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Implementing the Lisbon Strategy
The Role of Regions
Kirsty Macdonald
Head of Office
Scotland Europa
Structure
 Scotland Europa
 Scotland’s contribution to the Lisbon Strategy
 Mobilising regions - what we are doing in Brussels to promote the
regional dimension to the Lisbon Strategy
Scotland Europa
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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’
Smart, Successful Scotland
Make Europe attractive
place to invest & work
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
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
Policies to allow businesses
to create more and better
jobs
Knowledge & Innovation
for growth
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
Measuring Performance
Measurement Framework - Potential for Lisbon Benchmarking
Overall Objective
GDP per head
Growing Business
New business starts
Trading online
Business R&D
Productivity
Global Connections
Broadband cost/coverage
Employers exporting
Graduates in workforce
Net migration
Skills & Learning
Employment rate
16-19 year olds NEET
Working age EET
In work training
Plus 24 Supporting Measures
•Long term aspiration - top quartile OECD
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Top quartile
2nd Quartile
3rd Quartile
4th Quartile
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
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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