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"Ladies and gentlemen, the aim of the Lisbon strategy is to safeguard the prosperity and cohesion of European society, and to ensure it continues to develop. It is essential to establish sources of funding that make it possible to achieve these goals, yet at the same time it is crucial that the cost of living be as low as possible. Cheap services and products are particularly important for the poorest groups in society.
Developments in research allowing wider access to modern technologies, and production methods enabling us to compete with countries outside the EU, are examples of ways in which it will be possible to achieve the Lisbon goals. Priority should also be given to the effective implementation of modern production methods thanks to which jobs can be created that are both modern and secure. Modern, cheap and high-quality production makes it possible to compete on external markets, which in practice then results in new jobs in the production and services sectors.
Implementation of the Lisbon strategy entails the analysis of a number of areas of activity involving both the European Union and its Member States. One of the main problems we face as far as the Lisbon strategy is concerned is ensuring that the appropriateness of the goals set for research and for implementation programmes. The current system for laying down guidelines on research and for channelling funds towards individual research projects is heavily exploited by those Member States that are largest in economic terms. Over the past few decades, leading research and development centres have been established in Europe, for example in Finland or Saxony. Over the next five years, a great many new centres of this kind should be set up, in order to close the gap between the EU and the global leaders in this field. We must increase expenditure on research to at least 3% of GDP, as well as employing at least one million more people in science and research and putting in place procedures to guarantee funds are spent effectively.
Major organisational changes must be made to the present set-up in order to ensure the cohesion of measures. For example, an appropriate number of research centres should be established in accordance with planned developments in technology and production, with the aim of bringing together local research units. The latter should be established in order to exploit the intellectual potential of countries that could not afford to build modern research facilities, and therefore to carry out research on their own. In addition to research, both the local units and the research centres should carry out teaching and take on talented young PhD students, thus creating a new cadre of researchers. An action plan of this kind would help to fill the gap left by those researchers who have been poached by countries outside the EU.
The primary aim of science and technology as a whole should be to promote small and medium-sized enterprises. The development of the latter would eliminate unemployment, yet they cannot afford to carry out research or to implement progressive and modern production methods. Three programmes should be set up relating to research, the employment of researchers and the cohesion of such measures in the EU Member States. These should comprise a programme laying down guidelines for regional development and the specialisation of production in European countries, a programme aimed at setting up a European system for research and the training of researchers, plus a programme designed to provide information, facilitate the introduction of new technologies and products and ensure that they are applied in production. The aim of these programmes should be to reduce any negative economic impact caused by the planned introduction of the REACH programme to a minimum. The system according to which research measures are carried out ought to be simple, easy-to-understand and based on the principle of competitiveness, which will ensure it is effective and encourage investment by the private sector. In order to gain public and political support, the system must promote cohesion …"@en1
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