In 2009 the Swedish government appointed an independent Parliamentary Committee on Circular Migration and Development, with the task of examining the link between circular migration and development by mapping circular migration to and from Sweden and identifing factors that influence migrants’ opportunities to circulate.
The Swiss Federal Office for Vocational Training (OFFT) and the Switzerland-India Chamber of Commerce launched a pilot project for technical training based on the initial polymechanic vocational training provided by Swissmem in 2008. The certificate of "Multiple Skilled Production Technician" was awarded to the first 18 professionals who followed a two years training program in the industrial sector.
Three years after the beginning of the „Arab Spring“, transformation processes are still under way in Northern African states. High unemployment rates prevail and especially young and highly qualified Tunisians suffer from a lack of professional perspectives.
The Department of Employment of Thailand has started to send workers from the agricultural sector to Israel under the Thailand-Israel Employment Cooperation (TIC) secured via an Agreement with the International Organization for Migration (IOM). This scheme benefits the workers and reduces the cost for all Thai workers overseas.
The Royal Thai Government’s policy on Labour Migration, especially for the low-skilled workers group, has been implemented continuously under the management of the Committee on Illegal Migrant Workers Administration comprised of twenty-two relevant ministers and academics, employers and workers’ representatives. The procedures are as follows:
Thailand has developed an alien administration procedure for irregular migrant workers, in order to change their status under the following processes:
The Mauritius-France agreement on circular labour mobility includes a subsidy for skills training.
The MPNP – Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program – is the government service that selects skilled immigrants and their families to move to Manitoba and share in the prosperity of our province’s communities.
Lithuania has bilateral agreements on migrant workers with Germany, Ukraine, and Russia.