The EIB COVID-19 Vulnerability Index examines three main factors that influence the resilience of economies to the COVID-19 shock. 1. Quality of healthcare and age of the population. Older societies and poorly functioning healthcare systems often make countries vulnerable to the health impacts o...
The Commission en direct September edition's dossier explores an ambitious new strategy that will affect all European Commission staff: the Talent Management Strategy. Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva explains why it is necessary, and what it means for staff. The dossier then examines the str...
Demography matters. The economy and the labour market, but also social protection, intergenerational fairness and healthcare, the environment, food and nutrition are all driven by demography. The population of EU countries has grown substantially – by around a quarter since 1960 – and currently ...
The future of employment and labour demand growth in the dawning era of intelligent robots and other new technologies is heavily debated. This paper argues that this discussion needs to be complemented by a second trend which has been unfolding in Europe for some time, namely the demographic dec...
In 2016, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) agreed to form a partnership for the establishment of a joint Centre of Expertise on Population and Migration (CEPAM). The work presented here summarizes the f...
The JRC’s Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) and the derived population data were integrated with night-time satellite imagery to assess the humanitarian impact of the Syrian conflict. The results demonstrate that the methodology allows estimating in a timely and consistent manner the number o...
Each month, the EYD2015 is focusing on a different development theme, to raise awareness of the benefits of the EU’s development cooperation in that field and encourage direct involvement, critical thinking and active interest of EU citizens. September is the month of ‘Demography and Migration’....