Will mobility further one's career? Will it have positive impacts? These are crucial questions for any individual.

We want to study and discuss these questions, which will help professional and managerial staff and their trade unions to make better decisions. We also want to look at the attitudes and problems of small and medium sized enterprises together with the partner UNIZO, the Flemish representative of SMEs which has the EuresChannel Coordination. We want to achieve that by

1. Research on the impact of mobility on the career development of P & MS, with a special emphasis on the drivers and barriers from the viewpoint of professional and managerial staff in companies.

2. A case study focusing on the attitudes of P & MS and SMEs in the Flanders / France / England / Netherlands region

3. Seminar on the research results and the case study, which will provide a comparison of different European experiences, and a discussion of possible solutions participants' experiences and relevant case studies to further analyse the questions

4. A report comprising the research, case study and seminar results, which will be published in English, French and Dutch

5. Recommendations for P & MS and their trade unions as well as SMEs and their representatives concerning career development and mobility