Informed by a sizzling presentation of the European launch of a flagship OECD publication, more than 100 education experts, NGO leaders, teachers, school administrators, members of the European Parliament and more convened for Virtual Town Hall Meeting on Education at a Glance: Building a Resilient Post-COVID-19 Society. 

On the eve of the first “in-person” European Council since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Alessandro Leipold, chief economist of the Lisbon Council, calls on European leaders to get the governance mechanism right for the Next Generation European Union recovery plan.

As the new European Commission moves to deliver legislation on digital services, the Lisbon Council launches Intermediary Liability Evidence Hub, a new website dedicated to gathering evidence on the achievements and challenge of Internet legislation.

As the debate deepens on a new data strategy for Europe, the Lisbon Council convened the High-Level Roundtable on Data for Policy, a high-level seminar to explore the challenge and opportunity of building better public policy with improved data analytics.

As the European Commission pushes further into its five-year work programme, the Lisbon Council launches Newsletter Vol 17 No 1, an interactive overview of recent and forthcoming activities.