Fachliche Fertigkeiten und Fähigkeiten reichen nicht mehr aus, um in den Berufswelten des 21. Jahrhunderts bestehen zu können. Soft Skills und andere transversale – also berufsübergreifende – Kompetenzen werden immer bedeutender. Wer in Zeiten von Klimawandel,...

Was brauchen Kinder und Jugendliche zum guten Leben? Was ist ihnen wichtig? Zu welchen Themen wollen sie gefragt und gehört werden? Und wie könnten solche Befragungen aussehen? Das haben Jugendliche unseres JugendExpert:innenTeams mit anderen Jugendlichen in...

Demokratische Regierungen auf der ganzen Welt suchen zunehmend nach neuen und effektiven Wegen, Bürger:innen politisch zu beteiligen. Dank der einzigartigen Mischung aus Vertrauen zwischen Bürger:innen und Regierung und der Existenz einer lebendigen, technisch versierten...

France enjoys solid institutions of governance, and under the Fifth Republic has benefited from the most stable, consensual and efficient period of the past 200 years. Yet the country has struggled to effectively address the challenges associated with Europeanization and...

The years 2020-2021 were the last of the Rutte III government that came to power in March 2017. This was an uneasy four-party coalition between centerright parties (the conservative-liberal People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and the largely ideology-free...

Throughout the reporting period, the challenges associated with the pandemic were the dominating issue. Overall, the country and its institutions have proved considerably resilient in this crisis. The country benefited from its strong institutions, sound public budgets, and...

New Zealand has weathered the global COVID-19 pandemic relatively well, both in terms of public health and economic performance. As of December 2021, the country had only recorded nine deaths per million population – the lowest such figure in the OECD. New Zealand’s economy...

Greece’s political and economic environment improved during the period under review, despite the constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic. By 2018, Greece had exited the third Economic Adjustment Program (2015–2018), and by 2019 a new, more predictable and more reform-oriented...

As a consensus-driven democracy, blessed with generous natural resources managed in a responsible way, Norway performs well in most international comparisons of governance, quality of life, and in rankings of economic and social conditions. Continuity and pragmatic solutions...

Somewhat paradoxically, the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have moderated the political instability that characterized the preceding 12 years, and served to undermine sound policy development and implementation underpinned by a long-term vision. However, the pandemic has also...