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REFORMS IN LISBON STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION: Economic and Social Dimensions Proceedings CIP zapis dostupan u računalnom katalogu Nacionalne i sveučilišne knjižnice u Zagrebu pod brojem 622331 ISBN 953-6096-41-2 (IMO) ISBN 953-7043-23-1 (FES) REFORMS IN LISBON STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION: Economic and Social Dimensions Proceedings of the International Conference Held in Zagreb, 3 May 2006 Edited by Višnja Samardžija Institute for International Relations - IMO Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - FES Zagreb, 2006 EDITION EUROPE Published by Institute for International Relations, Zagreb - IMO Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Zagreb - FES Editor Višnja Samardžija Reviewers Ana Maria Boromisa Paul Stubbs Technical Assistant Hrvoje Butković Language Editor Charlotte Huntly Layout Vesna Ibrišimović Printed by Smjerokaz 2000 d.o.o. For the Publishers Mladen Staničić Mirko Hempel C o n t e n t s Editorial...................................................................................................... 1 Foreword.................................................................................................... 3 Abbreviations............................................................................................. 5 Višnja Samardžija THE LISBON STRATEGY IN THE WIDER EUROPEAN CONTEXT.. 7 Will Europe win the Lisbon Strategy?.................................................. 9 The Lisbon Strategy as a challenge for the new candidates.................. 17 The Lisbon Strategy and Croatia........................................................... 19 Conclusions........................................................................................... 31 Christa Randzio-Plath THE LISBON STRATEGY: FRAMEWORK FOR SOCIAL REFORM AGENDA IN THE EU............................................................................... 35 The Lisbon Strategy - challenges and expectations.............................. 37 Lisbon Strategy and key policies.......................................................... 45 European economic governance........................................................... 49 Conclusions........................................................................................... 52 Tania Zgajewski THE LISBON STRATEGY: WHAT IS WRONG?.................................... 55 Introduction........................................................................................... 57 The problem: the economic situation of Europe................................... 58 The answer: the Lisbon Strategy........................................................... 63 The results of the Lisbon Strategy........................................................ 66 The alternative paths............................................................................. 67 General conclusion................................................................................ 70 V Marius-Jan Radlo THE LISBON PROCESS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: LESSONS FOR CROATIA........................................................................ 73 Introduction........................................................................................... 76 Causes of reform................................................................................... 77 Lisabon failures and its sources............................................................. 82 Limited mid-term renewal?................................................................... 83 Conclusions for Croatia......................................................................... 87 Matevž Hribernik LISBON AGENDA IMPLEMENTATION: THE EXAMPLE OF SLOVENIA............................................................. 91 Introduction........................................................................................... 94 The renewal of the Lisbon Strategy...................................................... 94 Macroeconomic and social policy framework in Slovenia................... 98 Lisbon Strategy and Slovenia................................................................ 99 Conclusions........................................................................................... 111 Tamás Szemlér REFORM PROGRAMMES IN HUNGARY: LISBON MATTERS?....... 115 Introduction........................................................................................... 117 Three issues - three programmes........................................................... 118 The “environment” and the chances of the NRP................................... 127 Epilogue from six months later............................................................. 129 Martin Potůček DOES THE LISBON STRATEGY MATTER? THE CZECH EXPERIENCE..................................................................... 133 The Lisbon Strategy as one of the factors of post-communist societal transformation............................................... 135 Changing public policies....................................................................... 139 Conclusions........................................................................................... 144 Neven Mimica THE LISBON AGENDA AND THE RELOCATION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ABROAD: SERVICES AND THE LABOUR MARKET.. 147 Introduction and background................................................................ 150 An upward relocation trend in the services sector................................ 150 Impacts.................................................................................................. 154 VI Outsourcing, FDI and European integration......................................... 162 Concluding remarks.............................................................................. 164 Hrvoje Butković GLOSSARY............................................................................................... 171 Notes on the Contributors........................................................................... 185 Programme of the Conference.................................................................... 191 VII E d i t o r i a l The international conference on “Reforms in Lisbon Strategy Implementation: Economic and Social Dimensions” was held on 3 May 2006 at the Regent Esplanade Hotel in Zagreb. The conference was jointly organised by the Institute for International Relations from Zagreb and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The main goal was to contribute to better understanding of the Lisbon Strategy, seen as a reform framework for EU member states and an important guideline for the countries that aspire to membership. The conference brought together distinguished panellists, academics and politicians from Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany, Poland and Slovenia. It was attended by a number of representatives from Croatian public administration bodies, academia and non-governmental institutions and was well covered by the media. The debates were organised within three panels. The first one analysed the Lisbon Strategy as a framework for reforms at the EU level. The second and third panels were dedicated to the implementation of Lisbon goals in the new EU member states and to Croatia's preparations as a candidate country for meeting the goals of this agenda. The conference provided a useful exchange of experience concerning the overall effects of the initial and revised Lisbon Strategy together with its implementing mechanisms and the debates were a form of reaction to the spring European Council conclusions. Furthermore, it contributed to raising awareness of the relevance of the strategy goals for countries in the accession process, bearing in mind the fact that the Lisbon goals were not a highly debated issue in Croatia. On behalf of the Institute for International Relations, I would like to thank the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung for their successful cooperation during the ten years of their presence in Croatia. I am particularly grateful to Mirko Hempel, head of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung office in Zagreb, and his staff, as well as to Nenad Zakošek for their inputs during the organisation of the conference and preparation of the book. 1 Furthermore, I would like to thank all the panellists and chairpersons for their extremely useful presentations and interventions at the conference as well as for their contributions to the book. I would also like to thank all the participants for their active involvement during the meeting, reviewers for their useful comments and suggestions as well as the language editor for the improvements to the material. Finally, my thanks go to all those who were involved in finalising the material, particularly Hrvoje Butković, thus making this editorial effort possible. The publication resulted from the IMO long term research activities supported by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports. The manuscripts were received in September 2006 with minor updates before printing. Višnja Samardžija Editor 2 F o r e w o r d The European Economic and Social Model (EESM) is undoubtedly one of the most controversial areas within the European Union - especially when it comes to the question: is there a unique “one-for-all-and-all-for-one approach” or are there many different mini-EESMs depending on the definition of how to delegate welfare-state responsibilities? Being part of a basket of common strategies, policies and pacts, the EESM can be described as a permanent “work in progress”. The very restrictive Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) and the European Employment Strategy (EES) have to a large extent influenced the discussion about the Lisbon Strategy since the year 2000. With the inclusion