In Focus
How to capture and assess well-being in a changing world
Panel Debate in the European Parliament
On February 3rd, the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the World Future Council (WFC) jointly held the second out of a set of three debates in the European Parliament dealing with the issue of "Rethinking Well-being. How to keep Europe on the SustainabilityTrack." The panel series is hosted by three Members of the European Parliament: Rebecca Harms, Jo Leinen, and Sirpa Pietikäinen. At a first meeting in the middle of January participants had discussed the need to go beyond the current GDP-related growth paradigm and to develop a more comprehensive and sustainable understanding in which ways future economic models should contribute to human well-being. Taking this debate as a starting point the second panel focused on most recent tools and indicators to define and measure the well-being of societies.
The Bertelsmann Stiftung's Brussels office promotes transnational debate about future challenges facing Europe and its citizens.
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Washington, DC - 08/02/2010
Financial Crisis: Lithuania Looks to High-Tech
Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius concluded on 5 February 2010 a five-day visit to the United States by speaking to a select gathering of World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), corporate and media representatives at the Bertelsmann Foundation North America. The prime minister, accompanied by Finance Minister Ingrida Simonyte, stressed his government's goal to create in Lithuania and throughout the Baltic region a high-tech service hub.
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Gütersloh - 04/02/2010
The Black Sea Region will decide the future of the EU
On 25 January 80 experts and political decision-makers came to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin at the invitation of the "Commission on the Black Sea" in order to talk about the current state of relations in the Black Sea area and the future prospects of this European region. The "Commission on the Black Sea" is an initiative founded by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and other non-governmental organizations.
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Gütersloh - 19/01/2010
Wanted: Progress toward a peaceful neighborhood
The meeting that took place in 1995 was an ambitious one: At the invitation of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, parties to the Middle East's various conflicts sat down together to map out a peaceful future for the region and to develop a strategy for creating a trans-Mediterranean partnership. Held in an idyllic town in the foothills of the Taunus Mountains near Frankfurt, the meeting 15 years ago was the initial event in what has since become known as the Kronberg Talks.
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Commission on the Black Sea
Release of the first Policy Report: The Economy at a Crossroads
In economic terms, the Black Sea region has witnessed significant changes over the past two decades. After a tumultuous early 1990s, the Black Sea region as a whole stabilized. The post-2000 period saw sustained high levels of growth that transformed economic and social structures. But the 2008 financial crisis stopped short the period of high growth. National economies have been hobbled by the frozen financial markets, the decline of international demand and slumping commodity prices. Panayiotis Gavras, co-Head of the Policy and Strategy Department of the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) in Thessaloniki, is the author of the first of four policy reports presented by the Commission on the Black Sea. Gavras examines within his paper the transformation of the economies of the Black Sea countries, specifies the implications of the global crisis for the Black Sea region and formulates policy recommendations against the background of the challenges economies in the Black Sea region are facing today.
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Bertelsmann Foundation North America
Established in 2008, the Bertelsmann Foundation North America represents the Bertelsmann Stiftung in the United States. It creates momentum for social change, is dedicated to promoting freedom for individuals within society and advances international understanding. It also serves as a bridge between Europe and the US.
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Future of Civil Society
If a society is to thrive, its citizens must be willing to get involved. Whether through service provision or communal action, civic engagement makes it possible for people to take part in a variety of ways. Through its projects, the Bertelsmann Stiftung wants to promote social participation and the further development of the nonprofit sector.
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Healthcare Monitor
The Gesundheitsmonitor (Healthcare Monitor) offers political, social and business leaders regular and independent information about the status of outpatient care in Germany. Since 2001, the Bertelsmann Stiftung has surveyed the general population every six months and physicians in private practice once a year, querying them about their experiences with and their attitudes toward healthcare reforms, both existing and planned.
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Recent Publication
Ageing and the German Economy
Until now, most studies of how demographics and economics are linked have limited themselves to the ways that changes in a population's overall size influence economic development. As the new publication demonstrates, such undertakings have underestimated the economic consequences of societal ageing.
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Culture and Conflict in Global Perspective
This publication is based on an empirical study that explores in what conflicts cultural factors played a role and to what extent they influenced the intensity of violence in the respective conflicts.
morespotlight europe
Cooperation with the Kremlin
At least the Russian rhetoric in security policy is changing. President Dmitri Medvedev announced a new security strategy. And the EU wants to place her partnership with the Russian Federation on a firmer footing after the start of the new EU commission. But how could common security paths between the EU, US and Russia be constructed? Cortnie Shupe pursues this question in Spotlight Europe.
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