Strategic approaches to immigration at the local levelFrancesca FroyLEED Programme

The OECD LEED Programme

• An OECD Division established in 1982

• A capacity building centre in Italy

• Governing Board: the LEED Directing Committee

• Mission: To improve the effectiveness of policies implemented at the local level

LEED work in the field of migration

“From immigration to integration:

local solutions to a global challenge”

2006

“Designing local skills strategies”

2009

In press

Attraction & retention

Integrated local skills strategies

IntegrationUp-skilling

Attracting & retaining talent

• Taking a holistic approach

• Influencing national immigration systems

• Attracting the ‘creative

class’

SKILLS

Schools

Diversity & tolerance

Accessibility

Quality of life

Institutions

The management of change

Communities Individuals

Integration into the labour market

A 3-stage process

Improving career prospects

• Career ladders

• The importance of targeted language learning

•Joining up disparate services

Making it work•Decentralised

responsibilities•Balancing resources•A long-term approach•Information & data

For more information about the LEED Programme:

• www.oecd.org/cfe/leed

• francesca.froy@oecd.org

SKILLS GAPS AND SHORTAGES

HIGH SKILLED EQUILIBRIUM

LOW SKILLED EQUILIBRIUM

SKILLS SURPLUS

Demand

Supply

Immigration & labour markets