Complementary Education/Bridging Programmes

Date Shared:

Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 11:30

Countries and areas:

Sweden

2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:

Goal 4: Quality education

Targets that contribute to employment or employment creation

GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:

Objective 16: Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion

Objective 18: Invest in skills development and facilitate mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences

Contributors:

Member States

Chairmanship:

Sweden 2013-2014

Geographical Relevance:

National

Tags:

Skilled Migration, Migration and Education, Diversity, Inclusiveness and Social Cohesion, Capacity Building

Summary:

This practice comprises initiatives with the aim of integrating individuals with foreign degrees into the Swedish higher education system and labour market. For instance, the Government has allocated resources for complementary education, aimed at immigrants with higher education qualifications and degrees in law, medicine, nursing, dentistry and teacher education from a third country who need complementary education so as to engage in professional activities in Sweden.

A large portion of the complementary education for academics with foreign degrees, provided by Swedish HEIs, is financed by special resources, which the Government allocates within so called 'integration bids'. For the budget year 2014, approximately SEK 70 million have been allocated for complementary education in law, teacher training, nurse training, medicine and dentistry.

Link:

https://www.su.se/english/education/all-subjects/bridging-programmes-sup...

GFMD Source:

GFMD - 2013-2014 - RT 2.2 Background Paper 'Facilitating positive development impacts of diaspora engagement in skills transfers, investments and trade between countries of residence and origin'