Bert Kuby

Economist by trade, since 2012 with the European Committee of Regions in Brussels, Bert Kuby heads the Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX) since March 2021, and previously the Commission for Economic Policy. He assists representatives of European cities and regions through analytical and political work and through the inter-institutional debate, in responding to EU legislation impacting the local and regional level. Mr Kuby has previously worked at the European Commission, at Business Europe, and in the private sector covering such areas as enlargement policy, SME and industrial policy, and local/regional economic policy issues.

All together now? Migrant integration at the local level

25 February 2022 Margaux Tharaux and Bert Kuby

1 in 10 people across OECD countries are migrants. They bring fiscal benefits to their host countries. Latest OECD estimates across 25 countries show that migrants contributed USD 2.5 trillion in taxes annually, USD 570 billion more than governments spent on them.