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1 The Lisbon Strategy - Innovation, Growth, Competitiveness and Employment in the Baltic Sea Region Presentation at the INTERREG BSR Programme Conference Hamburg 10th of May 2007 Adam Kanne Associate Director Baltic Development Forum

2 The leading high-level network for decision-makers from business, politics, academia and media

3 Key messages from State of the Region Report 2006
The BSR has benefited from globalization but this effect is slowly receding, raising the need to confront the challenges of a sparsely populated region The BSR achieves stronger economic growth than other regions, but its performance on world markets and investment attraction is less impressive The BSR is among the most competitive locations in the world, but some non-EU countries have been more effective in upgrading competitiveness A wide range of efforts to improve competitiveness are under way in the BSR, better integration into a consistent strategy could strengthen the effectiveness

4 Lisbon Agenda Performance by Category

5 Lisbon Agenda Performance by Country

6 The Baltic Sea Region - A Beacon for the rest of Europe
José Manuel Barroso at the 2005 Baltic Development Forum Summit in Stockholm

7 Lisbon Agenda – Areas For Action

8 Competitiveness Upgrading
General Innovation Talent Regional Cooperation Interreg

9 www.bdforum.org Please visit our website for more information
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