[FR] Governing the welfare state and beyond: solutions for a complex and uncertain future

In an environment with ever-increasing interdependence, volatility and complexity, European welfare states face unprecedented problems on multiple levels and have seemingly become prisoners of the successful “industrial age” governance model. Today, old-style governance approaches no longer meet the needs of societies. The authors of the Policy paper, Eeva Hellström and Mikko Kosonen, thus suggest alternative governance approaches and give advice on how new solutions can be adopted.

The core question of this Policy paper is: How can we develop the governance approaches of our welfare states to better foster and invest in sustainable well-being and, thus, be more competitive, without compromising basic European values?

As a response to this question, the Policy paper presents five ambitions for future governance, and makes recommendations resulting from them.