In recent years cross-border vocational education and training has become increasingly significant due to the intensification of European integration and increased cross-border relations, as well as demographic and economic disparities between neighbouring border regions. This paper reviews past...

Evidence is mounting to suggest that there is a global shortage of people with the right skills to meet the evolving needs of the logistics industry. Especially emerging regions are lagging behind, inhibiting economic growth. Thus, governments should systematically assess and address skills...

DISCO uses a structured classification of data, a taxonomy of skills and competences to provide web users with a supporting tool for filling in and translating online forms like e.g. online versions of the Europass CV of National Europass Centres (NEC). But structured terminological...

The new developments in the agri-food product market in terms of quality, but also due to changes in the consumer behavior of agri-food products, it is necessary to implement new strategies on this market. These are primarily reflected in assessing and improving the quality of agri-food...

Die Einführung des Euro stellt eine wesentliche Änderung der geldpolitischen Rahmenbedingungen einer Anzahl europäischer Ökonomien dar. Dies bewirkt eine Veränderung des Verhaltens von Wirtschaftssubjekten. Daraus ergeben sich zwei Fragen: Wie rasch passen sich Wirtschaftssubjekte in diesen...

In February 1998 a work was published in the series of discussion papers produced by the Bundesbank which was concemed with problems of measuring inflation in Gerrnany. This paper met with a lively response. The Research Group of the Bundesbank therefore staged a workshop on this subject at...