Views: 263Healthcare systems around the world and in the EU-27 are facing complex challenges, including rising “cure-demand” due to aging population, increasing numbers of chronic and complex medical conditions, growing operating costs and shortages of the healthcare workforce. However, the AIs and other digital technologies are having strong potentials in addressing these challenges and showing […]
Category: Labor market
European new strategy in modernising agriculture: facing generational shifts
Views: 320With over 80 percent of the EU territory dedicated to agriculture and forestry activities, the EU’s common agricultural policy, becomes a focal part of the member states’ political economies and development. However, the “common policy” needs both structural changes and the so-called generational renewal, coped with adequate financial support for farmers. The new CAP-27 […]
Future employment: perspectives for the EU’s growth and competitiveness
Views: 312World Economic Forum (WEF) in its recent prognostic research on “jobs of tomorrow” revealed some vital drivers in the future employment conditions and circumstances. Transitional perspectives in the future job markets are great: i.e. from creating higher-wage and better-quality jobs to facilitating global/regional competitiveness and reducing inequalities. Present national politico-economic decisions might definitely take […]
Present European financial issues and monetary policy assessment
Views: 263Recent European financial quarterly analysis reflects major trends in a slowdown process as part of the early frontloading of international trade ahead of existing and expected tariff hikes, and the subsequent unwinding of numerous global challenges. By the end of 2025, the ECB expects that global and the EU growth will be restrained by […]
European approaches to the competitive and transactional global political economy
Views: 254The EU strives to reach smart and secure investments in quality infrastructure, as well as in sustainable connections in goods, people and services around the world. Specific EU program (called Global Gateway) explores the “mutual benefit” concept with €300 billion investment for the next five years. This EU “global model” is based on a […]
New EU strategy to facilitate research and innovation infrastructures
Views: 214The EU institutions started Union-wide consultation process contributed to the preparation of the new European R&I strategy, including a public call for evidence and several dedicated conferences and events. The strategy intends to support and coordinate numerous running and expected EU initiatives to strengthen research, innovation and competitiveness, including startups and AI in science, […]
Future of work: recent accounts on jobs and employment
Views: 194Three main “ingredients” in a national growth pattern are regarded, generally, as quite vital: existing natural resources (e.g. including those in sub-soils), state’s geographic position and available workforce (i.e. quality educated population) to actively participate in socio-economic development. It is not only that the WEF’s recent report on workforce and talent strategies – amid […]
Quality education and SDG-4: global trends in research
Views: 382Quality education is among the sustainable development goals (SDG-17) adopted by the global community already about a decade ago. The “educational SDG-4” has set some vital parameters for national and global governance to assist political economies’ patterns towards progressive growth. The SDG-4 for long is being an integral part of the EU’s member states’ […]
Regulating national labour markets: remote work vs. guided immigration
Views: 262New measures in the EU’s immigration control have already extended beyond strictly border control’s actions and became integral part of national employment policies, the workplace’s regulations and the “external employment resources”. Two aspects are vital: immigration control leading to labour market protectionism, and remote work which has grown immensely; however, some hybrid models emerged, […]
Global and European economy: main current problems and solutions
Views: 220Critical conditions in which the present global trade system is (dis)functioning, are affecting various countries around the world and the EU member states as well. As soon as the international trade must serve people and the planet, besides its “profitable component”, a “uniting” front of farmers, producers, businesses, as well as citizens is needed […]