AGENDA
- The influx of foreign talents in East Asian regions : The policies of the governments and enterprises, scale and types of the incomers
- Specific issues : What prevents foreign talents from working in East Asian regions? What kind of difficulties foreign talents in each region are having now? What solutions can be introduced?
OVERVIEW
It is said that we are now in time of war, i.e. the global war for talent. Foreign talents with their special knowledge and technique are demanded by many regions because they promote economic growth and technological innovation as they enhance the talent of domestic employees and international competence of the region. Therefore, East Asian governments and companies are encouraging foreign talents to flow in.
It is true that the situations and stances about the influx of foreign talents are different in each region and there are negative opinions about it everywhere. For example, there is concern that increase of foreign talents will lead to unemployment of domestic laborers.
However, in the world of globalization, attracting foreign talents is indispensable for every region in competing with others. We think its advantages overweigh disadvantages. However, despite the efforts made by the governments and companies, the number of foreign talents flowing into East Asia is still small. Part of the reasons for such a small number is that such efforts are not enough in creating an open and welcoming working and living conditions in each society.
In our division, we will identify the fundamental problems we share among ourselves by discussing the domestic situation in each region. First, the general situation of the influx of foreign talents will be shared. Then we will form small groups and focus on specific issues related to their working and living conditions. In each group, we will mutually introduce the domestic situations, analyze the problems, and finally build up strategies for the governments and companies to promote the inflow of foreign talents. As being the potential future foreign talents, we will aim to suggest practical strategies.