Overview

Aging populations are driving acute demand for eldercare workers, while millions of young people in the Global South struggle to find living-wage jobs. This panel explores how training and mobility partnerships, industry leadership and digital credentialing can connect the two, and how common competency frameworks, including a proposed Care Skills Passport, could make care skills visible, portable and recognized across borders.

Key questions

• What role can labor mobility play in addressing the challenges the long-term care sector faces from demographic change and a lack of professionalized workforce?
• What promising practices can help young people in the Global South build skilled careers in a global eldercare workforce?
• Can training and curricula be aligned across major countries of origin and destination through an industry-developed “Care Skills Passport”?

Who should join

Employers and public authorities in both sending and receiving countries, recruiters with experience in the long-term care sector, and organizations working on credential alignment and skills recognition.