Monthly Archives: July 2015

Collaboration as a driver for regional development: Learnings from the transnational COBRA project (I)

Posted on 29/07/2015 by geobrand

By Markus Kather and Tobias Sieblitz What can we do if certain cities or regions are facing difficult socio-economic situations? What if for example skilled labour is missing, what if qualified and educated people are leaving – commonly known as … Continue reading →

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Shortage of Skilled Labour in Germany: Does it really exist? (Part 3)

Posted on 16/07/2015 by Ares Kalandides

Photo Credit: http://www.sausedo.net by Paul Köper, Tobias Sieblitz and Ares Kalandides Are we really heading towards a major shortage of skilled labour? Is it the demographic change as we are often told? While more and more people retire, there are … Continue reading →

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Shortage of Skilled Labour in Germany: Does it really exist? (Part 2)

Posted on 14/07/2015 by Ares Kalandides

Photo Credit: http://www.august-faller.de by Paul Köper, Tobias Sieblitz and Ares Kalandides In Part 1 of this blog series we ended by asking the question whether the debate about a shortage of skilled labour in Germany had any substance. Is the phenomenon … Continue reading →

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Shortage of Skilled Labour in Germany: Does it really exist? (Part 1)

Posted on 13/07/2015 by Ares Kalandides

Photo Credit: courtesy of Siemens by Paul Köper, Tobias Sieblitz and Ares Kalandides The term skilled labour or rather the shortage of such seems to be omnipresent these days. While, for example, the inter-trade organization Bitkom reports that there is … Continue reading →

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