Summary of relevant experts and information sources
| Name | Description | Contact | Location |
| Business Networks | |||
| Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA | The Forum is financed by Finish business community. They are working on business relevant topics | www.eva.fi | |
| Hanseparlament | Businessnetwork for the BSR; the network includes research institutions; they are implementing EU projects in the BSR in the range of i.a. vocational training, education | www.hanse-parlament.eu | Secreteriat is located in Hamburg, Germany |
| Information Network | |||
| EURES | The European Job Mobility Portal Project, supporting employees and employers in questions of mobility of labour, coordinated by the European Commission | ec.europa.eu | |
| Projects | |||
| ALMP_ECON Effective evaluation of active labour market policies in social insurance programs | Develop an economic framework, to evaluate the effectiveness of popular programs. Project within the European Research Council (ERC) | erc.europa.eu | |
| BSRInnoReg | Aim is to reinforce innovation governance and support environments in the Baltic non-metropolitan regions. The project is enhancing the strategic capacities of innovation and business development organizations. | www.baltic.org | |
| Database on irregular mirgration | Project of the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI). The database provides an inventory and a critical appraisal of data and estimates in the European Union and in selected member states. | irregular-migration.hwwi.net | Germany |
| Euronaver.net | European network to enhance transnational mobility | www.euronaver.net | |
| MOBILINT | Pilot project for the promotion of cross-border mobility in the crafts sector. | www.mobilint.org | |
| Mobilnet | Handbook to help trade union officers to provide advice to professional and managerial staff intending to work in another Member State | www.eurocadres.org | |
| Skilled Mobile European | Support Mobility of skilled employees. Support of European small and medium-sized enterprises to recruit suitable staff | www.sme-mobile.eu | |
| Research Institutions - Statistics/Databases | |||
| AMECO | Annual macro-economic database of the European Commission's Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) | ec.europa.eu | |
| Bank for International Settlements | www.bis.org | ||
| Document database of the european commission | Database icollecting available documents related to European Union employment, social affairs and equal opportunities policies | ec.europa.eu | |
| European Central Bank | www.ecb.int | ||
| EUROSTAT | epp.eurostat.europa.eu | ||
| Groningen Growth and Development Centre | www.ggdc.net | ||
| Research Institutions | |||
| Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS) | Research in economics and other social sciences in BSR | www.biceps.org | Latvia |
| European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) | Trade union related institute, working on labour, labour movement, education and training e.g. | www.etui.org | Belgium |
| Fafo | Trade union related institute, research focus on welfare and social welfare and trade policy, labour and living conditions,migration and integration e.g. | www.fafo.no | Norway |
| FAOS - Employment relations research institute | Trade union related institute, working on industrial and employment relations | faos.sociologiskinstitut.dk | Denmark |
| Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) | Foundation working in different areas, working offices in BSR and Poland | www.fes.de | Germany |
| Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) | Interdisciplinary analysis of key economic, societal and political trends | Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) Heimhuder Strasse 71 20148 Hamburg Germany www.hwwi.org |
Germany |
| Hanseatic Institute for Entrepreneurship and Regional Development (HIE-RO) | Research on innovation, human resources development, evaluation, concepts and strategies of learning regions and entrepreneurial education in the BSR | www.hie-ro.de | Germany |
| Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln | German private research institute, working in several economic areas | www.iwkoeln.de | Germany |
| Institute for employment Research (IAB) | Analyses of the labour market, the institute is closely connected to the german federal employment agency | www.iab.de | Germany |
| Institute for the Study of Labour | Independent non-profit research institute. Research and policy advice, focusing on current labour market issues. | Institute for the Study of Labour - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) - Schaumburg-Lippe-Strasse 5-9 53113 Bonn www.iza.org |
Germany |
| Migration Policy Institut Washington | Research on European Migration | www.migrationpolicy.org | USA |
| Providus Centre for Public Policy | European policy | www2.providus.lv | Latvia |
| REMSEO Institute for research on migration, ethnicity and society | Research and network participation in issues of migration e.g. | www.isv.liu.se | Sweden |
| Research publications | |||
| "Employment in Europe" Report |
Main tool of the Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG for the analysis of employment performance and labour market developments in the European Union | ec.europa.eu/social | pan european |
| EU Institutions | |||
| Eurofound, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions - Migration | Research and other information on migration in europe | www.eurofound.europa.eu | pan european |
| Other helpful Links | |||
| European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) | Monitoring instrument offering news and analysis on European industrial relations. A project of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions | www.eurofound.europa.eu | pan european/national centres |
| Focus Migration | Focus Migration is an information service that offers up-to-date figures, data and analysis on immigration, migration, asylum and integration issues. | www.focus-migration.de | Germany |
| Job Mobility Action Plan 2007 - 2011 (EU) | |||
| Moving within europe | Informationplatform of the european commission about social security rights in the EU | ec.europa.eu | |
| Trade Union Congress | International labour market issues | www.tuc.org | Great Britain |
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