For today's episode we sit down with Carlos Carvalho - ECDC's Principal Expert in Digital Surveillance to talk about the state of play of making the public health data flow up to speed in the third decade of the XXI-st century and usable for modern surveillance of infectious diseases.

How far are we in creating the fully digital health data system in Europe, enabling us to track infectious diseases faster? What are the hurdles we still need to jump over? Listen to our podcast and find out!

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ECDC: on Air - Episode 50 - Carlos Carvalho - The Power of Digital Health Data

Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy, determining what’s needed to return inflation to our 2% goal in a timely manner. 

Listen to President Christine Lagarde present today’s decisions. The statement also covers:
-	how the economy is performing 
-	how we expect prices to develop
-	the risks to the economic outlook 
-	the dynamics behind financial and monetary conditions

Published and recorded during our press conference on 11 April 2024

Additional material

Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 11 April 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/visual-mps/2024/html/mopo_statement_explained_april.en.html

Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement, 11 April 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/2024/html/ecb.is240411~9974984b58.en.html

Monetary policy decisions, 11 April 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2024/html/ecb.mp240411~1345644915.en.html

Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 11 April 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/shared/pdf/ecb.ds240411~58dd9ec73d.en.pdf?566c397f0364d717913bf7770e67bf17

European Central Bank 
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html


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President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 11 April 2024

Das Durchschnittsalter der Landwirte in der EU liegt bei 57 Jahren. Es gibt alarmierend wenige junge Menschen, die sich für die Landwirtschaft interessieren – und noch weniger junge Frauen. Darum investiert die Generaldirektion Landwirtschaft und ländliche Entwicklung (GD AGRI) der Europäischen Kommission in Massnahmen zur Umkehr dieser Entwicklung, und zur Unterstützung der Erneuerung der Generationen.
Die Verbesserung der Lebensqualität im ländlichen Raum und die Unterstützung von Junglandwirten bei der Aufnahme oder Ausweitung ihrer Tätigkeit stehen im Mittelpunkt der Bemühungen der GD AGRI, die sich bewusst ist, dass die Ernährungssicherheit, der soziale Zusammenhalt und sogar der historische Charakter Europas ohne die Präsenz und das Engagement junger Menschen verloren gehen werden.
Während der jüngsten Europäischen Jugendwoche in Brüssel veranstaltete die GD AGRI eine Breakout-Session für junge Landwirte und Aktivisten im ländlichen Raum. Ziel der Veranstaltung war es, mehr über die Wünsche, Sorgen und Perspektiven dieser jungen Menschen zu erfahren, um die Politik besser auf die Erneuerung der Generationen abstimmen zu können. 
In unserer 43. Folge von Food for Europe reisen wir nach Irland und Spanien, um zwei junge Menschen zu treffen, die in ländlichen Gebieten leben, und um sie nach Brüer ssel zu begleiten, wo sie an der Europäischen Jugendwoche teilnehmen. Außerdem sprechen wir mit einer Beamtin der GD AGRI, Haude Blanc, die selbst aus einem kleinen Dorf in Südfrankreich stammt, über die Herausforderungen und Chancen der Generationserneuerung auf dem Lande.

43. Generationswechsel auf dem Lande

Intéresser la jeunesse européenne à l’agriculture et à la vie rurale : une priorité vitale pour la direction générale de l'agriculture et du développement rural (DG AGRI) de la Commission européenne. Alors que l'âge moyen des agriculteurs dans l'Union européenne est de 57 ans, de moins en moins de jeunes embrassent les carrières agricoles, rebutés par des conditions de vie précaires. 

Assurer le renouvellement générationnel dans l’agriculture est crucial pour notre sécurité alimentaire et la cohésion sociale dans l’Union. Pour y parvenir, l'amélioration de la qualité de vie dans les zones rurales et l'aide aux jeunes agriculteurs pour lancer ou développer leurs activités sont au cœur de la stratégie de la DG AGRI.

Lors de la récente Semaine européenne de la jeunesse à Bruxelles, la DG AGRI a organisé une session en petits groupes pour les jeunes agriculteurs, les activistes ruraux et les jeunes d'une vingtaine d'années intéressés par le retour à la terre. Objectif : en savoir plus sur les aspirations et les préoccupations de ces jeunes, afin d’ajuster la politique en faveur du renouvellement des générations. 

Le 43e épisode de "Nourrir l’Europe" vous emmène en Irlande et en Espagne pour rencontrer deux jeunes actifs ruraux qui sont venus jusqu’à Bruxelles participer à la Semaine européenne de la jeunesse. Haude Blanc, de la DG AGRI, elle-même originaire d'un petit village du sud de la France, nous parle également des défis et des opportunités liés au renouvellement générationnel dans les campagnes.

43. Du renouvellement générationnel dans les campagnes européennes

With 57 being the average age of a farmer in the EU, and alarmingly few young people attracted to farming - even fewer of them young women - the European Commission’s directorate-general for agriculture and rural development (DG AGRI) is investing in reversing this reality through generational renewal. 

Improving the quality of life in rural areas and assisting young farmers to launch or expand their activities are at the heart of DG AGRI’s efforts, which recognise that Europe’s food security, social cohesion and even its historic character will disappear without the presence and commitment of young people.

During the recent European Youth Week kick-off event in Brussels, DG AGRI held a breakout session for young farmers, rural activists and twentysomethings interested in a life on the land. The purpose of the session was to learn more about these young people’s aspirations, concerns and perspectives, to better tailor policy in favour of generational renewal. 

Our 43rd episode of Food for Europe travels to Ireland and Spain to meet two young people living in rural areas, and to follow them to Brussels as they contribute to the European Youth Week event. We hear also from DG AGRI Haude Blanc, who hails herself from a tiny village in southern France, about the challenges and opportunities of generational renewal in the countryside.

