Segnalazione dal CoR: EU's regions: the danger of a talent trap

EU's regions: the danger of a talent trap

​European Committee of the Regions to discuss how shrinking regions and cities can retain, develop and attract talent. Also on #CoRplenary agenda: Swedish Presidency priorities, gender equality, media freedom, and pesticides.

The European Committee of the Regions will on 15 March adopt a resolution on one of the major developmental challenges facing regions in the EU – the combined effects of a shrinking working-age population, a low share of graduates, and the departure of young people in search of better economic opportunities. The President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Vasco Alves Cordeiro, will welcome Dubravka Šuica, Vice-President for Democracy and Demography of the European Commission, to discuss with regional and local leaders this 'talent trap'. In all, 82 regions, home to nearly 30% of the EU's population, are believed to be at risk of being trapped. (...)