About MGTI
What is the Michigan Global Talent Coalition?
MGTI is championed by the Michigan Global Talent Coalition, a diverse group of business, industry and economic development organizations from across the state of Michigan. The MGTC works together to educate their audiences on the importance of global talent, locally implement MGTI programming, and advocate for integration of immigrants, refugees, and international students in Michigan’s economy.
What is the Michigan Global Talent Initiative?
The Initiative consists of multiple statewide strategies to attract, retain, train, and place global talent. These strategies rely on collaboration with economic development organizations, industry and economic development agencies, chambers of commerce, community colleges and universities, private sector companies, and state and local entities. MGTI programming works to realize the State’s Sixty by 30 goal of increasing the number of working-age adults with a professional certification or college degree to 60% of the workforce by 2030. While Michigan is the 41st state to have such a goal, it is the first state in America to develop and implement a comprehensive immigrant inclusion strategy to reach that goal.
MGTI exists to align business and economic organizations, corporations, workforce development agencies, state and local government and higher education with developing and implementing strategies that leverage the contributions and potential that global talent offer the Michigan economy.
MGTC Members
Partners
Where MGTI Operates
As a statewide initiative, MGTI offers programming and services in all corners of Michigan. View where we’ve invested in workforce and economic development entities, higher ed institutions, and business groups in the map below.
History Milestones
February 2019
Governor Whitmer announces Sixty by 30 plan to upskill Michigan’s workforce.
November 2021
Michigan Global Talent Coalition formed. $24 million proposal over 5 years to fund immigrant-inclusive economic development strategies.
July 2022
MGTI fully funded at $5 million for its first year in FY 2023 budget. Programming development begin.
March 2023
FY 2023 MGTI funding contracted to Global Detroit. First programs launch.
July 2023
MGTI fully funded at $5 million for second year in FY 2024 budget.
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