Exiting the crisis - Europe’s future growth & jobs: the Lisbon strategy post 2010 Tonnie Erik De Koster European Commission – Secretariate-General tonnie.de-koster@ec.europa.eu Presentation at the "Lisbon Strategy post 2010" workshop, 26 June 2009

1. Exiting the crisis - Europe’s future growth & jobs: the Lisbon strategy post 2010 Tonnie Erik De Koster European Commission – Secretariate-General tonnie.de-koster@ec.europa.eu

3. … revision for period beyond 2010… comes at right moment … to assess progress: + new method of working = partnership + common direction of reform in all of EU + improved resilience but … uneven progress & pace in delivering reforms across policy areas and countries = not maximising spillovers

4. … revision for period beyond 2010 a chance to … k eep what works and improve/eliminate what doesn’t … in order to:

5. I.) adapt and meet the future challenges: - switch to more innovative & skilled low-carbon economy - optimise use of scarcer resources & demography - ever closer global integration - ecological, economic and social sustainability

6. II.) tackle the delivery gap: - reinforce the partnership between EU and Member States - more political, less bureaucratic - stronger stakeholders’ involvement - communication - monitoring progress

7. … revision comes at right moment to … prepare the future growth and jobs strategy : - in autumn 2009 broad public consultation - objective: new College to present proposals in time for adoption at the 2010 Spring European Council