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Martin Kahanec (DPP) has been appointed as one of the two associate editors of the International Journal of Manpower.

The International Journal of Manpower (IJM) is a double-blind reviewed journal provides guidance for those involved at all levels in human resource planning and labour economics. The journal publishes research papers, the results and analysis of which will have implications or relevance to policy makers and practitioners in relevant fields. IJM gives priority to strongly empirical/analytical research papers.

Martin Kahanec (DPP) organized the 6th IZA/ASE Workshop on EU Enlargement and the Labor Markets in Bucharest, Romania, on November 25-26, 2013. The workshop featured the Romanian launch of the International Handbook on the Economics of Migration co-edited by Amelie F. Constant and Klaus F. Zimmermann, with a contribution by Martin Kahanec on "Labor mobility in an enlarged European Union". Presentations covering several countries in South-Eastern Europe provided deep insights into their labor and migration issues.

Martin Kahanec (DPP) delivered a speech on "EaP workers in EU Labor Markets: Unleashing potentials for mutual gains" based on the results of DPP's EU-funded ENPI/EPLM project at the Tenth Meeting of the Eastern Partnership Platform 2: "Economic Integration and Convergence with EU Policies” in Brussels on October 24, 2013. The meeting involved representatives of the European Commission, European Union External Action,  representatives of EU member states and Eastern Partnership partner countries, and other relevant institutions.

Martin Kahanec (DPP) delivered a speech on "Youth Employment in Western Balkans: Any lessons from the EU?" at a high-level Policy Dialogue, co-organised by the World Bank (WB), the Austrian Ministry of Finance (BMF), the Global Development Network (GDN) and the wiiw wiiw, that took place in Vienna on October 21, 2013.