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Technologies are more accessible than ever and they have the potential to empower people around the world. But they also have the potential to embed existing power structures, if they are dominated by vested interests. Those of us in positions of power, including in the NGO community, must be certain we are putting new technologies into the hands of the people we work for, not using them to prop up our own established positions.

A resolution a month for 2018

By: EBR | Friday, December 29, 2017

How we will reinvigorate trust this year

Unemployment from its highest rate at the end of 2014 has now dropped by around 7 points, with about 300,000 new job positions and close to the first mark of 20%. In the financial sector, we have achieved a historic, credible adjustment for the first time in the European history. With this positive dynamic, we will welcome the New Year, and therefore, 2018 will be a year - crossroads for Greece and the Greek economy, with the country leaving behind the memorandums in August 2018, and with them, I would say, and an entire era, an entire historical age, and enters the next day with strong growth rates, renewed and, most importantly, with faith in its own forces. Also, recently, a very positive development with strong meaning was the timely closure of the technical part of the 3rd Assessment, and most importantly with the best possible conditions for the country and the Greek society.

2018 will be a milestone for Greece and the Greek economy

By: EBR | Friday, December 22, 2017

According to the latest figures, Greece's economy has been developing for the first time in the last three quarters

Xi Jinping’s growing consolidation of power is giving ever more momentum to the ambitious Chinese plan to gain dominance of high-tech industries. This is nothing short of a head-on assault, given that these industries to date have been the main source of strength in U.S. and European economies.

5G: China’s Dream to Dominate World Technology

By: EBR | Wednesday, December 20, 2017

The China threat and the U.S.-European convergence of interests

We all live by myths and legends. They abbreviate the universe for us. That is a crucial contribution to maintaining the emotional and mental stability that allows us to function.

Deconstructing Globalization

By: EBR | Wednesday, December 20, 2017

The anthropological dimension of why we blame “globalization” for our own, very human lack of proper action and understanding

But in the short term, there is no easy solution. China accounts for more than half of global demand for plastic waste and half of global paper scrap imports, and waste traders struggle to find alternative markets. The Bureau of International Recycling recently held its annual summit in India, the third largest waste importer after China and Hong Kong. “India for sure has huge potential, but the figures are not there yet,” said Arnaud Brunet, the director of BIR.

Chinese waste ban ‘wake-up call’ for European recycling

By: EBR | Monday, December 18, 2017

The EU has a trash problem. It used to ship 60% of plastics and 13% of paper collected for recycling to China, but Beijing has decided to curb its appetite for foreign waste

Working with an amazing leader is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity – not everyone can work with Nelson Mandela or Gandhi or even a rock star boss like Bruce Springsteen. Leaders in the knowledge economy, those who have moved up the ranks from team member to team leader, aren’t always charismatic. It’s far more commonplace to find team leaders who were promoted to a leadership role without developing their leadership skills.

Choose Your Leadership Style

By: EBR | Monday, December 18, 2017

Team leadership style doesn’t have to be a personality trait; it can be chosen

We know that in the EU the statistical data available does not capture the full prevalence of the phenomenon. But the EU’s data does indicate clear trends, and these are consistent with data from international organisations and other bodies. According to the EU’s First Report in 2016 on the progress made in the fight against trafficking in human beings, 15,846 victims of THB were registered between 2013 and 2014, with two-thirds being EU citizens. Trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation is still by far the most highly reported form of trafficking in the EU (67% of registered victims), with 95% of the victims being women and girls. This is followed by trafficking for the purpose of labour exploitation (21%) and trafficking for other forms of exploitation (12%), including for the purpose of criminal activities, forced begging and organ removal.

EU countries must do more to address human trafficking

By: EBR | Monday, December 18, 2017

Trafficking in human beings, also known as THB, is the selling and buying, like commodities, of women and men, girls and boys, with the purpose of exploiting them

Sonja Chirico Indrebø is vice-president of Strategy and Innovation at Statoil, the Norwegian energy company. Between 2011 and 2015, she served as the chief information officer and senior vice-president for IT at the Norwegian company.

Statoil VP: ‘Natural gas has a home in the zero-carbon world’

By: EBR | Monday, December 18, 2017

Europe can decarbonise its industry thanks to a combination of natural gas, hydrogen and carbon capture and storage technology, Statoil executive Sonja Chirico Indrebø told EURACTIV Slovakia in an interview

India’s multiple identities only add to this weight: as the world’s largest democracy, it commands the legitimacy to shape an open and free internet; while its role as a developing country ensures it will account for what matters to the global south, such as affordable access, local content generation and platform security.

Democratic, innovative and secure: how India can shape the future of the internet

By: EBR | Friday, December 15, 2017

India is fast becoming the indispensable nation of cyberspace. The Indian market could decide the future of many technology giants. As such, she can be seen as a policy pioneer

It is, however, important to recognize that, like any insidious disease, corruption presents multiple myths or red herrings to obfuscate its source and elude attempts to cure it. The following aims to wade through each of these red herrings, and identify where in the societal body we might administer a treatment to attack corruption at its true source.

