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Lisbon_Strategy
| Lisbon Strategy
The nutshell, the main concerns of Europe's citizens,Jobs,
growth, the environment and a proper social net.The current lack
of economic growth affects all of us;, our pensions, salaries
and our standard of living considerably suffer from it.To avoid
this, Heads of State and Government of the European Union met in
Lisbon in 2000 and launched a series of ambitious reforms at
national and European level. By establishing an effective
internal market, by boosting research and innovation and by
improving education, to name only a few reform efforts, they
aimed to make the European Union “the most dynamic and
competitive knowledge-based economy in the world” by 2010.
We are now half-way through the process and the results are not
very satisfactory. The implementation of reform in Member States
has been quite scarce. The reform package consists of 28 main
objectives and 120 sub-objectives, with 117 different
indicators. The reporting system for 25 Member States adds up to
no fewer than 300 annual reports. Nobody reads of all of them.
To remedy this lack of commitment of Member States, the
Commission proposed to establish a new kind of partnership with
Member States. It also decided to focus efforts on two main
areas: productivity and employment. To make things simpler and
more coherent, there shall be just one national growth programme
and one EU growth plan.
The European Union cannot boost productivity and employment if
Member State do not do their part.
About the author:
Amarendra Bhushan, An Indian. As one of the leading article
writer, and corporate hotel professional. Advisor to various
Hotel & organizations. He is an elected member of south Indian
hotel and restaurant federation. Now staying at city of Athens
Greece. Amarendra bhushan Dhiraj Athens, Greece
PH-0030-6947667507 Abdhraj@mail.gr
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