ANNUAL POLICY REPORT 2012 institutions or of higher education in their country, who want to gain work experience in another country and have fixed employment contract, or b) students of post-secondary institutions or higher education, they want to go to a foreign country for practice relevant to their field of study as part of their academic program and c) travellers to the other country for vacation, with the ability to work temporarily to supplement their livelihood. Each person can have a permit reinstatement to the program only once and in a different category. The Agreement is estimated to be a useful - practical tool for the development of human mobility between the two countries. If its application in practice is going to bring the estimated results, it can be a good practice of mobility (in terms of EU), especially in an area that it is not expected to be apparent violations of residence permits legislation. Type of agreement Third countries involved Bilateral Canada Main purpose and rationale for the agreement Youth mobility 1.3.4 Highly qualified workers Please describe any (planned) measures to facilitate access of highly qualified workers. Refer to the implementation of the EU Blue Card Directive. Describe any incentive mechanisms for highly qualified workers on top of the transposition and implementation of EU legislation. Consider also how such measures will contribute to economic growth. (Information relating to the mitigation of ‘brain drain’ should be provided in Section 4.4). On April 11th, 2012, by the Law 4071, the provisions of Directive 2009/50/EC on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for highly qualified employment, has been transposed into Greek law This law transposed into national law all provisions of the Directive which aims at improving the capacity of Member States to attract and retain highly qualified third-country workers through a) the introduction of flexible admission requirements for the specific category of high-skilled workers b) introducing rapid and flexible procedures for applicants, c) creating attractive residence conditions for them and their family members, including some advantages for those who wish to move to another Member State for high-qualified employment (intra-EU mobility provisions). By decision of the Ministers of Interior, Foreign Affairs, Development and Labour which is issued in the last quarter of every second year, it is determined the maximum number of high qualified employment posts that can be covered by citizens of third countries, by region and specialty. The abovementioned joint ministerial decision is taken after having considered, (a) the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (b) the opinion of the Employment Agency and (c) a recommendation issued by the regions of the 6