Martin Kahanec delivered an invited speech “Unemployment Benefits and Immigration: Evidence from the EU” at the workshop “Immigration in OECD countries: fiscal impact and public opinion” organized by the OECD in cooperation with CEPII on October 14, 2011, in Paris.

On October 13-14, 2011 Martin Kahanec delivered an invited speech “Ethnic Diversity in European Labor Markets” at the workshop “Economy and Society Development in China and the World” co-organized by the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Minzu University of China, and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) in Beijing.

On October 10, 2011 a workshop on poverty organised by the Slovak Governance Institute took place in Bratislava. This workshop is a part of Európa 2020 series, funded by the European Commission Representation in Slovakia.

The theme of the two-day conference (27.-28.9.2011) is the Stabilisation of the Extension System of Collective Agreements in Germany. Invited experts from several European countries summarize the national practice of extension mechanisms, thereby contributing with a variety of experiences to the German debate between researchers, policy makers, and social partners.

On September 23, 2011, AIAS organized a conference in honour of Prof. Jelle Visser, scientific director of AIAS, on the occassion of his retirement. Marta Kahancová's speech focused on the role of trade unions in Central and Eastern European countries after the EU enlargement and the economic crisis.

With Martin Kahanec as a consortium co-leader, <a href="http://www.ceu.hu">Central European University</a>, <a href="http://www.iza.org"> Institute for the Study of Labor </a>, Bonn, <a href="http://www.case.com.pl"> CASE </a>, Warsaw, and <a href="http://www2.lse.ac.uk/home.aspx"> London School of Economics </a> are to advise the European Commission on the costs and benefits of, and the available policy options for, labor mobility between the EU and the Eastern Partnership Partner Countries.

CELSI in-house team met at an informal meeting in the Bratislava office on August 13 to discuss all current CELSI activities and projects, CELSI future plans, but also enjoy CELSI team spirit on a nice summer day.

At the conference "Challenges for Labor Market Integration in Hungary: Opportunities and Limits for third country nationals" co-organized by the Central European University, British Embassy, British Council, Panta Rei, and the Foundation of Subjective Values on June 27, 2011, Martin Kahanec delivers a keynote speech on “The European Dimension to the situation of immigrants and the labour market”

CELSI takes part in the new project named Bargaining for social rights: reducing precariousness and labour market segmentation through collective bargaining and social dialogue. The project will study experiences in these EU countries: Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain and the UK.

01.-02.07.2011: 4th IZA Workshop on EU Enlargement and the Labor Markets: Migration, Crisis, and Adjustment in an Enlarged E(M)U