The Economic and Social Environment in the Territories of Migravalue. This report contains an analysis of economic indicators, that are presented for each host region and for each country of origin, and subsequently elaborated to allow a comparative overview.

STRUCTURING REMITTANCES FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT. While figures vary, remittances are substantial and are becoming increasingly important as they continue to grow both nominally as well as compared to other transfers to developing countries.

The social policy context in Migravalue countries. The Paper sketches the economic and social environment of the territories involved in the project, and includes the focus papers providing operational indications.

REMITTANCES AND MIGRATION. Money sent home by migrants constitutes the second largest financial inflow to many developing countries, exceeding international aid.

There are few EU cross-border instruments and mechanisms that support and facilitate the return of workers into their country of origin after a period abroad nor incentives to bank inclusion as a means for integration and transparency.

SERVICES AND INFORMATION SYSTEM IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CGF MODEL: The Model is a dynamic scheme describing how the needs of a returnee could be “matched” through the creation of a “point of reference”, physically present both in the host and in the origin country

SURVEY ON THE TRANSFER, AMOUNT AND USE OF THE REMITTANCES SENT FROM EMILIA-ROMAGNA TO ALBANIA. The survey, carried out between April and May 2007, is an integral part of a methodology to analyse the impact of migration on social development.

THE INCIDENCE OF MIGRATION ON THE SOCIAL FABRIC AND THE DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE COMMUNITIES OF ORIGIN The survey on the families of the community of Elbasan having relatives who migrated abroad, aimed at analysing the changes that migrations produce on the social fabric and the development perspectives of the communities of origin

THE INCIDENCE OF MIGRATION ON THE SOCIAL FABRIC AND THE DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE COMMUNITIES OF ORIGIN The survey on the families of Tirana having relatives who migrated abroad, aimed at analysing the changes that migrations produce on the social fabric and the development perspectives of the communities of origin

Social Programme of Integration of Reemigrants by the Catholic University of Lublin. A factor which in an essential way affects migrants’ decisions of return are their predictions about the future and prospects of the country they have left.

MIGRATION, REMITTANCES AND THEIR IMPACT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN ALBANIA a study on the variations of households’ patterns of expenditure at the receipt of remittances: focus on health and education (Emilia- Romagna Region)

PORTABILITY OF PENSION BENEFITS AS A MEANS TO FOSTER TRANS-NATIONAL LABOUR MOBILITY Critical recommendations on the Italy-Albania case

FOSTERING THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF THE MIGRATION-DEVELOPMENT NEXUS IN ALBANIA: concrete orientations

Report on the Pension Transferability between Greece and Non-EU Countries (University of Thessaly)

Report on the Pension Transferability between Bulgaria and other Countries (RDA Plovdiv)

Report on Bilateral Social Security Agreements Hungary (Hydea)

This multilingual brochure describes the main findings and results of the over 2-year efforts ofthe Migravalue partnership

The study An Insight on the Relation between Migrant Mobility and Patterns of Economic Development is part of a wider project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund under the Community Initiative Interreg IIIB CADSES: Migralink. Integration of migrants in the enlarged Europe and policies for the return of productive intellect.

I flussi di immigrati provenienti dalla Romania, come si è visto, hanno da sempre mostrato una significativa predilezione per le regioni nord orientali del Paese. Fino a non molto tempo fa, non era infatti un caso che i rumeni si recassero soprattutto nelle regioni del Nord-est.

Questo documento descrive gli interventi che una ventina di Enti locali veneti (Comuni e Aziende Unitarie Locali di Servizio Sanitario) hanno predisposto per ottemperare alle disposizioni regionali (a cui si rifanno a quelle nazionali previste dalla Legge n. 328/2000)1 riguardanti la programmazione triennale dell’offerta di Servizi sociali e sanitari-assistenziali rivolti alla loro popolazione (sia autoctona che straniera).

Le vicende storiche dell’Albania hanno riversato in Italia un numero considerevole di immigrati albanesi e da allora questa comunità costituisce uno dei principali gruppi di immigrati nel Paese. Le motivazioni di un così imponente afflusso di cittadini sono da ricercarsi, oltre che nella vicinanza geografica tra i due Paesi, nella difficile situazione occupazionale Dell’Albania, nel grande divario sia salariale e di standard di vita, ma soprattutto nelle opportunità di lavoro offerte.