Includes the keynote and background papers prepared for the European Population Forum 2004, which was subtitled Population Challenges and P olicy Responses ; organized by the United Nations Economic Commission f or Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and wa s held on 12-14 January 2004 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Policy challenges of Europe's demographic changes: from past pers pectives to future prospects / Paul Demeny -- 2. Facing the 21st centur y: new developments, continuing problems / David Coleman -- 3. Response s to the new demographics: present and future strategies for the Europe an Union / Jerome Vignon -- 4. Population challenges and policy respons es: the Austrian approach / Ursula Haubner -- 5. Partnership, childbear ing and parenting: trends of the 1990s / Francesco Billari -- 6. Trends in policies for family-friendly societies / Anne H. Gauthier -- 7. Int ernational labour migration, economic growth and labour markets: the cu rrent state of affairs / Thomas K. Bauer, John P. Haisken-DeNew, Christ oph M. Schmidt -- 8. Integration of migrants: economic, social, cultura l and political dimensions / Rinus Penninx -- 9. Morbidity and mortalit y in the transition countries of Europe / Ellen Nolte, Martin McKee, An na Gilmore -- 10. Reproductive health in the transition countries of Eu rope / Florina Serbanescu, Howard Goldberg, Leo Morris -- 11. Official development assistance levels and spending on sexual and reproductive h ealth and rights since the ICPD / Vicky Claeys, Eef Wuyts -- 12. Progre ss in policy-making in population and reproductive health issues / Jorg F. Maas, Christian Resch -- 13. A decade of experience with implementi ng the ICPD programme of action: the UNFPA field inquiry in the UNECE r egion / Tomas Frejka -- Final document of the forum -- Annex 1. Program me of the forum -- Annex 2. Advisory group -- Annex 3. Friends of the c hair.