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Work in Sweden: How are other countries working to attract and retain international talent?

Organised by: Tillväxtverket i samarbete med Vinnova och andra myndigheter
Digitally Tue 20 May 2025 at 11:00-12:00

Welcome to a webinar organized within the framework of the government's Work in Sweden mission. At the seminar,Technology Industries of Sweden and Move to Gothenburg will present a report on what Sweden can do in the work of attracting and retaining international expertise, concrete proposals and international examples. Afterwards, Statistics Sweden will present OECD statistics on the attractiveness of different countries.

This web page has been machine translated. If there are any uncertainties, please refer to the Swedish text.

Agenda

  • Presentation of the report The Global Competition for Talent.
    The report is about how other countries work to attract and retain talent and recommendations for how Sweden can work with talent attraction. Li Ljungberg,Technology Industries of Sweden and Niklas Delersjö, Move to Gothenburg.
  • OECD statistics on the attractiveness of different countries.
    Mattias Fritz from Statistics Sweden talks about OECD statistics on the attractiveness of different countries.
  • Discussion about what conclusions we can draw based on previous recordings.
    A short conversation about what conclusions we can draw for the work going forward. Li Ljungberg, Technology Industries of Sweden, Niklas Delersjö, Move to Gothenburg, Mattias Fritz from Statistics Sweden and Mats Wessman, project manager Work in Sweden at the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth.
  • Question session We conclude by opening up for questions from the participants.

This is the sixth webinar in the webinar series organized within the framework of the government mission Work in Sweden. This part is recorded and can be viewed afterwards. At the end of the webinar, the recording will end and there will be an opportunity to ask questions. In total, seven seminars with different themes are organized.

The seminar is aimed at those of you who work with issues related to attracting and retaining international expertise and want to know more about how other countries work with talent attraction.

About the Work in Sweden mission
Several authorities have been jointly tasked with attracting, establishing and retaining highly qualified international expertise and other foreign labour that is important for Sweden's competitiveness. The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth is the coordinator for the task, which is shared by the Swedish Public Employment Service, Business Sweden, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, the Swedish Migration Board, Statistics Sweden, the Swedish Tax Agency, the State Service Center, the Swedish Institute, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, the Swedish Council for Higher Education and Research and Vinnova.

Location: Online (link sent out the day before registration)

Sometimes we photograph or video record our activities. If you don't want to participate in photos or videos, please let us know when you arrive.

Questions?

Erik Litborn

National Contact Point (NCP)

+46 8 473 31 98

Anna-Carin Ramsten

Programme Manager

+46 8 473 30 78

Last updated 16 April 2025