Slovak and foreign experts from Bratislava, Brussels, London, Prague and Vienna gave a presentation at the conference entitled Migration of Qualified Workers from Third Countries: Policies and Practice which was held in Bratislava on 20 November 2013. Invited speakers introduced the recent developments and policies in international as well as European labour migration and pointed out the economic and fiscal impact of migration. They also described measures which were implemented by the European countries in order to attract qualified workers from states outside the EU.

More than 70 representatives of various ministries, state institutions, research institutes, non-governmental organisations, embassies, media, employers’ associations and private companies attended the conference that was hosted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the coordinator of the EMN National Contact Point for the Slovak Republic. Further information about the conference can be found here.