UPDATING THE NATIONAL REFORM PROGRAMME NEW CYCLE 20082010

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UPDATING THE NATIONAL REFORM PROGRAMME NEW CYCLE
(2008-2010)

• UNDERSECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY
• Mr. GEDIMINAS RAINYS
• 10TH July 2008

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NEW CYCLE 2008-2010

• Implementation of outstanding reforms.
• New National Lisbon Strategy Implementation
  Programme 2008-2010.
• Consolidation of the political monitoring and
  control of The National Lisbon Strategy
  implementation (from 2009).
• New Web-based coordinating of the implementation
  measures (from 2009).

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NATIONAL LISBON STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME
2008-2010

• Key documents
• Integrated guidelines 2008-2010 (Broad Economic
  Policy Guidelines and Guidelines for Employment
  Policies of the Member States).
• Specific recommendations of the European
  Commission and Points to watch.
• Presidency conclusions Brussels European
  council 13/14 March 2008.
• Priorities of NRP implementations tasks.

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NATIONAL LISBON STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME
2008-2010

• General aim of the new Programme to enhance the
  competitiveness of Lithuania (2008-2010).
• 6 new priorities as Lithuanias response to the
  EC recommendations and points to watch 2007
  (will be approved with the Programme)
• 1. To maintain rapid and sustainable pace of the
  realistic convergence and stable macroeconomic
  environment with specific focus placed on fiscal
  discipline and curbing the inflation.
• 2. To ensure energy security and efficiently
  fight the boost of energy prices. To promote
  efficient use of energy resources as well as the
  development of renewable energy resources and
  nuclear energy.
• 3. To improve regulation and functioning of the
  internal market as well as to reduce
  administrative burden and develop positive
  environment for direct foreign investments.
• 4. To promote investments to RD and innovations
  as well as manufacturing capacities generating
  high value added.
• 5. To improve life-cycle approach to work with
  special focus placed on improving youth
  employment possibilities and ensuring work safety
  and healthcare.
• 6.To improve the match between skills supply and
  labour market demand through increasing
  flexibility of the labour market, carrying out
  reforms in education and vocational training as
  well as promoting the mobility of the labour
  force.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE NATIONAL LISBON STRATEGY
IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME 2008-2010 (1/4)

• 11 objectives
• Macroeconomic policy
• 1 objective. To secure macroeconomic stability
  and pursue strict fiscal policies.
• 2 objective. To reinforce long-term
  sustainability of public finance with
  implementing the pension, health care reforms and
  improving the quality of the public sector
  finance.
• 3 objective. To implement effectively the reform
  of higher education and studies with ensuring
  skilled labour force supply and its matching the
  needs of the labour market, to promote economy
  competitiveness through application of measures
  to increase labour efficiency.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE NATIONAL LISBON STRATEGY
IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME 2008-2010 (2/4)

• Microeconomic policy
• 4 objective. To increase and improve investments
  in RD in particular by private business through
  developing PPPs.
• 5 objective. To strengthen the competitive
  advantages of the industrial base and to reap the
  benefits of globalisation.
• 6 objective. To create a supportive environment,
  especially for SMEs, through better regulation,
  development of the social responsibility and the
  entrepreneurial culture.
• 7 objective. To promote the sustainable use of
  resources and strengthen the synergies between
  environmental protections and growth.
• 8 objective. To expand, improve the national
  infrastructure and cross-border network projects
  with ensuring their security and convergence.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE NATIONAL LISBON STRATEGY
IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME 2008-2010 (3/4)

• Employment policy
• 9 objective. To improve the productivity and
  quality at work, promote a lifecycle approach to
  work.
• 10 objective. To improve the flexibility of the
  labour market through modernization the labour
  market, having due regard to the role of the
  social partners.
• 11 objective. To improve matching of labour
  supply and demand through the expansion and
  increasing investment in human capital.

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STRUCTURE OF THE NATIONAL LISBON STRATEGY
IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME 2008-2010

• Introduction
• I part. Implementation of the Macroeconomic
  policy.
• II part. Implementation of the Microeconomic
  policy.
• III part. Implementation of the Employment
  policy.
• Annexes

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OBJECTIVES OF THE NATIONAL LISBON STRATEGY
IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME 2008-2010 (4/4)

• STRUCTURE of the description of each objective
• Progress made during 2005 2007 and the actual
  situation.
• Relevant problems.
• Ways to solve relevant problems.
• Measures.
• Indicators of 2007 and ambitions for 2010.

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NATIONAL LISBON STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME
2008-2010

• The National Lisbon Strategy Implementation
  Programme 2008-2010 is under the process of
  coordination and approval in 2008
• April 28 - The Supervisory Commission
• April 24 - Focus groups
• 1) Macroeconomic policy group.
• 2) Scientific research and experimental
  development and innovations group.
• April 25 - Focus groups
• 1) Business competitiveness group.
• 2) Employment promotion and investment in human
  capital group.
• May 28 The Committees of the Seimas (on
  European Affairs and Economic Affairs).
• Before September 15 Approving by the Government
  of the Republic of Lithuania.
• Before October 15 The National Lisbon Strategy
  Implementation Programme 2008-2010 is going to be
  presented to the European Commission.

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• THANK YOU

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