25.03.2026, 10:00 - 12:30 (CET)

Local Economic Development through Skilled Immigration and Migrant Entrepreneurship

Insight Session on Practical Approaches from Municipalities

How can local governments take an active role in shaping skilled labour immigration and support migrant entrepreneurship in their municipalities?

This interactive online session by Connective Cities, on 25 March 2026, from 10:00 to 12:30 CET , will bring together German and international municipal practitioners to exchange experiences, learn from practical examples, and discuss innovative approaches to promoting local economic development through skilled labour immigration and migrant entrepreneurship.

Participants will benefit from good practice presentations and discussions, which will:

showcase effective municipal strategies for fostering successful and fair skilled labour immigration and migrant entrepreneurship
raise awareness of local governance challenges and opportunities
highlight transferable solutions for different local context
Strengthen local governments’ capacity to leverage their scope of action to support skilled worker immigration and migrant entrepreneurship as drivers of local economic development.

Event language is English.

Free of charge. Registration is necessary:

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