TF7 - Infrastructure Investment and Financing LOCAL GOVERNANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE CITIES ABSTRACT A green and just recovery starts with cities. The focus on urban infrastructure is key to promote sustainable development and address climate change challenges. However, cities are [...]

TF7 - Infrastructure Investment and Financing A NEW VISION FOR INFRATECH: GOVERNANCE AND VALUE NETWORK INTEGRATION THROUGH FEDERATED DATA SPACES AND ADVANCED INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES FOR A RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE ABSTRACT Twenty-first century infrastructure needs to respond to changing demographics, becoming climate neutral, resilient and economically [...]

TF7 - Infrastructure Investment and Financing A COMPASS FOR GLOBAL RECOVERY: INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA INTO INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ABSTRACT The G20 Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII) Principles agreed in 2019 confirmed that ecosystem, biodiversity and climate considerations should be incorporated into infrastructure investing. Nevertheless, integration of environmental [...]

TF7 - Infrastructure Investment and Financing HOW QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BRING PRIVATE SECTOR FINANCE INTO INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TO RECOVER FROM THE COVID-19 CRISIS ABSTRACT The financing gap has been a major concern for countries to realise their 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development even before the [...]

TF7 - Infrastructure Investment and Financing DIGITALLY ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURES: A THREE-DIMENSIONAL APPROACH ABSTRACT The collapse of supply chains and the dramatic shift in aggregate demand due to COVID-19 increased the significance of the strategic resilience of infrastructures as well as the importance of their being [...]

TF7 - Infrastructure Investment and Financing A REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY PARTNERSHIP FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN   ABSTRACT Changes in global value chains and reshoring trends brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic represent an opportunity for sustainable and inclusive economic development of the Mediterranean region. While the region [...]

TF6 - Social Cohesion and the Future of Welfare System TOWARDS HUMANISTIC METRICS OF SUCCESS FOR G20 ECONOMIES ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the relationship between the market economy, state and society in almost every country worldwide. While the economy paused and literally shut down [...]

TF6 - Social Cohesion and the Future of Welfare System CAN TRADE ENHANCE LABOUR MARKET ACCESS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN? THE INHIBITIVE ROLES OF ENTRENCHED GENDER INEQUALITY   ABSTRACT This policy brief sheds light on the implications of EU trade policies – with a special [...]

TF6 - Social Cohesion and the Future of Welfare System FINANCIAL INCLUSION: THE IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL LITERACY AND THE PROMOTION OF BETTER LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES FOR WOMEN AND YOUTH ABSTRACT Young people can be the drivers of inclusive transformation. Nonetheless, with low levels of financial literacy [...]

TF6 - Social Cohesion and the Future of Welfare System REMOTE WORKING, HOUSING INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL MOBILITY ABSTRACT The increased use of remote working will not completely fade away after the defeat of COVID-19. This structural change in production presents numerous challenges, of which the unequal [...]