MATILDE: Migration impact assessment to enhance integration and local development in European rural and mountain areas
Governance
Funding
Horizon Europe
Geographic focus
Spain, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Finland, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Norway
Dates
2/1/2020 to 3/31/2023
COMPLETED
About
The local impact of migration in rural and mountain regions.
Project Outcomes
– In rural regions immigration can meet economic needs and counter depopulation and dwindling birth rates.
– In all regions considered, depopulation has created employment opportunities (often low skilled) for third country nationals.
– None of the regions considered had proper employment programmes for third country nationals. Faster recognition of formal, informal and non-formal qualifications and long-term practices such as tailored trainings can help address this gap.
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Coordinator
Jussi Laine, Professor of Multidisciplinary Border Studies, Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland
Partners
- Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
- Uppsala University
- Kärnten University of Applied Sciences
- University of Parma, Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research
- University of Eastern Finland
- New Bulgarian University
- Istanbul Bilgi University
- Høgskolen i Innlandet
- Högskolen Dalarna University of Zaragoza
- University of Turin
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