Author: The New European
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UNITEE at the UNCTAD 8th World Investment Forum 2023
The UNCTAD 8th World Investment Forum 2023 in Abu Dhabi brought together global leaders, policymakers, and business influencers to explore the critical themes of economic transformation and sustainable development. UNITEE shares our three key insights from the Forum. 1. Increase Investment and Access to Finance With data showing foreign direct investment decreasing in the first…
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European Regions Week 2023: Building Entrepreneurial Mindsets
The European Week of Regions and Cities, held from October 9th to 12th, 2023, brought together a wide range of partners from European regions and municipalities to showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs and underscore the significance of local and regional levels in promoting sound European governance. The event also showcased the latest…
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EU Industry Days 2023 – Interview with Dr. Adem Kumcu, UNITEE President
“Let’s support and empower migrant entrepreneurs and champion inclusion in Europe’s industrial landscape”. The EU Industry Days 2023 held this week in Malaga, Spain, served as a crucial platform to discuss industry trends, challenges, and opportunities in the European Union. Dr. Adem Kumcu sheds light on the significance of this event and UNITEE’s participation in…
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UNGA 2023: Leveraging Migrant Diaspora to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Migrant diaspora communities have incredible potential to help us towards a future of sustainable development. This week at the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly, Antonio Vitorino, Director-General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), highlighted the significant role that diaspora communities play in contributing to the global economy and the implementation of Sustainable…
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Empowering Youth with Lived Migration Experiences: Interview with Syrine Rekhis, President of VOICIFY – The European Forum for Youth with Lived Migration Experiences
Policies that are co-designed together with migrants and refugees are still scarce. However, this issue has been receiving more and more attention in recent years, and there are many organisations and projects working towards more inclusivity in decision-making. Examples of such initiatives include some of UNITEE’s projects, such as the MILE project and the UNITES…
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Co-designing Policies: New Approaches Towards Inclusivity
What makes a city truly inclusive? How can it be assured that local policies are accommodating towards newcomers, refugees, and migrants and offer opportunities for them to participate? The traditional, hierarchical policy-making process often separates expertise from experience: policies are made by experts, for the people living the experience. When it comes to integration policies,…
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Reforming the Common European Asylum System
State of play of the New Pact on Migration and AsylumThe New Pact on Migration and Asylum was proposed by the Commission in September 2020. Two years from that date, where do we stand with European migration policy? This article takes stock of the advancements made by the European Institutions in negotiating a reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) through the New Pact…
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“For Europe to recover, SMEs need to recover.” – The European Commission announces SME Relief Package
The SMEs of Europe have been facing difficult times in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic brought uncertainty, restrictions forced many businesses to temporarily close down, while other sectors were affected by supply-chain shortages. After the brief recovery period that followed the pandemic, the world economy and SMEs are now facing new challenges: inflation, skyrocketing energy…
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COVID-19: A European response to tackle the Economic Impacts with the Commissioner for Economy, Paolo Gentiloni
“We are aware that what was the use of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) to rescue single countries in the last 10 years is not what we need now. What we need now is to have a common tool for a crisis affecting all EU countries. The whole mechanism of conditionalities should be changed” –…
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Migration and Climate Change: the need for a legal protection framework
Up to 20 million people are displaced only as a result of natural disruptions, and this number is expected to increase over the coming years. “The environmental displacement can be identified as a legal protection gap”, as environmental refugees are currently not covered by any international law – noted Isabel Borges, Associate Professor in Norwegian…