Organizer 1
Jean-Pierre Garson
Head of Non-Member Economies and International Migration
OECD, DEELSA
2, rue André Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16

Tel: +33 - 1 45 24 91 74
Fax: +33 - 1 45 24 76 04
Email:Jean-Pierre.Garson@oecd.org


Organizer 2
Espen Thorud
senior adviser
Department of Migration, Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
PO.Box 8112 dep., 0032 Oslo

Tel: + 47 22 24 71 83
Fax: + 47 22 24 95 48
Email:espen.thorud@krd.dep.no





Workshop description:
The purpose of the workshop is to reflect and analyse how future labour shortages may be evaluated and the way in which foreign workers should be selected to alleviate these shortages. The first session will review the different methodology used in some OECD countries to measure future labour shortages, not only at global level but also at sectoral level. During the second session a panel of employers, social partners and policymakers will debate the role that immigration could play in alleviating labour shortages.





Presenters / participants /other information
Moderator: Espen Thorud, senior adviser, Department of Migration, Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

Presenters:
Marco Doudeijns, Jean-Christophe Dumont and Jean-Pierre Garson, OECD

Discussants
Kristin Ørmen Johnsen,
State Secretary,
Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Norway(confirmed)

Stein Reegård, LO, Norway
Lars Haartveit, HSH, Norway
Representatives (maximum) of Confederation of employers and of employees from Norway and other countries.





Summary:
The purpose of this two-stage workshop is to analyse how future labour shortages are currently evaluated and to what extent migration could help in alleviating labour shortages. The first session is analytical :
presentation of the OECD review of the methodology of country attempts to estimate labour shortages and the role that immigration could play in
alleviating labour shortages. The second session is more policy oriented :
a panel of representatives of employer organisations and trade unions will debate on the advantages and limits of selective labour immigration.




Date: 10 September


(1 session is 3 hours)
Number of sessions: 1

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