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Joint Cross Border Business Support Libraries Network Strategy (ID No BNA 2012/072/ERAF) Latvia-Lithuania Cross Border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013 Project „Establishment of business support library cross border network” LLIV-253 Joint Cross Border Business Support Libraries Network Strategy (ID No BNA 2012/072/ERAF) Organisation responsible for this material: SAFEGE BALTIJA Ltd. Riga, 30 September 2013 This material has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this material are the sole responsibility of the Bauska, Rundale, Pakruojis, Pasvalys and Biržai municipalities and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union. 1 Content EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................. 6 KOPSAVILKUMS ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 SANTRAUKA .................................................................................................................................................................10 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................................................12 CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY .....................................................................................13 1.1. BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................13 1.2. METHODOLOGY ...............................................................................................................................14 CHAPTER 2 SITUATION ANALYSIS .......................................................................................................................14 2.1. WORLD CONTEXT ....................................................................................................................................14 2.1.1. Economic environment .................................................................................................................14 2.1.2. Demographic change and aging population ................................................................................16 2.1.3. Changes in technology and infrastructure ...................................................................................17 2.1.4. Changes in society and working culture .......................................................................................20 2.1.5. Global trends in development of business support libraries ........................................................22 2.2. INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................................................................26 2.2.1. Institutional issues ........................................................................................................................26 2.2.2. Development of entrepreneurship ...............................................................................................39 CHAPTER 3 SWOT ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................................84 CHAPTER 4 BUSINESS SUPPORT LIBRARY (BSL) STRATEGY ....................................................................87 4.1. BSL VISION , MISSION , STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND VALUES .......................................................................87 4.2. ACTION PLAN ..........................................................................................................................................89 4.3. RAISING POTENTIAL AND STRENGTHENING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ...............................................97 4.3.1. Implementation structures and development of “one stop shops” .............................................97 4.3.2. Management and st aff of the BSL ...............................................................................................99 4.4. PARTNERSHIP AND COOPERATION ..........................................................................................................100 4.4.1. The Cooperation Agreement ......................................................................................................100 4.4.2. Cooperation mechanism ............................................................................................................101 4.5. MONITORING AND EVALUATION ..............................................................................................................103 4.5. POTENTIAL SUPPORT FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF BSL ......................................................................106 4.5.1. Overall support frame and EU funds ..........................................................................................106 4.5.2. Territorial Cooperation Programmes .........................................................................................111 4.5.3. EU Programmes .........................................................................................................................112 4.5. 4. EU life – long learning programmes ...........................................................................................114 4.5. 5. Other support instruments .........................................................................................................115 4.5.6. Interrelation between strategic objectives and support instruments ........................................117 ANNEX A SELF EVALUATION ................................................................................................................................. 120 ANNEX B MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ............................................................................................. 122 ANNEX C THEMATIC OBJECTIVES (TO) AND INVESTMENT PRIORITIES PROPOSED BY EC ................ 125 List of Tables Table 1SMART work strategies (cisco,2011).....................................................................................................................18 Table 2Main outputs of Pasvalys library..............................................................................................................................29 Table 3Main outputs of Pakruojislibrary.............................................................................................................................30 Table 4Main outputs of Birzai library ...................................................................................................................................31 Table 5main outputs of Bauska library ................................................................................................................................32 Table 6Main outputs of Svitene library................................................................................................................................33 Table 7Budget ofPasvalyslibrary ............................................................................................................................................34 Table 8Budget of Pakruojis library.........................................................................................................................................34 2 Table 9 Budget of Birzai library...............................................................................................................................................34 Table 10 Budget of Bauska library .........................................................................................................................................35 Table 11 Budget of Svitene library .........................................................................................................................................35 Table 12 Larges companies by the turnover in Bauska County ................................................................................42 Table 13 Larges companies by the turnover in Rundale County..............................................................................50 Table 14.Possible cooperation mechanism among libraries and target audience......................................... 101 Table 15Outputs and deliverables....................................................................................................................................... 103 List of Figures Figure 1 Number of inhabitants in Bauska County from 2008 till 2012 ...............................................................40 Figure 2 Number of entrepreneurs in Bauska County...................................................................................................40 Figure 3 Number of entrepreneurs divided by legal status in Bauska County...................................................41 Figure 4 Number of economic entities by industries (acc.NACE 2) in Bauska county in 2011..................41 Figure 5 Industries with the largest amount of paid taxes in Bauska County in 2012 ...................................42 Figure 6 Number of employees in Bauska County...........................................................................................................45 Figure 7 Number of unemployed persons in Bauska County.....................................................................................45 Figure 8 Number of inhabitants in Rundale County.......................................................................................................48 Figure 9 Number of entrepreneurs
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