Τhe Greek government is keen to reverse the ongoing brain drain into a brain gain and attract diaspora Greeks to return to the country. For this purpose the Foreign Ministry and the Public Employment Service (DYPA) signed a memorandum of cooperation aiming to engage diaspora Greeks.
The memorandum has been signed as data showed that 159,000 Greeks left the country in 2023. Not to mention the almost hald a million that left during the economic crisis.
According to an announcement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the memorandum seeks to inform Greeks living abroad about job opportunities in Greece. It also aims to design initiatives and incentives-such as employment opportunities, entrepreneurship and training programs-to encourage their return to the Greek labor market.
The collaboration will involve the exchange of information and updates on national and European programs related to employment for Greeks abroad who wish to return and integrate into the Greek workforce.
Additionally, the partnership includes organizing informational seminars and events, particularly in countries with significant emigration during the economic crisis.
“Through our collaboration with the Public Employment Service, we are taking another step toward reversing the brain drain. We aim to provide Greeks living and working abroad with targeted information about opportunities and incentives for their return,” Deputy Foreign Minister Giorgos Kotsiras.
On his part, head of DYPA, Spyros Protopsaltis, added, “We are joining forces to create a framework of actions, events and incentives that will make the Greek labor market attractive once again for thousands of Greeks abroad who wish to return home. We also plan to extend the highly successful Career Days initiative of DYPA beyond Greece’s borders to reach the global Greek community and international talent.”
If the Greek government does not improve labor conditions and wages it can sing as many memorandums it wants. Young Greeks will keep leaving the country for a better life abroad,
I wonder where Greece would be if you presented the data as a percentage of the population. A lot nearer the top?
Wow look at that esteemed company, nestled right in the middle of the Banana Republics
Yes Greece seems to be the only EU country on the list.
Think of how productive Greece would be if not for the nepotism and corruption that drives the brightest and best-educated Greeks to find work and lives somewhere else? Don’t Greeks know that they themselves are their own worst enemies? For such an educated population you’d think that they see the reality that is right in front of their own eyes. Maybe they don’t care. Maybe the slowest and dumbest are fine with the status quo? The country will never change, or at least until the people, and the government, address these problems in a meaningful, measurable way. Until then, Greece will remain a service economy, dependant on tourism and other low-paying sectors of the economy.