Strengthening human capital across the life cycle is essential for building resilience, productivity, and societal wellbeing. Demographic change is reshaping economic and social systems across Europe and Central Asia, with longer life expectancy, shifting family structures, and evolving labor markets creating new demands on education systems, health and care services, and social protection.
Within this thematic area, the Center supports policies and practices that enhance skills development, healthy aging, and inclusive labor market participation, including through lifelong learning, employment-oriented labor market policies, and inclusive social protection systems that respond to the needs of older adults and persons with disabilities.
