Author: The New European
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Young Entrepreneurs from the South, raise up! An interview with Amel Saidane
Amel Saidane is an entrepreneur, ecosystem builder and digital transformation expert. She is president of Tunisian Startups and the co-founder of BetaCube a venture builder in Fintech. She is an innovation and digital transformation activist acting for instance as a board member for the Digital Center of Excellence of the United Nations Economic Commission for…
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The future of EU society between global competitiveness and migrants integration: an interview with MEP Frank Engel
As euro skepticism is rising, 2019 elections will give the public an opportunity to decide a new direction for Europe. What do you think is the way forward: more or less European integration? I believe we should all realize that we in Europe are nowhere at the present time. If we follow the line of those…
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The European Agenda for Migration from a Global Perspective: An Interview with Mr. Eugenio Ambrosi, IOM Regional Director for the EU
The European Agenda for Migration aims on one side at stopping the human tragedies occurring at EU’s external borders, on the other side at ensuring a better migration management in Europe. What is the international context within which the European Agenda for Migration is being implemented? After 2015, the international scenario has witnessed a significant…
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“We should be open to foreign entrepreneurs as there is a lot to learn from them” an interview with Patrick Gibbels, Secretary General, ESBA
The day after our interview, on 22 November 2017, Mr. Gibbels was awarded ‘Consultant of the Year 2017’ at the European Public Affairs Awards. What is ESBA’s mission and what are its top priorities? Funded in 1998, ESBA – European Small Business Alliance – is now almost 20 years old. There are roughly 4 organizations…
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The Juncker Plan: Past, Present and Future
The decrease of EU investments following the global economic and financial crisis has demanded collective and coordinated efforts at European level to reverse this downward trend and put Europe back on track of economic recovery. To this end, the Investment Plan for Europe, the so-called Juncker Plan, aims to encourage investment in order to create…
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Digital Revolution and Global Development: An ongoing Process
Over the last decades, the world has been witnessing a real digital revolution. This new reality is reshaping people’s approach to everyday life, professional relations, public institutions functioning, roles within the international arena. Digitalization is also transforming global development strategies and becoming an essential tool for growth: accessing digital technologies and the internet is not…
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Diaspora organisations as development agents
Diaspora organisations can be an important tool in development cooperation. This is why more and more EU governments are adopting measures to engage them. Agreement on their effectiveness, though, is lacking.
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“The secret of integration is to work hard”. The story of Gurung
The New European has entered a partnership with the IOM and its program Skills2Work. In the course of some weeks, these pages will showcase some of the success stories from the EU countries participating to the program and taken from the digital platform FromSkills2Work. The second article of the series is dedicated to Gurung, from…
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From refugee to self-employed: the story of Ferry
The New European has entered a partnership with the IOM and its program Skills2Work. In the following weeks and months, these pages will showcase some of the success stories from the EU countries participating to the program and taken from the digital platform FromSkills2Work. The first article of the series introduces the story of Ferry,…
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Fromskills2Work: good practices in labour market integration
Skills2Work is an EU-supported project focusing on labour market integration of recognized refugees in Belgium, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Employers play an essential role in the integration of refugees. The Skills2Work project explores the benefits and challenges of recognising migrants’ skills, knowledge and competencies; and subsequently recruiting…