The project was funded by the European Union via the Technical Support Instrument, and implemented by the OECD, in co-operation with the European Commission.
This report was prepared by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director. The work was conducted as part of the OECD’s Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme with financial support from the European Commission’s Directorate General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM). The report and underlying project were co-ordinated by Tilde Ussing, Policy Analyst in the OECD Local Employment, Skills and Social Innovation (LESI) Division, under the supervision of Kristine Langenbucher, Deputy Head of Division (CFE/LESI) and subsequent Lukas Kleine-Rueschkamp, acting Head of Unit, Local Employment and Skills (CFE/LESI). Karen Maguire, Head of Division (CFE/LESI), provided overall guidance and comments. The report was drafted by Tilde Ussing and Jonathan Chaloff, Senior Policy Analyst, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, (Chapter 1); Lars Ludoph (CFE/LESI) (Chapter 2); Katrina Hyltén Cavallius (Linnaeus University) Silvia Adamo and Matteo Bottero (University of Copenhagen) (Chapter 3); Ulrikke Kristensen (OECD), Pim Mertens and Susanne Sivonen with the support of Pauline Melin, Frank Cörvers, Sander Kramer and Bastiaan Didden (Maastricht University) (Chapter 4); Pim Mertens and Martin Unfried, (Maastricht University) (Chapter 5). The report benefited from valuable contributions from Jonathan Chaloff, Senior Analyst, OECD. Katrina Baker, Communications Officer (CFE/LESI), and Jack Waters, Publications Coordinator (CFE/COM), prepared the report for publication.
The OECD team expresses its gratitude to the many stakeholders from the Greater Copenhagen Region and the Danish and Swedish Governments who provided input into the report through participating in fact-finding interviews and workshops. These included inter alia representatives from the Danish Ministry of Employment, the Danish Public Employment Service (STAR), the Danish Migration Agency (SIRI), the Swedish Ministry of Employment, Danish Ministry of Immigration and Integration, the Swedish Ministry of Justice, the Swedish Ministry of Employment, the Swedish Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen), the Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket), representatives from Danish and Swedish employers organisations and trade unions, the Nordic Council of Ministers, Oresund Direkt, and various municipalities and regions. The OECD team also expresses gratitude to the many stakeholders from other EU cross-border regions who provided input to the report. These included representatives from Austria, Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Special thanks are due to the representatives from Region Scania, the Capital Region of Copenhagen and the Greater Copenhagen cross-border organisations who supported the OECD throughout the project by facilitating contacts and interviews with stakeholders and providing extensive comments and exchanges throughout the project period. These included Elin Malm, Tobias Hedkvist (Region Scania), Kate Plaskonis, Sarah Sofie Nielsen, Melker Nielsen (Greater Copenhagen), Anne Søndergaard Brüel and Frederikke Mosin West (Capital Region of Denmark). Special thanks are extended to Augusto Arnone and Francesca Nastri from the European Commission, Directorate General for Structural Reform Support
Special thanks are also extended to the international experts who participated in the international knowledge-sharing workshops, including Jonathan Pereira Neves (Agence pour le développement de l’emploi, Luxembourg), Isabella Skrivanek (University for Continuing Education Krems), Pascalle Pecholt, (Expat Centre Maastricht Region), Ruben Tans (University of Maastricht), Jan Cremers (Tilburg Law School), Ramona Corsius (International Labour Market South Limburg), Archim Dürschmid (EURES Greater Region), Michelle Willuth (EURES T-Rhin Supérieur/EURES T-Oberrhein), and Ricardo Ferreira (European Commission, DG REGIO).
The OECD would also like to thank the LEED Delegates from Austria, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and for their comments on the draft report.