spain’s latest reform to address local labor market challenges and promote more orderly labor mobility.

• • José Luis Escrivá, Minister at Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations
  • Lant Pritchett, Co-founder and Research Director of Labor  Mobility Partnerships (LaMP)

• 4:50pm - Multi-stakeholder Dialogue: “Can Skills Partnerships for cross-border mobility deliver benefits to all?”

Representatives of local government of host country, private sector, government of country of origin, civil society, and academia discuss the operationalization of skills partnerships as models for safer, and more orderly labor mobility.

Moderated Dialogue

• • Moderator: Pablo Acosta, Lead Economist at the World Bank’s Social Protection and Jobs Global Unit
  • Marina del Corral Téllez, Director General at Círculo Empresarial de Atención a Personas (CEAPs)
  • Daniele Albanese, Head of Europe Programs at Talent Beyond Boundaries
  • Tesseltje de Lange, Professor of European Migration Law and Director of the Centre for Migration Law at Radboud University
  • Faustino Díaz Fortuny, Deputy Managing Director of Investment and Talent Attraction at Madrid City Council
  • María Fernanda Castillo, First Secretary Embassy of Honduras

Open Q&A

• 6:25pm - Closing remarks
  
  • Luc Christiaensen, Manager of the World Bank’s Rome Jobs and Labor Mobility Center

• 6:30pm - Cocktail