1. 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. 2 Contents Programme objectives & target groups Programme offer & implementation Criteria for promotion

3. 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. 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. 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. 6 Programme offer Non-financial support Information and consultancy (in Germany and in Moldova) Job-placement in Moldova Networking

7. 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. 8 Advisors for returning experts Local partners Programme implementation External partners

9. 9 Programme implementation Who is CIM? CIM is a joint-venture of + and is a job-agency in a development-orientated sense

10. 10 Number of CIM returnees around the world in ‘09

11. 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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14. 14 Internet www.returning-experts.de www.cimonline.de

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17. 17 Contact Centrum für internationale Migration und Entwicklung Mendelssohnstr. 75-77 D-60325 Frankfurt Germany E-Mail: return@cimonline.de Internet: www.returning-expterts.de | www.cimonline.de Tel.: +49 (0)69-71 91 21 – 93 (Mr. Gerd Müller)www.cimonline.de Fax: +49 (0)69-71 91 21 – 81 Moldova: Alexander Seidl; alexander.seidl@cimonline.de