The scenarios are presented as storylines which set out some general trends and
provide more detail in a number of areas:
■ economic and sectoral trends
■ employment and social trends
■ regional development
■ health, welfare and education
■ the environment.
A synopsis of key drivers and underlying assumptions is given alongside the storyline
for each scenario. In addition, Snapshot 2010, which can be found at the
end of this report, provides key performance indicators for each of the scenarios.

In order to enhance strategic human resource management, and thereby improve European competitiveness in the global
economy, the European Commission has pointed to the importance of developing better methods and tools to anticipate trends
and changes changesin the European European labour market.. On this background, background, the Commission Commission carried carried out a number of comprehensive comprehensive sector