Collaboration with the Joint Vienna Institute (JVI) on Social Policy Training 2004

The Joint Vienna Institute is an international organisation, providing courses for officials and private sector executives from the transition economies. The JVI was established by the five sponsoring organisations

• the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  
• the World Bank
• the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
  
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
  
• the OECD

and receives support from the Austrian authorities and a number of donor countries.

The JVI draws heavily on the technical expertise of the founding organisations whose officials teach many of the courses. Courses are organised in a two-tier structure, comprising the Main Programme (introductory courses on market economics and financial analysis and a follow-up comprehensive course on applied market economics) and the Seminar Programme (stand-alone courses on applied policy topics).

The OECD NEIM (Non-Member Economies and International Migration) division provides a limited number of training courses in labour market and social policies to administrators and policy makers from transition economies, in the frame of the Centre for Co-operation with Non-Member's training activities.

The following one-week training courses and seminars are scheduled for 2004:

• Date to be confirmed Autumn 2004:
  A social policy course, a one-week segment of the Applied Economic Policy Course. Those courses address social policy formulation and implementation in a market economy. They provide an oversight of selected areas of experience within OECD Member countries and emphasise the specific problems of implementation in economies and societies in transition. The aim of these courses is to promote coherent and employment-centred social policies. This serves to enhance the understanding of participants of the international policy experiences in their area of action. Application information and forms for the 14-week Applied Economic Policy Course can be obtained from the JVI homepage
  
  
• 27 September - 1 October 2004:
  Seminar on "Design and Implementation of New Migration Policies". This seminar will address issues relating to the different aspects of migration policies and ongoing reform in transition economies. The seminar will begin with an overview of migration trends and the links between migration, economic growth and development. Four key issues will be addressed in the course of the seminar: i) new measures adopted at national and international level to regulate or manage migration flows; ii) new legislation covering the entry, stay and access of foreigners to the labour market as well as the fight against irregular migration and the illegal employment of foreign workers; iii) recent measures aimed to ensure a better integration of migrants in the host country; and iv) links between migration, development and international co-operation, particularly in the context of regional integration. Analytical and practical aspects of migration policies and ongoing reform in selected receiving and sending countries in different regions of the world will be presented and discussed with country experts in order to share country experiences and evaluate the success or failure of policies. The seminar is aimed at officials from Ministries or institutions responsible for designing, implementing and evaluating migration policies. Applications are due by 1 September 2004.