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THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
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Lisbon Strategy
Matevž Hribernik
Ptuj, 26 September 2008
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We are all facing the same challenges
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Our economies are strongly interlinked, and a
common currency in the €-zone
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No Member State can succeed alone- together
we can!
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Division of labour between the EU-level and
Member States
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Partnership is at the heart of the Lisbon Strategy
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‣ The Lisbon Strategy is an action and development
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plan for the European Union.
Original aim was to make the EU "the most dynamic
and competitive knowledge-based economy by
2010".
It was set out by the European Council in Lisbon in
March 2000, adopted for a ten-year period.
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‣ The main fields are economic, social, and
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environmental dimension.
The Lisbon Strategy is heavily based on the
economic concepts of:
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Innovation as the motor for economic change (based on
the writings of Joseph Schumpeter)
The "learning economy"
Social and environmental renewal
‣ Under the strategy, a stronger economy will
create employment in the EU, alongside inclusive
social and environmental policies, which will
themselves drive economic growth even further.
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Sluggish growth
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Behind goals on most fields
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Slow pace of structural reforms
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No political ownership
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no hierarchy of priorities
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too many priorities = no priorities
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changing priorities from one year to the next
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too many targets
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unclear governance
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Ranking of priorities → growth and jobs
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Three year cycle
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Only 2 targets
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New governance (‘partnership’):
→ 3 % R&D spending
→ 70 % employment rate
→ national reform programmes based on integrated
guidelines
→ Community Lisbon programme at EU Level
→ Commission monitoring of progress: a single annual
report to the Spring European Council
→ Lisbon National Coordinators (“Mrs/Mr Lisbon”)
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The 2006 Spring European Council
agreed four priority areas:
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More R&D and innovation
A dynamic business environment
Equipping people to adapt to change
Integrated EU energy policy
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Favourable macroeconomic conditions – reduced
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A fairly positive cycle – better regulation, unlocking
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Further attention needed – improve competition
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Improved assessment methodology
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More ownership on national level
budget deficits and public debt
business potential, tax reforms, fostering innovation,
structural improvements in labour markets
(services and network industries) , implementing flexicurity,
ageing population –> pension and health care systems, debt
reduction, investing in innovation and human capital
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Complacency is dangerous - push for
reforms where progress was limited
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Reforms needed to overcome economic
shocks
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Lisbon 1.0 (2000)
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Lisbon 2.0 (2005)
◦ most competitive economy in the world
◦ Japan and USA
◦ growth and jobs
◦ looking inward
if it's not broken don't fix it …
update it
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Lisbon 2.1 (2008)
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Lisbon 3.0 (post 2010)
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a strong boost for the strategy, for reforms
to make Europe more
◦ dynamic,
◦ creative,
◦ entrepreneurial,
while remaining caring
◦ for people and
◦ environment
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si.nergy
(1) innovation and creativity
(2) business environment
(3) caring for people
(4) caring for the environment
(4) caring for the environemnt
global dimension (new)
(3) caring for people
European Union dimension
(2) business environment
member state dimension
(1) innovation and creativity
open method of coordination
citizen, local dimension (!)
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Start of second cycle of the renewed LS
◦ Member States to respond to guidelines from now on with
action plans
◦ Concern for citizens increasingly in the foreground, call for
a new Social Agenda
◦ The main focus is on the free movement of knowledge and
creativity
 establishment of “fifth freedom”
 high-speed internet access for all schools by 2010
◦ The importance of small enterprises and the single market
for European competitiveness
◦ Ambitious timeline for adoption of Climate and Energy
Package
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Strategic Report
Integrated Guidelines
Community Lisbon Program
National Reform Programs
Country Specific Recommendations
Council Conclusions
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framework for other policies
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Connection between the Lisbon strategy and
cohesion policy
Involvement of stakeholders – partnership
approach (Lisbon Monitoring platform – CoR)
Keyword is sustainability
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Europe needs a development strategy also after
2010
Innovation will not be enough anymore, creativity is
the key
a better implementation at territorial level and
clarify the roles of stakeholders
Main challenges:
Globalisation - offers new opportunities, but also
puts increasing pressure on people and on
business
Demographics - we will need growth and jobs to
address the effects of an ageing population
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European care for people and environment
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Values such as well designed, fair, environmentally
friendly, nice, trustworthy …
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Europe's role in the globalized world is to
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century of European values!
◦ shape values … dealing with conflict, addressing climate
change, agreement among generations, social sensitivity,
global empathy … valuing design, brand, intellectual
property
◦ project these values to the rest of the world
◦ creating products fitting this world view, exporting
products
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THANK YOU!
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More information: [email protected]
References:
◦ Presentations of dr. Žiga Turk, minister, Office for Growth
◦ www.eu2008.si
◦ European Commission