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However, despite some structural progress in research and (to a lesser extent) innovation, Lisbon’s Strategy overall tangible performance in these areas ended up as a failure. The overall spending on R&D had improved only slightly from 1.8 per cent in 2000 to an estimated 2.0 per cent in 2010 on average across the EU-27!
The alleged failure of the Lisbon Strategy was widely commented on in the news and by member states leaders. [ 9 ] [ 13 ] Spain's prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero pointed out that the non-binding character of the Lisbon Strategy contributed to the failure, and this lesson needed to be taken into account by the new Europe 2020 strategy.
THE LISBON STRATEGY 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. THE PROJECT: A GLOBAL STRATEGY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 1.1. Towards a competitive, dynamic and knowledge-based ...
- Causal Failures of The Lisbon Strategy
- Policy Learning: A Dubious Success?
- Conclusion
- References
Weak governance structures The analysis of the consequential problems presented above suggests that one of the main causes for failure was the weak and ineffective governance structure represented by the OMC. The rationale for selecting the ‘soft’ mode of governance over a centralized supranational method came out of recognition that the potentiall...
In spite of the widely held view that the Lisbon Strategy is a story of failure, a considerable bulk of literature tends to acknowledge some positive aspects of the programme. Perhaps the most prominent one relates to OMC’s capacity of promoting an environment for mutual learning and deliberative problem-solving. In simple terms, the argument goes ...
The aim of this essay was to analyse the Lisbon Strategy in terms of its main failures and successes. In order to paint as full picture as possible, the essay evaluated two distinct categories of failures. First, it demonstrated how the Strategy failed in all key areas to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world ...
Bulmer, S. (2012) Governing the Lisbon Strategy: Uncertain Governancein Turbulent Economic Times. In: Copeland, P. and Papadimitriou, D. (eds.) The EU’s Lisbon Strategy: Evaluating Success, Understanding Failure. London: Palgrave Macmillan: 29-49. Borrás, S. and Radaelli, C.M. (2010) ‘Recalibrating the Open Method of Coordination: Towards Diverse a...
On 2 February 2005, the Commission proposed a new start for the Lisbon Strategy focusing the European Union’s efforts on two principal tasks – delivering stronger, lasting growth, and more and better jobs. From that point on, the institutions of the European Union began to turn the new momentum for a relaunch into concrete action.
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Sep 16, 2008 · This report has been prepared by the 'Expert Group for the follow-up of the research aspects of the revised Lisbon strategy' (LEG) and provides a synthesis of the work carried out by the group since its creation by the European Commission (DG RTD) in 2006. The Expert Group has analysed national Research & Development & Innovation (R&D&I ...
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The Lisbon Strategy, developed at subsequent meetings of the European Council, outlines an economic and social strategy meant to relaunch the EU within the changed context of worldwide competition and the paradigm shift to a knowledge economy and an innovation-based model of growth. The economic pillar was to create the basis for the transition ...
