A Quick Introduction to our features this week.
Top Feature
Making Skills Work for Wales
Wales is set to enter a new phase in the development of its workforce, as it pursues a bold vision to create a strong, sustainable economy, based on full employment and highly-skilled jobs. The Minister discusses the Welsh vision for skills in this piece.
By: John Griffiths AM, Deputy Minister for Skills, Welsh Assembly Government
Interview with Lee Kwan Yew, Minister Mentor, Government of Singapore
Lee Kwang Yew the elder statesman of Asia discusses issues ranging from Taiwan-China relations rendering support to China's views on Tibet&Taiwan. He reiterates his view of importance of economic growth and stable society over political aspirations
By: Central News Agency of Taiwan
The new Russian presidency: Medvedev 1.0 or Putin 2.0?
Andrew Wilson argues that President Medvedev would most likely be sidelined and major powers and influence would move to the Cabinet headed by Putin who is supported by the security services- as he suggest ways for the West to deal with this new situation
By: Andrew Wilson, Senior Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations
The EU and the East
"East meets West" is a wide subject, and difficult to cover in one article - but Commissioner McCreevy discusses the rise of the East and highlights few key thoughts on the relationship between EU, Russia, India and of course China.
By: Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services
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Frequently-asked-questions on EMU and the euro
May 2008 marks ten years since Europe's leaders took the political decisions to move ahead with stage III of EMU, i.e. the creation of the euro, on 1 January 1999, in a first wave of eleven countries. These FAQs explore some key issues and concerns.
By: European Commission
Participation and community cohesion – lessons from the ground
Karin Gavelin from Involve presents a summary of a recent Involve report that provides a pragmatic framework to enable local authorities work more effectively with local people towards community cohesion.
By: Karin Gavelin, Researcher and Project Manager - Involve
60 seconds with Rotherham Council
Steve Day from Rotherham Council discusses in-depth the local authority's approach to e-learning and how it fits with their work force development plans. He also touches upon the efficiency savings and the challenges they had to overcome.
By: Learning Pool
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SPEECH OF THE WEEK: Europe on the way to a high speed internet economy
40% of Europeans do not use the internet and are not benefiting from the socio-economic opportunities offered by the internet revolution. This we must correct and do so soon said Commissioner Reading in a recent speech.
By: Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society & Media
