Emigration of UD and UPV/EHU Graduates from Vizcaya

Deputy Ricardo Barainka, from the Department for Innovation and Economic Promotion of Vizcaya, has presented a summary of the results from the Report on 'Emigration of UD and UPV/EHU Graduates from Vizcaya from 1996 to 2006'. Apart from the aforementioned regional department, other participants in this Global Report include: the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), the University of Deusto, Egailan state company, dependent on the Department of Justice, Employment and Social Security of the Basque Country, bizkaia:xede association and Append, a Market Research company.

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27 April 2007

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The publication of this Report will serve to accomplish the aims of bizkaia:xede association, a non-profit association promoted by the Regional Department for Innovation and Economic Promotion of Vizcaya, and carried out in collaboration with a group of leadingcompanies and universities in Vizcaya.

One of its main aims is to promote the provision of the necessary conditions to retain and attract qualified people to the process of Innovation and Knowledge of Vizcaya. With this aim in mind, the following aspects have been examined in this Report:

- The current labour situation of the group under study.
- The profile of the people working outside Bizkaia.
- These people?s motivations for leaving and returning.