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“𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴. "𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮? "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘜 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴." Our economist Lukas Bertram recently joined the FEPS Europe #FEPSTalks podcast. In a wide-ranging conversation with David Rinaldi, they take our recent publication ‘A unified industrial strategy for the EU' as a jumping-off point and discuss #IndustrialPolicy #competitiveness, #Draghi, job transition, the potential of #EUregions, and the fundamental purpose of the economy. 🎧 Tune in here: https://lnkd.in/eBnEQsNb

🎉 We are celebrating 2 years of the WISE Horizons project Check out this wealth of resources to accelerate the transition towards a new economic paradigm, centred on #wellbeing, #inclusion, and #sustainability 👇

We're excited for the online events on Thursday to introduce 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲. Are you curious about #WellbeingEconomies? Want to learn more about how governments are developing policies and frameworks that go beyond GDP? Join us and Wellbeing Economy Alliance - WEAll & Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) to find out more! 📍 Thursday 6 Feb at 9am CET or 4pm CET 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gvvV4ATa [9am CET] 🔗 https://lnkd.in/guuUhw5Q [4pm CET] #PolicyDesign #WellbeingEconomy #wellbeing #DoughnutEconomics #BeyondGDP

There is still time to join TODAY's MERGE conference: Measuring What Matters 📍 15.00 CET, online ✍ SIGN-UP NOW and be part of the discussions on how to move #BeyondGDP towards an economy that improves #wellbeing for all

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.” Derek Walker sums up the challenge facing the EU’s new Commissioner for #IntergenerationalFairness following their meeting last week. We know institutions struggle to shift from short- to long-term thinking. So it is heartening that at the start of his term Glenn Micallef is trying to learn from existing positive experiences, like that of #Wales. 🔗 NationCymru Cyf has covered their exchange: https://lnkd.in/ei9UU8dd #FutureGenerations #LongTerm #LongTermThinking #LongViewEU

🧭 Today the European Commission is publishing its #Competitiveness Compass 🧭 The Compass will “drive the work in the next 5 years … to reignite economic dynamism in Europe”. 🤔 Competitiveness cannot stand alone as objective – it must be coupled with #decabonisation, #cohesion and #resilience. In our recent publication with FEPS Europe we make recommendations how to balance these policy objectives for the benefit of all Member States and regions. In particular we look at the potential of #EUregions to contribute to industrial modernisation and LONG-TERM competitiveness. We recommend: 🔺 Focusing on strategic industries and key value chain segments 🔺 Harnessing the untapped economic potential of Europe’s diverse regions (see our ‘regional potential’ tool 🗺️ for assessing regions, complete with case studies)  🔺 A smart multi-level governance model Find our paper here: https://lnkd.in/eWexk7tb Tune in to the Commission press conference at 13.30 to hear their proposals. #CompetitivenessCompass

We’re excited to see the Horizon-Europe research project 🧭 MAPS go live! Led by Dan O'Neill and Federico Demaria from the Facultat d'Economia i Empresa - Universitat de Barcelona, MAPS aims to broaden the range of Models, Assessments, and Policies for Sustainability available to European #policymakers. As one of the partners on this project, ZOE collaborates closely with renowned researchers from across Europe, bringing in communications, co-creation, and policy expertise.   👇 Make sure to visit the project website and sign up for the newsletter to stay up to date.   #MAPSproject #research #sustainability #policymaking #sustainableprosperity

Huge thanks to everyone who made our #IntergenerationalFairness Town Hall such a success 👏 On Friday we gathered leading long-term thinkers in Brussels to talk about how to embed long-view thinking 🔭 for the benefit of present and #FutureGenerations. We were privileged to welcome Derek Walker, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales – and still the only statutory Commissioner in the world! In Derek’s words, “It’s way past the time when there should be more”. So it’s a massive step forward that the European Commission created a portfolio at EU level responsible for Intergenerational Fairness. We were joined by representatives from the team of Glenn Micallef – who recently started in the role. As Deša Srsen told us, “We are not starting from scratch – there are lots of examples, like at the UN, and like that of Wales.” The challenge now is to bring other Commissioners on board and to embed intergenerational thinking across all topics. Our event discussed how to do that, with sessions on #trust, financing the transition, and going #BeyondGDP. And we connected the EU level to the global level and the UN #PactForTheFuture. Thank you to all our speakers, session hosts, and everyone who took part for all the constructive conversations – and special thanks to United Nations Foundation Credit to Elza Lőw for the photos Pelle Enarsson Luc BAGUR Adina Nivukoski Hans Stegeman Harshani Dharmadasa Clare Coffey (she/her) Agata Meysner Sarah Kups Julia Jousilahti Vera Djakonoff Hrach Arzumanyan Erica Bol Béla Kuslits Julia Symon Eva Svedling Tove Maria Ryding #LongViewEU #LongTermThinking

Our first meeting with the first European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness! 🙏 Earlier today we met with Glenn Micallef and Derek Walker to talk about how to strengthen long-term decision-making for the benefit of present and #FutureGenerations. 🔭 Glenn Micallef entered office in December as the EU’s first European Commissioner with responsibility for #IntergenerationalFairness. Derek Walker has been Future Generations Commissioner for #Wales since 2023. Wales has been a global leader in the movement to care for future generations since it passed its Wellbeing of Future Generations Act a decade ago. There is a lot the European Commission can learn from frontrunners like Wales on how to turn intergenerational fairness from a principle into practice. It’s really positive that the Commission is open to input from leading long-term thinkers, and is committed to #participation, #inclusion and dialogue to shape the upcoming EU strategy for intergenerational fairness. #LongView #LongTerm #LongTermThinking Photographer: Christophe Licoppe (c) European Union, 2025

🆕 It is our absolute pleasure to introduce… the Wellbeing Economy Policy Design free online course! Through this online course, you can tour the world 🌍 and learn how governments are putting #WellbeingEconomy principles into practice. The course has been created for anyone interested in #PolicyDesign, whether you’re working at a local, regional or (inter)national level. The course equips participants with tools 🔧 and examples to help drive holistic, inclusive and sustainable policy development.  And, it provides lots of inspiration 💭 from case studies and thought-leaders from around the globe. We are proud to have been part of creating this resource together with the Wellbeing Economy Alliance - WEAll and Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) and our funders Partners for a New Economy.   Through #Wellbeing Economy principles we can work towards an economic system focused on meeting the fundamental needs and rights of all. Curious to know more?   Visit wellbeingeconomycourse.org or join one of our info sessions to find out more!