In the Netherlands, the intergovernmental action plan on population decline is actively addressing a wide range of issues connected to demographic shrinkage. At the same time, national labor market policies are increasingly paying attention to the shortage of active young population and an ageing work force at long term. Though, the relationship between these two policy fields is still weak. The Ministry of Kingdom Relations and the Interior joined the 2011/2012 OECD LEED project on "Local scenarios of demographic change" to give an impulse to policy development and initiatives from society to address labor market challenges. Three regions were analysed: Limburg, Drenthe/Groningen, Zeeland. See an overview of the results in this short video tour. More info: www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/demographicchange.htm

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