Aspire

1. Aspire Achieving High Quality Projects In Line with Lisbon and Gothenburg Strategies

2. March 2000 – European Council held a special meeting in Lisbon to agree a new strategic goal for the Union: “To become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion by 2010”

3. To prepare the transition to a knowledge-based economy and society by better policies for the information society and R&D. • To modernise the European social model, investing in people and building an active welfare state. • To sustain the healthy economic context and growth prospects.

4. Lisbon – Sub-objectives 1 • Building an information society for all based on a shift to a digital, knowledge-based economy, prompted by new goods and services, which would be a powerful engine for growth… • Establishing a European Area of Research and Innovation that would make research activities at national and Union level better integrated and coordinated to make them as efficient and innovative as possible, • Creating a friendly environment for starting up and developing innovative businesses, especially SMEs,

5. Lisbon sub-objectives 2 • Pursuing economic reforms for a complete and fully operational internal market… • Coordinating macro-economic policies: fiscal consolidation, quality and sustainability of public finances, • Improving education and training for living and working in the knowledge society, • Creating more and better jobs for Europe and developing an active employment policy, • Modernising social protection and promoting social inclusion, • Implementing a new open method of coordination.

6. Member States were invited to implement economic and social reforms in view of: • reaching an average economic growth of 3%, • raising the employment rate from an average of 61% (2000) to 70% by 2010, • - increasing the number of women in employment from an average rate of 51% to more than 60% by 2010.

7. 2004 – The European Commission, in line with the conclusions of the Spring 2004 European Council, set up a High-Level Group of Independent Experts chaired by Mr Wim Kok to carry out an independent review to contribute to the mid-term review. The report conclusions stated that the Lisbon Strategy implementation had not met the expectations, mainly due to: - an overloaded agenda, - poor coordination, - conflicting priorities. The lack of commitment has been a key issue!

8. March 2005 – the European Council re-launched the Lisbon Strategy by focusing on Growth and Jobs. June 2005 – the European Council adopted 24 Integrated Guidelines for Growth and Jobs 2005-2008, providing a stable and coherent framework for Lisbon Strategy effective delivery.

9. The EU - the most competitive and dynamic economy Sustainable economic growth Economic reforms Knowledge-based economy Information Society R&D and innovation Education Single market Environmental protection More and better jobs Lifelong learning Combating social exclusion e-initiatives European Research Area – FP 7 Innovation Action Plan Entrepreneurship Action Plan Full employment Lisbon – diagrammatic overview

10. Knowledge economy • Develop the knowledge economy and ICT • Invest more in people • Appropriate skills • Lifelong learning is a necessity • Make the EU more attractive to researchers • Improve mobility • Fast-track visa procedures • Create more effective clusters between universities and industry • Boost R&D spending • Establish a European Research Council by 2005 • Community patent – adopt it or drop it!

11. June 2001 – the European Council met in Gothenburg and agreed on the: “first EU Sustainable Development Strategy, adding an environmental dimension to the Lisbon process for employment, economic reform and social cohesion”

12. Gothenburg 2001 • Integrating the environment into Community policies, • Examining the economic, social and environmental effects of all policies in a coordinated way and taking them into account in EU decision-making.

13. 1. Combating climate change; 2. Ensuring sustainable transport; 3. Addressing threats to public health, 4. Managing natural resources more responsibly.

14. 1. PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS 2. INTRA- AND INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY 3. OPEN AND DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY 4. INVOLVEMENT OF CITIZENS 5. INVOLVEMENT OF BUSINESSES AND SOCIAL PARTNERS 6. POLICY COHERENCE AND GOVERNANCE 7. POLICY INTEGRATION 8. USE BEST AVAILABLE KNOWLEDGE 9. PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE 10. MAKE POLLUTERS PAY

15. June 2006 – the European Council adopted an ambitious and comprehensive renewed SDS for an enlargerd EU. The overall aim of renewed EU SDS is to identify and develop actions to enable EU to achieve continuous improvement of quality of life both for current and future generations, through a single and coherent strategy.

16. Achievement of Lisbon &Gothenburg • Project must have a key Environmental Strategy to -“ensure that economic growth and environmental gain are integrated on all levels” • • strategic objectives • • indicative actions • • environment a horizontal theme • • targets

17. • Climate change and clean energy • Sustainable transport • Sustainable production and consumption • Public health threats • Better management of natural resources • Social inclusion, demography and migration • Fighting global poverty

18. June 2005 – Following the re-launch of the Lisbon Strategy and after a broad public consultation the European Council adopted a: Declaration on Guiding Principles for Sustainable Development

19. In the 2007-2013 programming period the Cohesion Policy should represent the main financial resource to deliver Lisbon Strategy and SDS objectives, as stated in the: Community Strategic Guidelines on Cohesion

20. How? Indicators Baselines Targets Measure Report Review • Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs http://ec.europa.eu/growthandjobs/index_en.htm • Sustainable Development Strategy http://ec.europa.eu/sustainable/