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EU2020: Commission launches public consultation on EU's future strategy of growth and jobs
In presenting his programme for the new Commission, President Barroso set out his vision for where the European Union should be in 2020. The exit from the current crisis should be the point of entry into a new sustainable social market economy, a smarter, greener economy where prosperity will result from innovation and from using resources better, and where knowledge will be the key input. To make this transformation happen, Europe needs a common agenda: the EU 2020 strategy.
EU 2020 will build on the successes obtained by the Lisbon strategy since its 2005 relaunch, which focused on growth and jobs, but will also address some of the Lisbon strategy's shortcomings.

Education and training can play a key role in this new strategy

The Commission intends to present a formal proposal for the EU 2020 strategy early next year, with a view to the EU's Heads of State and government adopting the strategy at their spring 2010 meeting. In the meantime, the Commission would like to hear your views on some suggested broad policy considerations for the future EU2020 strategy.

Stakeholders and policy makers from the education and training sectors are strongly encouraged to contribute to the shaping of Europe's future by responding to the consultation document below.

Please send your contribution by 15 January 2010 at the latest.

More information about the consultation, in EU member languages.