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Valuing diversity: guidance for labour market integration of migrants

CHAPTER 5.
Guidance in European integration practices

To review current practices, Cedefop undertook 15 main case studies with the
help of the ELGPN national delegates and of the project leaders. A series of
interviews were developed with national and international experts to understand
better the fundamental challenges and dynamics.
Other integration practices from across Europe were also analysed via
secondary sources: ReferNet; ELGPN database; European website on
integration (see also OECD, 2007; 2008; 2012a; 2012b; European Commission,
2009). From these, 52 practices were identified which resorted to guidance
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methods to enhance the labour market integration ( ) of third-country citizens.
From these, 10 additional case studies were selected and further information
collected; they are identified below as secondary cases.

5.1. Presentation of case studies

The case studies cover a range of services provided to immigrants in the
following groups of countries:
(a) countries with a tradition in receiving immigrants: Belgium, Germany,
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France, the Netherlands, Austria and the United Kingdom ( );
(b) countries which have recently joined the EU: Estonia and Latvia;
(c) those which evolved from emigration to immigration countries: Greece,
Spain and Italy;
(d) countries which have recently started to have immigration due to a large
intake of political refugees: Sweden.

The case studies also account for a varied set of interventions and activities
that cover and support three particularly sensitive groups of third-country
immigrants: women, youth and unemployed adults with low qualifications. Table
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7 presents an overview the case studies ( ).

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( ) We also found evidence of many practices which use guidance methods to increase
the integration potential of citizens, although without a clear connection to labour
market integration.
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( ) Germany and Austria in the post-war period.
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( ) For complete information please access the case study fiches on
http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/about-cedefop/projects/lifelong-
guidance/index.aspx [accessed 3.4.2014].

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