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Retaining talent in your region

26 August 2026 Jos Meessen - (Meet The Youngsters)

Reading Time: 5 minutesAcross much of Europe, regions are facing a growing challenge: how to attract, develop, and retain talent in an increasingly competitive labour market. How can young people’s horizons be broadened to improve their employment prospects?

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Why richer cities don’t always mean better lives

21 August 2026 Elizabeth Doherty - (OECD)

Reading Time: 4 minutesAcross the OECD, cities are engines of economic growth. They attract investment, create high‑value jobs and generate most of national wealth. Yet for millions of their residents, this prosperity remains out of reach. So, if growth alone is not enough, what actually helps more people benefit from and contribute to it?

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東京の先へ：日本は地域の魅力を高めることができるか

19 August 2026 Lamia Kamal-Chaoui (CFE Director, OECD)

Reading Time: < 1 minute過去20年以上、日本では他地域から東京圏への転入者数を、転出者数が毎年平均10万人を上回ってきました。継続的な首都地域への国内純流入として、OECD諸国の中でも最大規模の例です。また、2000年以降、東京圏以外のほとんどの道府県で人口減少が進んでいます。そして、若者、特に若い女性が、より多くの機会を求めて地方都市から大都市圏へと移り住んでいます。

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Les smart cities ne suffisent plus : les villes ont besoin de systèmes de résilience

18 August 2026 Stéphane Gervais - (ApexTransform)

Reading Time: 4 minutesDepuis des années, les villes investissent dans des capteurs intelligents, des tableaux de bord et des services numériques. Mais alors que les chocs se propagent en cascade à travers les systèmes d’eau, d’énergie, de transport et les systèmes sociaux, les villes intelligentes ne suffisent plus. Que faudra-t-il pour transformer les infrastructures intelligentes en une résilience réelle?

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Beyond Tokyo: Can Japan boost the appeal of its regions?

31 July 2026 Lamia Kamal-Chaoui (CFE Director, OECD)

Reading Time: 4 minutesRegions and cities are being reshaped by falling birth rates, ageing populations and the continued movement of young people to large metropolitan hubs. Japan knows this story well: for more than two decades, over 100,000 people a year have moved to the Tokyo metropolitan area from elsewhere in Japan. The question is no longer how to strengthen Tokyo, but how to strengthen everywhere else?

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When a giant restructures: what Volkswagen’s job cuts mean for local labour markets

27 July 2026 Lukas Kleine-Rueschkamp - (OECD) and Wessel Vermeulen - (OECD)

Reading Time: 3 minutesRecent reports suggest Volkswagen could close several German plants and cut up to 100,000 jobs globally, in what may be its largest-ever restructuring. Factories in Hanover, Zwickau, Emden and Neckarsulm would be hit hardest, as traditional automakers face pressure from Chinese competition, rising costs, and a slower-than-expected shift to EVs. Can Europe’s manufacturing heartlands adapt fast enough to survive the EV transition?

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Industrial Policy Needs to be Systematic, Not Just Ad Hoc

20 July 2026 Marc Fasteau - (the Coalition for a Prosperous America) and Ian Fletcher - (the Coalition for a Prosperous America)

Reading Time: 4 minutesAfter decades during which the very concept was taboo and the reality swept under the rug, the world has now rediscovered industrial policy. But too much of it is reactive, scattered, and driven by whichever crisis has the attention of the moment. How can we create a more systemic approach that recognizes the issues we face are interconnected and rooted in real places?

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Smart Cities Are Not Enough: Cities Need Resilience Systems

16 July 2026 Stéphane Gervais - (ApexTransform)

Reading Time: 3 minutesFor years, cities have invested in smart sensors, dashboards and digital services. But as shocks cascade across water, energy, transport and social systems, smart cities aren’t enough. What will it take to turn smart infrastructure into real resilience?

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When National Climate Averages Miss the Story

13 July 2026 Dr. Parag Khanna - (AlphaGeo) and Dr. Yusra Ghafoor - (AlphaGeo)

Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen France recorded its hottest day in history last week, 41°C in Bordeaux, multiple deaths, half the country under red alert, the story got covered the way climate risk almost always is: one country, one number. But, how do we know which regions inside these countries are actually carrying the long-term economic cost?

