V Employment Congress 2022

Speakers

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Mercedes Oleaga

Senior expert, Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness. It is part of the Welfare Lab, and her main research interest is competitiveness at the service of welfare, mainly associated with the effects of competitiveness on people's welfare and its relational dimension in spheres such as employment, demographic change or the Sustainable Development Goals. Before joining Orkestra, she worked in strategic consultancy for public administrations, designing and implementing policies and instruments to promote science, technology and innovation, as well as defining actions to improve regional competitiveness.