31 Jan 2019

And the #futurgov design competition winners are…

Dear blog readers, before the winter break we launched a "policy design ideation challenge" to award the most commented design projects featuring governments in 2030 and after. The prototypes were created by students from six design schools in Europe. We want to emphasize that the value of this exercise lies in the ideas proposed and the discussion generated, not in the rankings. This being said, we are happy to announce the students/prototypes who received the most comments

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EU Industry Days 201929 Jan 2019

#Blockchain4EU at EU Industry Days 2019

The EU Industry Days 2019 will focus on key industrial challenges such as sustainability, digitalisation, investment and globalisation. The event, on 5-6 February, will demonstrate how EU industrial policy benefits European citizens and provide input for future policy making. This will gather around 1,500 participants from across Europe and beyond, including stakeholders representing industry, trade unions, national and regional authorities, and civil society. You can read more about the EU Industry Days 2019 on its

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28 Jan 2019

Working towards the Global Compact for Migration: What role for non-migration policies?

Migration is a multidimensional phenomenon that cannot be addressed by one government policy sector alone. This is why the recently adopted Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration calls for a "whole-of-government" approach as a way to develop and implement effective migration policies and practices and to ensure horizontal and vertical policy coherence across all sectors and levels of government. In European policymaking, this means considering the role of 'non-migration policies' on migration dynamics.

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