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2013 E Pluribus Unum Prizes Awards Ceremony

This awards ceremony honored the 2013 winners of the E Pluribus Unum Prizes, which provides $50,000 prizes to exceptional U.S. immigrant integration initiatives. The awardees took part in a panel discussion with White House and state officials, followed by remarks from Congressman Luis Gutierrez and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar.

Skilled Immigrants in the Global Economy: Prospects for International Cooperation on Recognition of Foreign Qualifications

Mutual recognition agreements reduce credential barriers for skilled immigrants, but professional autonomy and political fragmentation limit their scope and reach.

Effective Labour Migration Management: Creating Checks and Balances while Searching for Talent

A book discussion on the management of labour migration and the various options policymakers can employ to address the needs of migrant workers while, at the same time, contributing to fiscal sustainability and social cohesion.

Building New Skills: Immigration and Workforce Development in Canada

Despite a wide array of workforce services, immigrant workers in Canada remain under-represented in training and face a system too supply-driven and insufficiently employer-led.

The Immigrant Workforce in Germany: Formal and Informal Barriers to Addressing Skills Deficits

Informal barriers prevent Germany's immigrants from accessing job training at the same rates as native workers, despite identical formal rights.

Maximizing Human Capital in a Rapidly Evolving Economic Landscape (Transatlantic Council Statement)

Immigrants should have access to job-relevant training and be able to put their skills to use, as policymakers seek to close skills gaps among immigrants and underserved workers.

Reaping the Benefits? Social security coordination for mobile EU citizens

EU social security coordination is poorly defined, inconsistently applied, and publicly distrusted—eroding support for both free movement and the welfare state.

What We Know About Migration and Development

The migration-development link is well evidenced but weakly governed, and most countries still treat emigration as a drain rather than a potential development asset.

Immigrant Workers and the Workforce Development System in the United Kingdom

England's employer-led skills system helps some immigrants incidentally, but complexity and austerity-driven cuts leave those most in need least likely to participate.

Maximizing Potential: How Countries Can Address Skills Deficits within the Immigrant Workforce

More than ever, human capital is seen as the ultimate resource. As a result, policymakers face the challenge of ensuring that workers have the skills and abilities to find productive employment and contribute to growth, innovation, and competitiveness in constantly evolving labor markets. Migrants’ skills are often seen as an untapped resource that, with the right formula of policies, can bolster competitiveness and fuel productivity.