MED Virtual DIalogue with Claudio Descalzi and Faith Birol
In conversation with Andrea Cabrini, Director, ClassCnbc
MED Virtual DIalogue with Claudio Descalzi and Faith Birol
In conversation with Andrea Cabrini, Director, ClassCnbc
Parag Khanna, Managing Partner of FutureMap
In conversation with Paolo Magri, Director, ISPI
Ghassan Salamé, Former Special UN Representative for Libya
In conversation with Paolo Magri, Director, ISPI
Geir O. Pedersen, UN Special Envoy for Syria
In conversation with Paolo Magri, Director, ISPI
The coronavirus crisis will severely hit the already weak economies of the region, after years of stagnation or slow growth. What will the effect be on employment in the context of a weak welfare state and for a region characterised by a rising brain drain? From the EU budget to the EIB, what European funds will be available for the region after the COVID-19 emergency? What are the sectors that will be most affected by the pandemic?
Are widespread automation and the transition towards the digital economy really destroying so many jobs? Or is the emergence of new positions, linked with the development of new technologies, going to balance the loss of the more traditional ones, as it has always been? What impact do new demographic trends have on all this? And, most importantly, how is work changing and how should demanded skills and rules governing the market evolve as a consequence?