Tag: economy
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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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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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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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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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Mentoring for migrants: integration of migrants into the Austrian labour market
“Mentoring for Migrants” is a unique project launched by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber in 2008. To date, nearly 1.800 mentoring pairs have been formed, and numerous mentees have already gained a foothold on the Austrian labour market, not least thanks to support from their mentors.
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Economic diplomacy: a tool for a fairer global order? Interview with Angelos Pangratis, EEAS
Economic diplomacy is having a boost by the EU, as a tool to harness globalisation. To know more about it, The New European interviewed Angelos Pangratis, a long-time expert on the EU’s trade policy and currently the Advisor responsible for economic diplomacy at the EEAS.
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TOGETHER with the UN – Interview with Ms Caroline Petit and Mr Fabio Graziosi from UNRIC
As the only organisation representing entrepreneurs and business professionals in Europe of all migrant backgrounds drawing its strength from the diversity of its members, UNITEE embraced the UN-led TOGETHER campaign, which supports diversity, non-discrimination and acceptance of refugees and migrants.
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Migration and Trade
By Chiara Strozzi* The rapid growth in the immigrant population in many developed countries in recent decades has given origin to much debate on the socio-economic impacts of immigration, also promoting a significant increase in research activity on this issue. A great amount of research in particular has focused on the analysis of the links…
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The many virtues of entrepreneurship – ‘Josette Dijkhuizen’
Interview with Josette Dijkhuizen, entrepreneur at large and consultant.
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New European entrepreneurs are key for our shared prosperity
New European entrepreneurs have a specific role to play in the Renaissance of the EU’s economy – it is important to consider their contribution fairly.