1 Returning Experts Programme for Moldova Centrum für internationale Migration und Entwicklung (CIM) Centre for international Migration und Development „The migration of the highly skilled is at best a healthy and recommended win-win phenomenon.“ Global Commission on International Migration, 2005 Speaker: Alexander Seidl
2 Contents Programme objectives & target groups Programme offer & implementation Criteria for promotion
3 Development-policy objective Promote the professional integration of returning experts in jobs that will drive development forward Through professional integration returning experts disseminate know-how in areas of relevance to development
4 Target groups Moldovans thinking about returning home to their country: 1.University graduates 2.Vocational-training graduates 3.Experts and workers with professional experience (at least two years)
5 Basic requirements Citizenship of Moldova (dual nationality ok) Residence permit and registered address in Germany Successfully completed vocational training or degree programme and/or At least two years’ professional experience in Germany or another OECD country
6 Programme offer Non-financial support Information and consultancy (in Germany and in Moldova) Job-placement in Moldova Networking
7 Programme offer Financial support for returning Moldovans Contribution towards travel costs for job-interviews Subsidy for travel and transport costs Top-up payment for salary for max. 2 years Financial help for internships between 3 and 6 months Workplace equipment (max. € 10,000) Specialist media Back-up support: networking, participation at conferences, further training Registration with CIM prior to return (even without a job)
8 Advisors for returning experts Local partners Programme implementation External partners
9 Programme implementation Who is CIM? CIM is a joint-venture of + and is a job-agency in a development-orientated sense
10 Number of CIM returnees around the world in ‘09
11 Advantages of returning experts Multi-lingual International experience Intercultural competence Potential network maker and member Inter-cultural bridge-builder Possess and communicate state-of-the-art know-how
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17 Contact Centrum für internationale Migration und Entwicklung Mendelssohnstr D Frankfurt Germany Internet: | Tel.: +49 (0) – 93 (Mr. Gerd Müller) Fax: +49 (0) – 81 Moldova: Alexander Seidl;