The IAU is pleased to announce that registration to the upcoming IAU 2014 International Conference is now open!
Focusing on Blending Higher Education and Traditional Knowledge for Sustainable Development this IAU event will be hosted by the Universidad Cientifica del Perú in Iquitos, Peru.
To learn more about the Conference Programme and to register to the event please visit the Conference webpage.
And do not forget that you still have the opportunity to get involved in the programme by submitting a paper or a poster presentation.
For more information about the up-coming event please contact: Élodie Boisfer
Conference in Georgia to focus on links between migration and skills
Mobility partnerships enable the EU, its Member States, and non-EU countries cooperate more effectively on the issues of migration.
A conference organised by the ETF in Tbilisi on 4 and 5 November, will provide an opportunity to learn from the experience of Armenia, Georgia and Moldova in implementing EU mobility partnerships, especially in the area of skills and migration.
The event will be held under the auspices of the Lithuanian Presidency of the EU Council and in cooperation with the Targeted Initiative Georgia. The participants will look at the skills dimension of the mobility partnerships as part of the EU framework of the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility.
The recent ETF surveys of migration and skills in Armenia, Georgia and Morocco provided evidence on the skill profiles of migrants and how skills are underutilised abroad and upon return. It also indicated the need for specific policy measures to support migrants for more efficient job and skills-matching process.
Practical information about the conference
- Title of the conference: Skills dimension of the EU’s Global Approach to Migration and Mobility
- Date: 4-5 November 2013
- Place: Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel, Rose Revolution Square 1, Tbilisi, Georgia

Most of the 36 countries involved in implementing the European qualifications framework (EQF) have defined, and largely adopted, level descriptors of learning outcomes, i.e. what an individual possessing a qualification at a particular level is expected to know and be able to do.