BRAIN DRAIN

Programme 2000 - 2006 North West Europe

Date of latest update: 2024-11-16

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Description (EN):

Brain-Drain and Brain Gain (Human Capital in European peripheral regions) is a 5- partner project led by a Dutch university which addresses the phenomena of Brain-drain (exodus of high qualified employees in peripheral areas or loss of highly skilled young professionals to other regions) and brain gain (inward migration of high qualified employees or the return of older, experienced, highly educated people back to their “home” region) in three areas in NWE (Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland). Objectives are to promote a sustainable balance between the two, so that economic development may thrive also in peripheral regions; and ensure development, implementation and evaluation of innovative instruments to reduce the brain-drain and to foster the brain-gain in peripheral regions. The project will investigate how to achieve the more balanced growth and spatial development of medium and small towns, and how to acquire better knowledge of brain-gain effects and their importance for economic and social development. A key focus of the project will be investigating ways to create a ‘healthier’ environment and higher quality of life in the region in order to ‘retain’ and sustain local populations. New instruments shall be developed to measure progress and the solutions achieved. Transnational collaboration should provide the basis for an innovative approach to tackling professional mobility issues and their relation to regional economic development and spatial planning.

Achievements (EN):

On the basis of the action region reports, which were partly in the regional languages German and Dutch, we prepared an end report in English available for the whole of Europe through the website. For the policy community: Summary of conclusions; End report ; Articles. For the academic community we hope to bring out a PhD in 2009 based on material form the project. Academic articles are in preparation.

Thematic information

Demographic change and immigration Rural and peripheral development

Partners (6)

Lead Partner: University of Twente, Faculteit BBT (School of Business, government and technology)

Address: P.O.Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, Netherlands

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Conference of the Cantons Luzern, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden

Name: Conference of the Cantons Luzern, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden

Address: 6002 Luzern, Switzerland

Legal status: n/a

Fachhochschule Zentralschweiz Hochschule für Soziale Arbeit, Institut WDF

Name: Fachhochschule Zentralschweiz Hochschule für Soziale Arbeit, Institut WDF

Address: CH-6002 Luzern, Switzerland

Legal status: n/a

IHK Zetis

Name: IHK Zetis

Address: D-67657 Kaiserslautern, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Interface Institute for Policy Studies

Name: Interface Institute for Policy Studies

Address: CH-6004 Luzern, Switzerland

Legal status: n/a

Career Center Twente

Name: Career Center Twente

Address: 7552 Hengelo,, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

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Project name (EN): BRAIN DRAIN

Project acronym: BRAIN DRAIN

Project start date: 2003-04-01

Project end date: 2007-09-10

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 509 259.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 565 131.00

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Financing programme

2000 - 2006 North West Europe

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2019-09-02

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

97 / 97 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

891 / 891 (100%)

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BRAIN DRAIN

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