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Valuing diversity: guidance for labour market integration of migrants

Table of contents

Foreword ................................................................................................. 1

Acknowledgements ....................................................................................... 3
Table of contents ................................................................................................. 4

Executive summary .............................................................................................. 9
Aims and methodology .................................................................................. 9
Why migrants need guidance ........................................................................ 9
EU labour market integration support and the role of guidance ................... 12

Guidance in integration practices across Europe ......................................... 13
Challenges and recommendations .............................................................. 15
Key guidance policy issues for immigrant labour market integration ... 15
Action areas for system development ................................................. 16

1. Introduction 20
1.1. Why a study on guidance for immigrants? .......................................... 20
1.2. Objective and scope of study .............................................................. 23

2. Study methodology and implementation ...................................................... 25
2.1. Definitions and theoretical discussions ............................................... 28
2.1.1. Guidance and immigration ...................................................... 28
2.1.2. Recent discussions ................................................................. 31
2.2. The added value of guidance for immigrants ...................................... 36
2.3. The process of guidance for immigrants ............................................. 43
2.3.1. Reception: general procedure ................................................. 47
2.3.2. Language proficiency and cultural familiarity ........................... 47
2.3.3. Recognition and validation procedures ................................... 47
2.3.4. Counselling, information and career planning (general) .......... 48
2.3.5. Youth services and interventions............................................. 48
2.3.6. Activation of women ................................................................ 50
2.3.7. Web-based services................................................................ 50

3. Demography and social-economic context .................................................. 51
3.1. European countries and immigration .................................................. 51
3.1.1. Countries with a strong tradition in receiving immigrants ......... 51
3.1.2. Countries which have recently joined the EU .......................... 52
3.1.3. Countries which evolved from emigration to immigration
countries ................................................................................. 52
3.2. Immigrant population characteristics .................................................. 52
3.2.1. European demographics, flows and origins ............................. 52

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