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La Economía Social en España: Transformando los Valores en Cifras

10 July 2026 Amparo Merino

Reading Time: 3 minutesAlgunos modelos económicos funcionan en múltiples niveles. Son responsables de crear empleo, se mantienen estables en tiempos de crisis y proporcionan cuidados esenciales a las personas. La economía social es uno de ellos y, por primera vez en España, tenemos datos que lo demuestran.

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The Social Economy in Spain: Turning Values into Numbers

10 July 2026 Amparo Merino

Reading Time: 4 minutesSome economic models work on many levels. They create jobs, hold steady in a crisis, and provide essential care for people. The social economy is one of them. And for the first time in Spain, we now have data to prove it.

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Culture as Infrastructure: Policy Lessons from Abu Dhabi’s Creative Economy

07 July 2026 Dr. Elena Raevskikh and Dr. Giovanna Di Mauro

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn Abu Dhabi, investment in culture is helping to build the foundations of a diversified, future-facing economy. Between 2022 and 2025, Abu Dhabi’s cultural and creative industries recorded 13.4% growth, but how can culture become a new source of sustainable growth?

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Soluciones basadas en la naturaleza: Acción local para un cambio duradero

12 September 2025 Alejandro González (ICLEI Colombia), Sergio Aranguren (ICLEI Colombia), Luz Camacho (ICLEI Colombia), Nathalia Correa Giraldo (ICLEI Colombia) and Melissa Velásquez Zuleta (ICLEI Colombia)

Reading Time: 4 minutesDe acuerdo con la UICN las Soluciones basadas en la Naturaleza (SbN) son intervenciones que protegen, gestionan y restauran ecosistemas naturales o modificados, abordando desafíos

Nature-based solutions: Local action for lasting change

12 September 2025 Alejandro González (ICLEI Colombia), Sergio Aranguren, Luz Camacho (ICLEI Colombia), Nathalia Correa Giraldo (ICLEI Colombia) and Melissa Velásquez Zuleta (ICLEI Colombia)

Reading Time: 3 minutesNature-based Solutions (NbS) have the potential to mitigate up to 10 gigatonnes of CO₂ per year – about 27% of global annual emissions. As climate

Paris&Co: Territorial innovation for a sustainable future

11 September 2025 Pierre Begou (Paris&Co)

Reading Time: 4 minutesParis is going beyond the basics to harness innovation and power not just startups but the future of entire cities.

Planning for Play: Designing Urban Space to Welcome Back Families

25 August 2025 Marie Cardwell de Bryas - (Stephen Taylor Architects) and Elizabeth Doherty - (OECD)

Reading Time: 4 minutesChildren are disappearing from city centres. Between 2018 and 2023, 19 out of 30 European capitals saw the share of the population aged 0-14 decline

Tecnología e innovación para acelerar el impacto social: el rol de los territorios transformando la educación en Colombia

14 August 2025 Cristina Gutiérrez de Piñeres Scarpetta - (United Way)

Reading Time: 3 minutesLa innovación y la tecnología, guiadas por la evidencia y el trabajo colaborativo, se han consolidado en Colombia como catalizadores clave para la transformación social

Technology and Innovation to Accelerate Social Impact: The Role of Local Territories in Transforming Education in Colombia

14 August 2025 Cristina Gutiérrez de Piñeres Scarpetta - (United Way)

Reading Time: 3 minutesHow can data and local collaboration transform education? United Way Colombia is showing that when communities, innovation, and evidence come together, impact becomes not just possible, but measurable and scalable.

The drivers, distribution and direction of place-based productivity

08 August 2025 James Wilson (Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness), Juan Gamboa (Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness), Cristina Múgica (Bizkaia Provincial Council) and Garbiñe Manterola Agirrezabalaga

Reading Time: < 1 minuteProductivity is central to understanding economic success as it defines what outcomes can be achieved from a given set of resources. As such we are

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