COMMUNICATION 330 (2005): "Common Actions for Growth and Employment: The Community Lisbon Programme".

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Identification
COMMUNICATION 330 (2005): "Common Actions for Growth and Employment: The Community Lisbon Programme".
See
Lisbon Strategy
Communication from
European Commission
Date
20/07/2005
Goal
To modernize european economy in order to secure its unique social model in the face of increasingly global markets, technological change, environmental pressures, and an ageing population.
Text of the Communication on-line
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2005:0330:FIN:EN:PDF
Policy Measures
Policy measures proposed under this programme fall under three main areas:

Knowledge and innovation for growth,
Making Europe a more attractive place to invest and work,
Creating more and better jobs

Knowledge and innovation
Knowledge and innovation– engines of sustainable growth:
Knowledge is a critical factor with which Europe can preserve its international competitive advantage. It is by pooling resources and ensuring a competitive environment for research based on excellence that the EU can best contribute to improve the research potential of Europe. Greater and more efficient investment in knowledge and innovation is needed in order to meet the overall EU target for research investment of 3% of GDP and to develop the capacities and the tools to make Europe more competitive, create jobs and ensure sustainable growth.
Attractive place to invest and work
Making Europe a more attractive place to invest and work:
In order to attract more investment, generate employment and accelerate growth, it is important to facilitate market-entry within sectors and between Member States. The Community will therefore give top priority to the completion of the internal market and to improving the regulatory environment as the two most important policy levers to create jobs and improve Europe’s growth performance.
Better regulation has a significant positive impact on the framework conditions for economic growth, employment and productivity. By improving the quality of legislation, it creates the right incentives for business, cutting unnecessary costs and removing obstacles to adaptation and innovation. The measures foreseen in the ‘better regulation’ initiatives by the Commission and the Council Presidencies need to be implemented rapidly
More and better jobs
Creating more and better jobs:
If Europe is to achieve full employment, improve quality and productivity at work and strengthen social and territorial cohesion it must attract and retain more people in employment, increase labour supply, modernise social protection systems, improve the adaptability of workers and enterprises and increase investment in human capital through better education and skills.
These objectives and priorities are also at the core of the recently launched Social Agenda and are reflected in the integrated guidelines for growth and jobs. While the main responsibility for employment, social protection, education and training policies lies with national public authorities, the Community will complement their efforts. European social partners will be invited to play a major role.

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Identification	COMMUNICATION 330 (2005): "Common Actions for Growth and Employment: The Community Lisbon Programme".
See	Lisbon Strategy
Communication from	European Commission
Date	20/07/2005
Goal	To modernize european economy in order to secure its unique social model in the face of increasingly global markets, technological change, environmental pressures, and an ageing population.
Text of the Communication on-line	http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2005:0330:FIN:EN:PDF
Policy Measures	Policy measures proposed under this programme fall under three main areas: Knowledge and innovation for growth, Making Europe a more attractive place to invest and work, Creating more and better jobs
Knowledge and innovation	Knowledge and innovation– engines of sustainable growth: Knowledge is a critical factor with which Europe can preserve its international competitive advantage. It is by pooling resources and ensuring a competitive environment for research based on excellence that the EU can best contribute to improve the research potential of Europe. Greater and more efficient investment in knowledge and innovation is needed in order to meet the overall EU target for research investment of 3% of GDP and to develop the capacities and the tools to make Europe more competitive, create jobs and ensure sustainable growth.
Attractive place to invest and work	Making Europe a more attractive place to invest and work: In order to attract more investment, generate employment and accelerate growth, it is important to facilitate market-entry within sectors and between Member States. The Community will therefore give top priority to the completion of the internal market and to improving the regulatory environment as the two most important policy levers to create jobs and improve Europe’s growth performance. Better regulation has a significant positive impact on the framework conditions for economic growth, employment and productivity. By improving the quality of legislation, it creates the right incentives for business, cutting unnecessary costs and removing obstacles to adaptation and innovation. The measures foreseen in the ‘better regulation’ initiatives by the Commission and the Council Presidencies need to be implemented rapidly
More and better jobs	Creating more and better jobs: If Europe is to achieve full employment, improve quality and productivity at work and strengthen social and territorial cohesion it must attract and retain more people in employment, increase labour supply, modernise social protection systems, improve the adaptability of workers and enterprises and increase investment in human capital through better education and skills. These objectives and priorities are also at the core of the recently launched Social Agenda and are reflected in the integrated guidelines for growth and jobs. While the main responsibility for employment, social protection, education and training policies lies with national public authorities, the Community will complement their efforts. European social partners will be invited to play a major role.