Mapping the Potential EU-EAEU Cooperation Agenda: Readmission Agreements, Visa-Free Regime, Labour Migration, Mobility of Pensions, Large-Scale Educational Exchanges, Recognition of Professional Diplomas and Certificates

Vinokurov, Evgeny and Pereboyev, Vladimir (2015): Mapping the Potential EU-EAEU Cooperation Agenda: Readmission Agreements, Visa-Free Regime, Labour Migration, Mobility of Pensions, Large-Scale Educational Exchanges, Recognition of Professional Diplomas and Certificates.

Abstract

There is an ongoing debate about the appropriateness of the official dialogue and deepening of cooperation between the European Union (EU) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The current state of debate on the EU side is truly disappointing. As a matter of fact, EU experts are currently debating not how to structure dialogue with the EAEU, but rather whether such a dialogue should exist at all. Nevertheless the authors consider the efforts invested in structuring and mapping a future EU-EAEU rapprochement to be time well spent. In this paper the authors briefly cover a few of the outstanding issues that fall under the heading of the movement of people, namely readmission agreements, a visa-free regime, labour migration, mobility of pensions, large-scale educational exchanges, and recognition of professional diplomas and certificates. The goal at this stage is to simply map them, to provide some background information, and air some relevant policy ideas.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: European Union; Eurasian Economic Union; Mobility; Labour; Cross-Border Cooperation; Education; Pensions; Migration
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F22 - International Migration; F - International Economics > F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers

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