EU2020 consultation paper
15.01 - 15.12.2010
Dear all, In presenting his programme for the new Commission, President Barroso set out his vision for where the European Union should be in 2020. He believes that the exit from the current crisis should be the point of entry into a new sustainable social market economy, a smarter, greener economy where our prosperity will result from innovation and from using resources better, and where knowledge will be the key input. To make this transformation happen, Europe needs a common agenda: the EU 2020 strategy. EU 2020 is being designed as the successor to the current Lisbon Strategy, which has been the EU's reform strategy for the last decade and has helped the EU to weather the storm of the recent crisis. EU 2020 builds on its achievements as a partnership for growth and job creation, and renewing it to meet new challenges. Within this framework, the European Commission has just launched a public consultation to gather views on the suggested approach. This consultation will be open until 15 January 2010. The Commission intends to adopt a formal Communication addressed to the Spring European Council early in 2010. We would be glad if you could inform the stakeholder organisations you usually work with, as well as other interested parties you can think of, of the existence of this consultation. Stakeholders should be encouraged to go to the following site where the consultation aim and process is explained: http://ec.europa.eu/eu2020/ Information is also available on our website at: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/index_en.htm
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