Issue Putting a comprehensive settlement package ahead of agency relocation

Summary

The report finds that after relocation, education, transport and residential environment become the main factors in long-term settlement, while job moves alone cannot secure lasting population stability. Improving everyday services such as education, health care, culture and childcare is presented as a precondition for relocation to translate into real population effects and for curbing youth outflow. The second wave should therefore reorganise procedures so that living infrastructure leads agency moves rather than following them, and a mechanism to adjust relocation schedules when settlement conditions fall short is worth considering. Because wide-area transport shapes the structure of inflows, investment linking hubs with small cities in each region should start early, tied to relocation decisions. Expanding family relocation also matters for the local economy, as families moving together spend a larger share locally than single movers.