Four myths about corruption

By: EBR | Friday, December 15, 2017

Corruption is sometimes portrayed as a “cancer” in society

At the moment, depositors know that ultimately, the buck stops with their government. To know that all of Europe is behind the guarantee would be a big reassurance. Once in place, you would hardly ever need to use a common deposit insurance.

These 5 big ideas could secure Europe’s future

By: EBR | Friday, December 15, 2017

A year ago, Europe woke to a big shock. Donald Trump had been elected president of the United States. The polls hadn’t seen it coming. They hadn’t seen Brexit coming either

When Amazon unveiled plans in October to invest over $5 billion in constructing a second HQ, it received more than 200 proposals from different cities. Metropoles across the US went to great lengths to capture the attention of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. They made makeshift Amazon headquarters out of cardboard boxes, they bought 1,000 random products on Amazon and wrote five-star reviews for each, and they lit up landmarks such as the Empire State Building in “Amazon orange,” to name a few.

4 predictions for the future of work

By: EBR | Friday, December 8, 2017

I contemplate the future of work on a daily basis in both my professional and personal life. As a father of four children from four to 14 years old, and as a citizen of the world, I care about our future

The civil war in Syria, conflicts in Africa and natural disasters across the globe have forced millions to flee the land of their birth.

These 9 charts will tell you everything you need to know about global migration

By: EBR | Friday, December 8, 2017

Migration and economic success stories often go together

Certainly ISIS and their hard-line friends and sponsors across the world frown at Santa and target Christians and other minorities – and Muslims – as they congregate for prayer. But they don’t represent the majority of Muslims. Christmas trees and lights are still to be found in Indonesia, Pakistan and some other Muslim majority countries. So why all the angst, the angry denunciations and, in some cases, the violent confrontations?

For Pete’s sake, let’s stop the squabbling and enjoy some Christmas cheer

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Santa and I go back a long way. My mother has pictures of me as a little girl looking up adoringly at Santa Claus as he distributed presents and good cheer at a once-iconic hotel in Karachi. The love affair has endured. Recently, however, it’s turned one-sided

The business models that the news media sector applies to its digital offerings depend on online advertising. And while European legislation might affect the ways that publishers can use online advertising as a funding model, there’s a clear issue when we look at the proliferation of fake new online, as providers of fake news are fishing for the same advertising revenues as quality news media.

When fake news takes over

By: EBR | Monday, December 4, 2017

Fake news is big news. In that sense, it is no surprise that the term “fake news” was made “word of the year 2017” by Collins, following what the dictionary called its “ubiquitous presence” over the last 12 months. Sadly, trust in quality journalism by mainstream media, is under pressure

Each year, the world’s transport system moves enough maize, wheat, rice and soybean to feed approximately 2.8 billion people. Meanwhile, the 180 million tonnes of fertilizers applied to farmland annually play a vital role in helping us grow enough wheat, rice and maize to sustain our expanding populations. International trade in these commodities is growing, increasing pressure on a small number of ‘chokepoints’ – critical junctures on transport routes through which exceptional volumes of trade pass.

How trade chokepoints pose a growing threat to global food security

By: EBR | Friday, December 1, 2017

Trade chokepoints – maritime, coastal and inland – pose an underexplored and growing risk to global food security, argues the report Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities in Global Food Trade

Economies of urbanisation acquire special relevance in developing countries, creating new value in the service sector of the economy, which is now the fastest-growing sector. Together with industrialisation, urbanisation is an invaluable tool for achieving sustainable development in Africa, by supplying a good share of the new jobs that the growing population will require.

Africa’s rapid urbanization can drive development and growth

By: EBR | Thursday, November 30, 2017

Urbanisation is the new normal: most of the world’s population is already living in cities and projections suggest the proportion will reach 75% by 2050

The fundamental issue is that Turkey does not recognise the Republic of Cyprus’ right to exist. Within the framework of a solution Turkey aims to replace the Republic of Cyprus with an entity that it would strongly influence or even indirectly control using the Turkish-Cypriot community.

What next for the unresolved Cyprus question?

By: EBR | Thursday, November 30, 2017

Despite high expectations, the conference on Cyprus at Crans-Montana in Switzerland from 28 June to 5 July did not lead to a breakthrough

President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker provoked perplexity by his prediction that the EU could have more members after 2019 and his call for a special strategy to prepare Serbia and Montenegro for membership by 2025. Why did he make these remarks, given democratic weaknesses in the region and the member states’ reluctance to consider further expansion?

EU expansion receives an unlikely boost

By: EBR | Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has a strong motivation for giving a boost to the largely stalled EU enlargement process, writes Sir Michael Leigh

Licensing outside knowledge is now a factor in the way that we innovate. More and more firms are moving from doing everything themselves to bringing in ideas from the outside through purchasing wholesale packages of knowledge. Two different licensing options are common – either standard licences, in which knowledge is bought without further engagement from the data/knowledge creator, or partnership/embedded licences, which establish a relationship with the provider.

How attention from top managers impacts innovation

By: EBR | Tuesday, November 28, 2017

When companies acquire external knowledge, they need to make sure management attention doesn’t wane

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