Issues

Professional mobility

The two fact sheets on professional mobility give a background to occupational mobility and on how the free movement of workers will work in practice. The links give access to further information on professional mobility.

• Report of the high Level task Force on Skills and Mobility [Word DOC 33Kb]
• Free Movement of Workers to and From the New Member States [Word DOC 40Kb]

Consequences of enlargement on professional mobility- National views

Below you will find the analysis made by national SME representative associations on the impact of Enlargement on professional mobility.

Austria

• http://wko.at/eu-erweiterung [Website dedicated to enargement and its effect on Austrian SMEs]

Ireland

• Labour Mobility in an enlarged EU [English-Word DOC 36Kb]

Italy

• Enlargement and Professional mobility [Italian-Word DOC 23Kb]

Sweden

• Enlargement and professional mobility [Swedish-Word DOC 22Kb]

Links

• Guide "Free movement of workers to and from the new Member States" (05 November 2003)"
• High task Force on Work and Mobility
• Communication from the Commission
  Free movement of workers : achieving the full benefits and potential/* COM/2002/0694 final */
• The Impact of Eastern Enlargement on Employment and Labour Markets in the EU Member States
  Final Report: Part 1 EN Part 2 EN [PDF]
  Executive Summaries (22/05/2000): DE / EN / FR [PDF]
• Recognition of professional qualification