Governments face increasing pressure to respond swiftly and effectively to rapidly evolving international migration flows. Anticipation is key to this response, but remains a challenge. This guide offers measures to introduce, run and strengthen migration forecasting systems and preparedness strategies. It follows the forecasting lifecycle from problem definition to communication and system learning.

Shipbuilding is strategically important – but statistically invisible. Across major shipbuilding economies, governments are making decisions on industrial support, skills and the energy transition with partial, inconsistent or poorly aligned data on the sector. This policy brief presents analysis across 11 countries and the European Union highlighting four key consequences of these data limitations.

This report aims to help governments strengthen financial resilience against catastrophic risks. It provides a framework to assess the need for government-supported financial protection and the advantages and disadvantages of the main approaches to offering such support. It applies this framework to three types of large-scale risks: natural hazards, infectious disease outbreaks and cyber-attacks and...

Digital transformation has widespread and complex effects across the economy and society, making trade-offs between public policy objectives difficult to navigate. This framework helps governments and stakeholders to develop an integrated approach to policymaking to shape an inclusive digital future. The framework has seven interrelated policy dimensions and also identifies transversal policy issues.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other advanced technologies could support neurodivergent learners in vocational education and training settings, including in work-based learning and apprenticeships, and the transition to work. This report explores the use of these technologies by learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia, and by teachers and trainers catering for...