The 2008 financial crisis and the persistent economic downturn that has followed have had a major impact on the European labour market. Taking their effects into account, Cedefop has produced its latest forecast for skill labour supply and demand up to 2020. Cedefop's forecasts are unique in...

The region or local area is too often felt to be the focus of every kind of conservatism, folklore and vote-catching. At this Agora, we questioned this image of the region and re-examined and redefined what was actually meant by region. The region, in our notion of the learning region, has a...

Following the public attention received by regional imbalances in the European labour market in these times of crisis, and the importance of labour mobility in redressing them, this report focuses on the difficulties migrant workers face in making their way in the destination country labour...