43. Generational renewal in Europe’s countryside

What are inflation expectations? How do our personal experiences shape them? And why do they matter to central banks?

In this episode of The ECB Podcast, our host Stefania Secola and researchers Geoff Kenny and Dimitris Georgarakos discuss how people form expectations about inflation and how we measure them.

The views expressed are those of the speakers and not necessarily those of the European Central Bank.

Published on 26 April 2024 and recorded on 19 April 2024.

In this episode:

01:35 – Inflation expectations
What are inflation expectations, and why do they matter for central banks? How do people form such expectations?

9:25 – The impact on prices
Can inflation expectations shape the prices we end up paying? How might personal perceptions influence wages?

11:30 – Measuring inflation expectations
Why is it important to measure inflation expectations, and how do we do it at the ECB? What were the findings of our latest survey?

16:38 – The role of the ECB
What can the ECB do to inform people’s inflation expectations? And what role can communication play in this?

21:15 – Our guests’ hot tips
ECB researchers Geoff Kenny and Dimitris Georgarakos share their hot tips and some final thoughts with our listeners.

ECB Consumer Expectations Survey
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/ecb_surveys/consumer_exp_survey/html/index.en.html

Working Paper: Tell me something I don’t already know: learning in low and high-inflation settings, March 2024
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpwps/ecb.wp2914~d6a8832bf5.en.pdf?e655c8b68e7c2fb096387a4da34c42e6

Research Bulletin: Recent changes in consumers’ medium-term inflation expectations – a detailed look, February 2023
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/research-publications/resbull/2023/html/ecb.rb230224~558beec65c.en.html

Economic Bulletin issue 3/2024:  Trust in the ECB – insights from the Consumer Expectations Survey, April 2024
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/economic-bulletin/html/eb202403.en.html#toc24 

European Central Bank
www.ecb.europa.eu

The power of inflation expectations

What does the rapid advance of AI mean for our financial system? And how is financial stability affected by geopolitical risk? 

Our host Stefania Secola puts these questions to expert John Fell in The ECB Podcast’s regular look at financial stability in the euro area.

The views expressed are those of the speakers and not necessarily those of the European Central Bank.

Published on 17 May 2024 and recorded on 10 May 2024.

In this episode:

01:01 – How stable is our financial system right now?
Our latest financial stability assessment is more positive, but just how resilient is our financial system to shocks?

04:56 – What concerns does geopolitical risk raise?
How can geopolitical risk affect markets, banks and non-banks like investment funds, and what can financial institutions do to manage it?

09:55 – How can AI help the financial system?
Artificial intelligence offers promising ways to improve efficiency, customer service and risk management.

13:32 – Can AI be a source of systemic risk? 
Widespread use of AI tools and reliance on a small number of suppliers could lead to financial stability risks.

19:13 – Our guest’s hot tip
Financial stability expert John Fell shares his hot tip with our listeners.

Further reading:

Financial Stability Review, May 2024
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/financial-stability-publications/fsr/html/index.en.html

Turbulent times: geopolitical risk and its impact on euro area financial stability (special feature A)
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/financial-stability-publications/fsr/html/ecb.fsr202405~7f212449c8.en.html#toc33

The rise of artificial intelligence: benefits and risks for financial stability (special feature B)
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/financial-stability-publications/fsr/html/ecb.fsr202405~7f212449c8.en.html#toc34

The ECB Podcast: When the yin meets the yang: resilience in gloomy times, December 2023
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/tvservices/podcast/html/ecb.pod231202_episode74.en.html

European Central Bank www.ecb.europa.eu

Lifeline

Financial stability in a ChatGPT world

EarthCARE Operations Director, Jose Morales, completes the final GO/NO GO RollCall before ESA's cloud and aerosol mission is launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 29 May 2024.

Mission Control is GO for launch.

EarthCARE RollCall

According to the latest ECDC survey, each year, 4.3 million patients in hospitals in the EU/EEA acquire at least one healthcare-associated infection during their stay in the hospital.

Diamantis Plachouras - ECDC Principal Expert in Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections tells us why this issue needs to be tackled as swift as possible and goes deeper into the data coming from the third point prevalence survey (PPS) of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial use in acute care hospitals, coordinated by ECDC in 2022-2023.

Read more about the survey here: https://bit.ly/4dpoNYj

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ECDC: on Air - Episode 52 - Diamantis Plachouras - Healthcare-associated infections

Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy, determining what’s needed to return inflation to our 2% goal. 

Listen to President Christine Lagarde present today’s decisions. The statement also covers:

-	how the economy is performing 
-	how we expect prices to develop
-	the risks to the economic outlook 
-	the dynamics behind financial and monetary conditions

Published and recorded during our press conference on 6 June 2024


Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 6 June 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/visual-mps/2024/html/mopo_statement_explained_june.en.html

Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement, 6 June 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/2024/html/ecb.is240606~d32cd6cc8a.en.html

Monetary policy decisions, 6 June 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2024/html/ecb.mp240606~2148ecdb3c.en.html

Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 6 June 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/shared/pdf/ecb.ds240606~f4d2c4833d.en.pdf?3d009dc9ec7917c832fe9a5a41e12fcd

European Central Bank https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html

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President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 6 June 2024

In this episode we make a final interview with ECDC Director Andrea Ammon, who after a long career in public health will soon be retiring.

Andrea Ammon speaks about her 19 years at ECDC, including 9 years as Director, and reflects on how the agency has evolved during this time.

She also tells us about the most memorable moments and greatest challenges, including managing the Centre during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ECDC: on Air - Episode 53 - Andrea Ammon - The Farewell Episode

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