All 🇪🇺countries are affected by ageing of population, but some regions are more impacted than others.
82 regions are in - or at risk of - a talent trap due to:
➡️shrinking working age population
➡️low share of people w/higher education
➡️young people leaving at a fast rate
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ElisaFerreiraEC/status/1615353007167741952
In some regions, demographic decline goes✋in✋w/ difficulties to retain, develop & attract talent
In a knowledge-based society/economy, lack of a skilled workforce creates a vicious circle that hampers the capacity of such regions to innovate & create economic opportunities
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ElisaFerreiraEC/status/1615353011790053377
From all the development traps, the talent trap is one of the most concerning as it deprives regions from their best & brightest.
#CohesionPolicy with its place-based approach can act as a catalyst to help regions retain, develop & attract talent.
👉 https://europa.eu/!GJFfwh
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ElisaFerreiraEC/status/1615353020698476544
That is why @EU_Commission adopted today a comprehensive strategy proposing targeted place-based measures to help regions attract & retain talent
#CohesionPolicy & its place-based approach is catalyst of such strategy complemented by concrete actions from other policy areas
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ElisaFerreiraEC/status/1615353016441257984