High-level consensus group for skilled labor and immigration
The independent and bipartisan high - level consensus group for skilled workers and immigration was founded in April 2011 by a consortium of large German foundations chaired by Peter Struck and Armin Laschet and ended in November 2011.
It was an initiative of the Mercator Foundation , Freudenberg Foundation , Körber Foundation and Vodafone Foundation Germany. The Robert Bosch Stiftung supported the consensus group with accompanying studies.
This consensus group had the task of working out proposals for a future-oriented and strategic control of immigration to Germany that were capable of political majority voting. The aim was to secure prosperity through regulated immigration. The consensus group was composed of bipartisan groups. It should meet for the first time in May 2011; in autumn 2011 she should submit proposals to parliament.
One of the reasons for founding the company was the consideration that it was already foreseeable that the existing need for skilled workers would continue to rise due to structural developments such as demographic change and the increasing importance of knowledge-intensive professions. In order to sustainably secure the skilled labor base, the domestic labor force potential must be mobilized more intensively , for example through better qualification of the unemployed, increasing the labor force participation of women and people over 55 years of age as well as reducing the rates of school, training and university drop-outs. However, the skilled labor gap cannot be closed with the domestic labor force alone .
The consensus group made suggestions on how the domestic labor force potential could be used and how immigration from the European Union and third countries could specifically contribute to meeting the need for skilled workers.
On November 30, 2011, the group presented its final report. The group recommended a criteria system for controlled immigration and better educational and employment opportunities for people living in Germany.
Chair and members
The members of the consensus group were people who had previously assumed responsibility for the Federal Republic of Germany in central positions. They should work out solutions that are suitable for a majority regardless of party political requirements.
Chairperson
- Peter Struck (SPD)
- Armin Laschet (CDU)
Members
- Herta Däubler-Gmelin (SPD)
- Arndt Kirchhoff (BDI / BDA)
- Julia Klöckner (CDU)
- Andreas Pinkwart (FDP)
- Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Rudolf Seiters (CDU)
- Ludwig Stiegler (SPD)
- Rita Süssmuth (CDU)
- Michael Vassiliadis (IG BCE)
- Theo Waigel (CSU)
- Monika Wulf-Mathies (SPD)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vodafone Foundation Germany ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Politicians are working across party lines on the new immigration law. ( Memento from November 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on: stern online. April 19, 2011, accessed April 24, 2011.
- ^ Scandal in the consensus group on immigration. on: time online. April 23, 2011, accessed April 24, 2011.
- ^ H. Brücker: Immigration needs and political options for reforming immigration law. Nuremberg 2010.
- ↑ J. Fuchs: Demography shows the way. Nuremberg 2010.
- ↑ Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs: Securing skilled workers: goals and measures of the federal government. Berlin 2011.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from August 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
