THE EUROPEAN CITIZENS� RIGHT TO HEALTH PROTECTION AS STATED IN EUROPE 2020 STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The Europe 2020 Strategy was proposed with a long-term vision to ensure prosperity, development, and competitiveness for the member countries. This strategy is divided into three main areas named “growth”. One of these is sustainable growth. This is an area of sustainability, where the partial targets are referred to as the “20-20-20 approach”, and includes a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, an increase in energy efficiency, and the sharing of renewable energy sources. However, questions arise, including: How do member states meet these targets? Which countries are leaders in this area? According to these stated questions, the aim of this article is to assess how EU countries are meeting the set targets for sustainable growth resulting from the Europe 2020 strategy and to identify the countries with the best results in this area. We looked for answers to these questions in the analysis of sustainable indicators, which were transformed into a synthetic measure for comparability of the resulting values. Finally, we identified the Baltic states, Nordic countries (European Union members), Romania, and Croatia as the best countries in fulfilling the sustainable growth aims. As sustainable development and resource efficiency are crucial areas for the future, it is important to consider these issues.

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Multidimensional Assessment of the Social Development of EU Countries in the Context of Implementing the Concept of Sustainable Development

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12187821 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (18) ◽

pp. 7821

Author(s):

Anetta Barska ◽

Janina Jędrzejczak-Gas ◽

Joanna Wyrwa ◽

Krzysztof Kononowicz

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Social Development ◽

Multidimensional Analysis ◽

Regional Differentiation ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

Eu Countries ◽

Multidimensional Assessment ◽

Europe 2020 ◽

Europe 2020 Strategy ◽

The Eu

Measuring and monitoring the implementation of the concept of sustainable development is an important aspect of the assessment of the functioning of EU countries. One of the pivots of sustainable development is social order, although the literature analysis indicated that multidimensional empirical research in this area is scarce. The main goal of this article was to present the diversity of indicators characterizing social development in EU Member States in the context of progress made by each of them in implementing the concept of sustainable development between 2014 and 2018. The purpose of this article was also to compare Poland with the other EU countries in the years 2014 and 2018. The research procedure consisted of two stages. The first stage was to analyse and assess the regional differentiation of the values of variables explaining social development in the EU in the context of implementing the concept of sustainable development. The second stage envisaged a multidimensional assessment of the diversity of the thematic areas identified in the first stage, as well as a characterization of social development in the EU in the context of implementing the concept of sustainable development. Based on the obtained results, a conclusion could be drawn that many countries are witnessing positive trends which bring them closer to the successful implementation of the sustainable development paradigm—one of the principal priorities of the Europe 2020 strategy, a long-term socio-economic program of the EU. The multidimensional analysis also showed that the level of social development in the context of sustainable development differs across the EU. Particularly notable differences among EU countries could be observed for the variables denoting labour market and health, with demography being the least diversified of all areas. In Poland, the indicators regarding poverty and social exclusion improved significantly as a result of the implementation of numerous social programs. In addition to that, a positive change in education indicators was also reported in Poland. This favourable trend indicates that some of the goals set out in the Europe 2020 strategy have already been met by Poland while others are becoming increasingly attainable.

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Meeting the Europe 2020 Strategy sustainable development guidelines by Poland

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu ◽

10.15611/pn.2019.9.09 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 63 (9) ◽

pp. 103-116

Author(s):

Mirosława Witkowska-Dąbrowska ◽

Natalia Świdyńska ◽

Agnieszka Napiórkowska-Baryła

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Europe 2020 ◽

Europe 2020 Strategy

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Measuring Sustainable Development Using an Extended Hellwig Method: A Case Study of Education

Social Indicators Research ◽

10.1007/s11205-020-02491-9 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ewa Roszkowska ◽

Marzena Filipowicz-Chomko

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Success Factors ◽

National Level ◽

Analytical Framework ◽

New Approach ◽

Sustainable Performance ◽

Europe 2020 ◽

Europe 2020 Strategy ◽

Target Priority

Abstract Benchmarking the analysis of countries' performance in terms of sustainable development helps to understand the success factors of countries that over perform and to target priority issues of others with lower performance. However, assessing sustainable development comes with methodological challenges, including indicator standardization, aggregation and weighting. Our study significantly contributes to the measure of sustainable development by providing a new approach based on an extended Hellwig method. After describing the main limitations of existing methodologies, this paper's aim is twofold. First, we show that the proposed analytical framework allows for comparing the sustainable performance of EU countries on the national level. The extended Hellwig method takes into consideration EU targets and/or national targets in building patterns of development. Second, this framework is tested as a part of the evaluation of the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy in the education area. The results obtained using the extended Hellwig method were compared with those obtained by means of the Education Index, TOPSIS and Ward technique. Our analysis showed the significant disparities in the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy recommendations in the education area in 2015.

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Implementation of Selected Sustainable Development Objectives in European Union Countries

Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW w Warszawie - Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego ◽

10.22630/prs.2017.17.4.82 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 17(32) (4) ◽

pp. 68-77 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Edyta Gajos

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽

Carbon Dioxide Emission ◽

Energy Usage ◽

Europe 2020 ◽

Europe 2020 Strategy ◽

European Union Countries ◽

Development Objectives

The aim of the paper is to assess the implementation of selected sustainable development objectives in European Union countries with particular focus on Poland. Several different indicators were taken into account: greenhouse gas emission, share of renewable energy, GDP energy intensity and protection of environment and biodiversity, which cover goals set in The Europe 2020 Strategy, among others: reduction of carbon dioxide emission, increase share of renewable energy usage, increase the effectiveness of energy usage, preservation of biodiversity. It was found, that European Union countries generally strive towards achieving those goals, though the effectiveness differs among them. Poland positively pursues all discussed issues. However, is not the leader in any of them. It is important to underline, that analysed data seem to allow to say, that it is possible to achieve objectives set in Europa 2020 Strategy.

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Spójność i rozwój zrównoważony na Dolnym Śląsku w kontekście strategii Europa 2020 – wybrane aspekty / Cohesion and sustainable development in Lower Silesia in the context of Europe 2020 Strategy – selected aspects

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu ◽

10.15611/pn.2016.417.16 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Ewa Szostak

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Europe 2020 ◽

Europe 2020 Strategy ◽

Lower Silesia

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BIOECONOMY DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL BASED ON MORE EFFICIENT LAND USE IN THE EU

Proceedings of the 7th International Scientific Conference Rural Development 2015 ◽

10.15544/rd.2015.101 ◽

2015 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Irina PILVERE ◽

Aleksejs NIPERS ◽

Bartosz MICKIEWICZ

Keyword(s):

Green Growth ◽

Member States ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Growing Stock ◽

Europe 2020 ◽

Europe 2020 Strategy ◽

Analysis And Synthesis ◽

Key Industries ◽

The Eu ◽

Production Resource

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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