Webinar and sneak preview of the Resilient Regions Policy Dashboard
27 January 2026, 13:00-14:30 CET, Online
How do you find policy solutions that match changing migration trends?
Europe’s regions are adapting to rapid demographic change and policy must adapt with them. While migration patterns shape labour markets and communities, policymakers often lack clear, comparable evidence to act on…
…This is where the Resilient Regions Policy Dashboard comes in.
During this webinar we will live-demo a tool that connects struggling regions with concrete policy suggestions and similar regions to learn from. The dashboard turns local migration and development data into a diagnosis of how a region is doing presently and in the future. It also gives users access to relevant migration patterns and even a database of migrant quotes about what motivates people to move or stay in a region.
We will also hear from a panel of regional attraction experts. They will share their experiences on how to use data to better shape strategies that either attract newcomers or keep residents happy where they are.
Watch the webinar recording
This webinar should be of interest to policymakers, planners, analysts, and practitioners working with population change, territorial attractiveness, or regional development. The complete and finalised Dashboard will be released at the project’s final conference on 10 March, hosted by the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels.
Webinar programme
Programme
| 13:00 – 13:05 | Welcome and introduction Anne Katrine Ebbesen, Moderator, Nordregio |
| 13:05 – 13:20 | The policy problem and why we built a dashboard Peter Meister-Broekema, Hanze University |
| 13:20 – 13:35 | Demo: The Resilient Regional Policy Dashboard Becky Arnold, NIDI |
| 13:35 – 14:25 | Panel discussion: How can data inform real policy action? Moderator: Anne Katrine Ebbesen, Senior Communications Advisor, Nordregio Panellists: • Monica Tudor, President of the Romanian Association of Rural and Agri-Food Economy • Tatiana Petrova, Project Specialist, The OKKO Project, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Finland • Peter Meister-Broekema, Policy Lead, PREMIUM_EU, Hanze University • Christian Broen, Urban Planner and Project Lead, Guldborgsund Municipality, Denmark • Andrea Frkanova, Labour Mobility Coordinator, IOM Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia |
| 14:25 – 14:30 | Closing words and next steps by Moderator Anne Katrine Ebbesen |
About the project
PREMIUM_EU is a three-year Horizon Europe research project that examines how migration patterns affects regional development and how policies can turn migration into an opportunity rather than a challenge. The project brings together ten partners across Europe, connecting cutting-edge data with insights from regional case studies to help regions counter brain drain and build long-term resilience.
