The Lisbon Agenda, agreed in the year 2000 by all EU nations, was intended to make Europe ‘the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth, with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion’ by 2010. However few, if any, of its ambitions were met by that year and indeed seem to remain a long way out of reach.
Perhaps the most key of these missing criteria is how well prepared European countries, and their varied labour markets, are to innovate and compete in the global knowledge economy, compared to fast-growing countries in Asia such as South Korea and China, or highly competitive and globalised economies such as the United States. Innovation and labour markets – and indeed how young people enter the labour market – could be seen as the single most important structural issue for Spain and Europe. This Masterclass will bring world-leading specialists to look at key issues around how global business cycles affect national competitiveness and how the knowledge economy (or ‘weightless economy’) is changing the competitive landscape, and finally to re-examine the ambition of the Lisbon Agenda in the post-financial crisis era and put it into context in Spain.
Programme
Tuesday 26 November 2013
Global Comparisons
Professor Lord Meghnad Desai, LSE
Wednesday 27 November 2013
Economic Competitiveness
Ms Robyn Klingler Vidra, LSE
Thursday 28 November 2013
Competitiveness, Innovation and the EU Cohesion Policy
Dr Riccardo Crescenzi, LSE
Friday 29 November 2013
Global Challenges to the EU territories: policies and strategies
Dr Riccardo Crescenzi, LSE
13.30-14.00:
Certificate ceremony and programme close