Implementation of the Social Goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy by EU Member States*

Europe 2020 Strategy highlights bioeconomy as a key element for smart and green growth in Europe. Bioeconomy in this case includes agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food and pulp and paper production, parts of chemical, biotechnological and energy industries and plays an important role in the EU’s economy. The growth of key industries of bioeconomy – agriculture and forestry – highly depends on an efficient and productive use of land as a production resource. The overall aim of this paper is to evaluate opportunities for development of the main sectors of bioeconomy (agriculture and forestry) in the EU based on the available resources of land. To achieve this aim, several methods were used – monographic, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, statistical analysis methods. The findings show that it is possible to improve the use of land in the EU Member States. If all the Member States reached the average EU level, agricultural products worth EUR 77 bln would be annually additionally produced, which is 19 % more than in 2014, and an extra 5 billion m3 volume of forest growing stock would be gained, which is 20 % more than in 2010.

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Paradigms in EU social policy: a critical account of Europe 2020

Transfer European Review of Labour and Research ◽

10.1177/1024258912448598 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 273-284 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Mary Daly

Keyword(s):

Social Goals ◽

Inclusive Growth ◽

Social Investment ◽

The Third ◽

Europe 2020 ◽

Europe 2020 Strategy ◽

The Social ◽

Strong Orientation ◽

Critical Account ◽

Similar Basis

This article offers a critical account of the ‘social’ in the Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the new poverty target and the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion. The article reaches three main conclusions. First, while poverty is given a prominent place in the strategy and the recourse to targets is intended to harden up Member State and EU coordination in the field, the poverty target is loose and risks being rendered ineffective as an EU-wide target. Secondly, the social goals and philosophy of Europe 2020 are under-elaborated. While it is important that the poverty-related measures are treated on a similar basis to the other elements of Europe 2020, it is not made clear how growth will bring about the planned reduction in poverty. ‘Inclusive growth’ has little meaning in itself. This leads to the third conclusion which is that Europe 2020 lacks a coherent model of social development. Philosophically, it draws mainly from social investment and liberal approaches, neither of which has a strong orientation to addressing poverty.

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Implementation of Climate/Energy Targets of the Europe 2020 Strategy by the EU Member States

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14092711 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (9) ◽

pp. 2711

Author(s):

Barbara Kryk ◽

Małgorzata Klaudia Guzowska

Keyword(s):

Energy Policy ◽

Added Value ◽

Member States ◽

Strategic Objectives ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Additional Information ◽

Europe 2020 ◽

Europe 2020 Strategy ◽

Basic Set ◽

The Eu

The most important goals on the Europe 2020 Strategy contained were the climate/energy goals, which determine the achievement of other targets of the strategy. The aim of the article is to evaluate the implementation of the climate/energy targets of the Europe 2020 Strategy by the EU Member States in 2010 and 2019 and to compare the results achieved by them. To measure them, a basic set of indicators was used for this purpose, which the authors supplemented with additional indicators. The evaluation was done using the taxonomic and zero-unitarization method. They made it possible to integrate all indicators. Moreover, the added value in relation to other studies is: the use of individual indicators, instead of general ones obtaining additional information about the internal structure and nature of the implementation of multidimensional groups of targets and focusing solely on the achievement of climate/energy targets. The achieved results not only reflect the progress of the Member States in achieving the climate/energy targets and the differences in the level of achieving objectives between countries, but they are also discussion on future strategic objectives, their indicators and necessary directions for a further community climate/energy policy.

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Proposal for a Dynamic Composite Indicator: Application in a Comparative Analysis of Trends in the EU Member States Towards the Europe 2020 Strategy

Social Indicators Research ◽

10.1007/s11205-020-02547-w ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

M. Isabel Landaluce-Calvo ◽

Mariola Gozalo-Delgado

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Composite Indicator ◽

Member States ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Europe 2020 ◽

Europe 2020 Strategy ◽

The Eu

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Competitiveness of EU Member States Regarding the Implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy Assumptions

VUZF Review ◽

10.38188/2534-9228.21.4.18 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 158-168

Author(s):

Alina Walenia

Keyword(s):

European Commission ◽

Smart Growth ◽

Inclusive Development ◽

Cohesion Policy ◽

Member States ◽

Eu Countries ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Europe 2020 ◽

Europe 2020 Strategy ◽

Eu Regions

The Europe 2020 Strategy occupies a prominent place in the European Union's (EU) cohesion policy as a long-term programme for social and economic advancement. The main objective of the strategy is to implement the idea of smart, sustainable and inclusive development. An important priority implemented by EU countries in the context of implementing the assumptions of the Europe 2020 strategy is smart growth, i.e., the development of an economy based on knowledge and innovation. This requires significant spending on research and development and the use of mechanisms that enable the rapid transfer of theoretical knowledge into economic practice. The Europe 2020 strategy has set new targets for increasing competitiveness and accelerating the development of EU regions and countries. For all regions, including the economically weakest ones, the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy goals has been an important stimulus for the development and increase in competitiveness of EU regions. The decade just ending justifies carrying out assessments that must be intricately linked to the analysis of indicators set by the European Commission within the framework of the strategy's three priorities, i.e., smart, sustainable and inclusive development. The aim of the article is to assess the degree of implementation of the assumptions of the Europe 2020 Strategy in EU Member States. With the use of a synthetic indicator calculated using a multidimensional comparative analysis based on the Hellwig method, a ranking of EU countries, in terms of implementing the Europe 2020 Strategy assumptions, was established. The main indicators proposed by Eurostat for monitoring the Europe 2020 Strategy were applied for the assessment. As a result of the conducted research, conclusions were formulated regarding the importance of the Europe 2020 Strategy in the implementation of the cohesion policy principles in EU Member States. The research results show that the countries that have achieved the best results in the implementation of the assumptions of the Europe 2020 Strategy are also leaders in the ranking of competitiveness taking GDP per capita into account published by the European Commission.

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