Tours, 21 July 2005
The European Population Day took place in Tours (Vinci Centre) on Tuesday, July, 21st during the IUSSP international population conference. It brought together demographers, researchers from other fields and policy makers to discuss the key issues involved in the European construction.
Four topics were on the programme:
• Reproduction and family structure
• Ageing
• International migration
• Population and urbanization.
Four successive sessions were planned for each topic, the first one to draw up a state of the art, the next ones to debate on new issues. The presentation session drew a comparative picture of the situation in Europe. The following three round tables involved researchers and policy makers to discuss the understanding and the challenges related to recent demographic trends in Europe. A plenary session closed the European Population Day. After speeches from local authorities, it was organised as a debate on the question: "Should we worry about the future of Europe's population?"
The European Population Day was organised by the National Organising Committee, with the support of the European Commission.
This DVD-rom contains the video recordings of the 17 sessions held during the day. A summary outlining the main points of the communications is included for each topic. The full papers and Powerpoint presentations have also been included when available.
The programme and the organiser's summaries are available in French, English and Spanish. The oral and written presentations of the participants are available only in their original language.
This DVD-rom is offered by the National Organising Committee and its partners.
It is for non commercial use only. Contents cannot be reproduced without the prior authorisation of the IUSSP.
The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not represent those of the organisers or the partners of the Conference.