Well managed migration between the EU and India can be a win-win for both. Europe has labour markets with specific skills gaps, and India has an educated and skilled population - looking for opportunities and able to meet such demands.

Reflecting on this possibility and recognizing the growing importance of migration and mobility in EU-India relations, the EU-India Common Agenda for Migration and Mobility (CAMM) was endorsed at the EU-India Summit of 30 March 2016, bringing cooperation between the two sides, to a new level. The objective of this dialogue, planned prior to the High Level Summit scheduled between the Governments in October, is to inform stakeholders from both sides of the ongoing collaborations between India and EU and seek experts’ views on key issues that the EU-India Cooperation on Migration and Mobility could address.

Approximately 80-100 participants are expected at the event, including representatives from various ministries, embassies, academics, researchers, employers and workers representatives, civil society organizations.

Stakeholder voices on enhancing migration and mobility between EU and India:

• Convergence of policies needed to incentivize migration
• Role of destination countries in skills training
• Partnerships, mobility of academia, tapping into diaspora network
• Evidence-based research contribute to migration and mobility dialogues
• Collective efforts can boost mobility across borders
• Tech, aviation and education – top sectors of collaboration
• Align qualification frameworks to facilitate labour mobility
• Technical cooperation, research pivotal to advance dialogue
• Promoting safe, legal migration through facilitation centers
• Involve businesses and workers in policy formation
• Skill and qualification recognition paramount in EU-India migration