(ANSA) – LONDRA, 23 GIU – Enrico Giovannini, economist and professor at the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, president and founder of the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASVIS), delivered Eurofound’s third annual lecture in Dublin, entitled ‘Living and Working in Europe – Rethinking Progress for a Sustainable and Equitable Future’.
The event – in which the Italian Embassy in Dublin also collaborated – took place on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Eurofound (the EU Agency for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, based in Dublin) at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and was opened by Thomas Byrne, Minister for European Affairs and Defence in the Irish government, and Ivailo Kalfin, Executive Director of Eurofound. In his lecture, Mr Giovannini, former president of the Italian Statistical Institute (Istat) and Chief Statistician of the OECD, focused on the measurement of well-being and how sustainable and inclusive well-being is a key parameter for European progress. The former Minister of Infrastructure and Labour also discussed the responsibility of policymakers in achieving both intragenerational and intergenerational progress, emphasising the importance of balancing long-term goals with immediate political and economic concerns and the current drive to improve European competitiveness globally.
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The event – in which the Italian Embassy in Dublin also collaborated – took place on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Eurofound (the EU Agency for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, based in Dublin) at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and was opened by Thomas Byrne, Minister for European Affairs and Defence in the Irish government, and Ivailo Kalfin, Executive Director of Eurofound. In his lecture, Mr Giovannini, former president of the Italian Statistical Institute (Istat) and Chief Statistician of the OECD, focused on the measurement of well-being and how sustainable and inclusive well-being is a key parameter for European progress. The former Minister of Infrastructure and Labour also discussed the responsibility of policymakers in achieving both intragenerational and intergenerational progress, emphasising the importance of balancing long-term goals with immediate political and economic concerns and the current drive to improve European competitiveness globally.
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