Implementing the Lisbon Strategy The Role of Regions

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Implementing the Lisbon StrategyThe Role of
Regions

• Kirsty Macdonald
• Head of Office
• Scotland Europa

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Structure

• Scotland Europa
• Scotlands contribution to the Lisbon Strategy
• Mobilising regions - what we are doing in
  Brussels to promote the regional dimension to the
  Lisbon Strategy

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Scotland Europa

• In Brussels since 1992
• Membership organisation business, industry,
  education, voluntary
• Part of Scottish Enterprise (RDA)
• Framework for Economic Development Scotland /
  Smart Successful Scotland
• UK (Lisbon) National Reform Programme
• The Devolved Administrations in Scotland and
  Wales, and the Northern
• Ireland Administration have responsibility for
  economic development

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Smart, Successful Scotland

• Growing Business
• a culture of enterprise and more businesses of
  scale
• increased innovation and commercialisation of
  research
• success in key sectors
• e-business to create business advantage

Policies to allow businesses to create more and
better jobs
Make Europe attractive place to invest work
Knowledge Innovation for growth

• Global Connections
• increased involvement in global markets
• a globally attractive location
• connecting to the rest of the world
• more people choosing to live, study and work in
  Scotland

• Skills Learning
• improve the operation of the Scottish labour
  market
• the best start for all young people
• developing people in work
• narrow the gap in employment and reduce
  inactivity

• Enterprise Strategy for Scotland partnership
  emphasis
• Stronger spatial dimension city regions/rural
  development
• Cross cutting themes sustainable development
  (green jobs strategy) and closing the opportunity
  gap

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Measuring Performance
Measurement Framework - Potential for Lisbon
Benchmarking
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Mobilising regions

• Strong regional dimension to EU policies but
  missing regional dimension to Lisbon
• Integration of Lisbon and cohesion policies
  focus on economic development brings regions
  into Lisbon thinking
• Regions already engage in benchmarking, exchange
  of experience, mutual learning policy transfer
  at EU level
• Regions also show strong ownership

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What we are doing in Brussels

• Institutions
• Commission - inputting regional views on future
  policies/programmes
• CoR / RegLeg
• Networks
• European Association of Development Agencies
  (EURADA), European Regions Research and
  Innovation Network (ERRIN)
• Influencers
• Growth and Jobs and Better Regulation taskforces
  (The European Policy Centre)
• Regions
• European Regional Economic Forum Regional
  Lisbon Scorecard?

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www.scotlandeuropa.com