the lisbon strategy - innovation, growth, competitiveness and employment in the baltic sea region

The Lisbon Strategy

- Innovation, Growth, Competitiveness and Employment in the Baltic Sea Region

Presentation at the INTERREG BSR Programme Conference

Hamburg 10th of May 2007

Adam Kanne

Associate Director

Baltic Development Forum

The leading high-level network for decision-makers from business, politics, academia and media

Key messages from State of the Region Report 2006

The BSR has benefited from globalization but this effect is slowly receding, raising the need to confront the challenges of a sparsely populated region

The BSR achieves stronger economic growth than other regions, but its performance on world markets and investment attraction is less impressive

The BSR is among the most competitive locations in the world, but some non-EU countries have been more effective in upgrading competitiveness

A wide range of efforts to improve competitiveness are under way in the BSR, better integration into a consistent strategy could strengthen the effectiveness

Lisbon Agenda Performance by Category

Lisbon Agenda Performance by Country

José Manuel Barroso at the 2005 Baltic Development Forum Summit in Stockholm

The Baltic Sea Region- A Beacon for the rest of Europe

Lisbon Agenda – Areas For Action

Competitiveness Upgrading

General

Innovation

Talent

Regional Cooperation Interreg

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