Fostering the integration of immigrants and asylum seekers into labour market in Baltic countries: opportunities of digital entrepreneurship

Аннотация

As European countries face huge challenges seeking to support immigrants and asylum seekers’ socio-economic inclusion, some innovative means of fostering their integration into labour markets as a factor of economic self-sufficiency, should be developed in the cooperation of research, education and business sectors. The aim of the article is to disclose the relevance of the digital entrepreneurship as a new competence of immigrants and asylum seekers’ with respect to their needs for successful integration into the socio-economic situation of a host country. The empirical evidence received proves that Baltic countries are highly interested in the effective ways of the integration of immigrants and asylum seekers into labour market. As the development of ICT prompts new ways for business development (one of the ways is digital entrepreneurship), the educational programmes for target groups of adults should appear in order to fill in the gap in knowledge and skills. However, at present, there are no specific programmes for immigrants and asylum seekers in the field of digital entrepreneurship in partner countries.
Key words: Immigrants and asylum seekers, Digital entrepreneurship, Integration into labour market.