Die Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung (ARL) ist eine Einrichtung mit besonderen Funktionen. Im Unterschied zu einem herkömmlichen Forschungsinstitut bündelt die ARL Kompetenzen auf dem Gebiet der Raumforschung und Raumentwicklung in einem Netzwerk. Dieses Netzwerk besteht aus...

Die Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung (ARL) ist eine Einrichtung mit besonderen Funktionen. Im Unterschied zu einem herkömmlichen Forschungsinstitut bündelt die ARL Kompetenzen auf dem Gebiet der Raumforschung und Raumentwicklung in einem Netzwerk, das aus Wissenschaftlern und...

The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Education Team's vision is for education systems to empower all to reach their full potential. In line with this vision, the purpose of this guidance note is to provide recommendations and policy advice for decision-makers on potential education responses to the...

The Eastern Partnership (EaP) is a joint policy initiative, which aims to deepen and strengthen relations between the European Union (EU) and its six Eastern neighbours. One of its four priority areas is stronger connectivity which includes the extension of the Trans European Transport Network...

Governments play a critical role in the economies of Europe and Central Asia, where government expenditures are close to 40 percent of gross domestic product and the public sector accounts for nearly 27 percent of total employment, which is almost twice the global average. The public sector...

Since February 2022, geopolitical events have made clear Europe's need to diversify its energy sources and avoid excessive dependence on fossil fuel imports. The drop in Russian natural gas flows to Europe in 2022 marked the single largest supply shock in the history of global gas markets. It...

This report reviews Europe's experience in spearheading CE policy. Its aim is not only to highlight its features and accomplishments, but also identify existing barriers to future progress and key measures to overcome them. Its objective is dual: contributing to CE policy development within the...

This companion piece to the Fall 2022 ECA Economic Update provides an overview of the policy options available to countries to respond to the energy price shock and examines how this crisis could harness the clean energy transition to enhance collective energy security. The options to support...