«This is particularly true in Europe in the light of the goal set by the European Union in Lisbon to make Europe the world's most
competitive knowledge based economy by 2010.»
Not exact matches
As our
economy becomes increasingly global,
competitive, and innovation -
based, it follows that
knowledge, expertise and 21st century skills will be what Canadians — and Canada — need to achieve the kind of career success and economic prosperity we want.
Our mission is to show the world that we can create an open, highly
competitive,
knowledge -
based, continental
economy that reinforces each country's sovereignty.
And on the
economy, he will note that in 2000, European leaders said they would make the union the most
competitive knowledge -
based economy in the world by 2010.
This is key to achieving the goals that European leaders agreed to in Lisbon in March 2000 and in Barcelona in March 2001, which include making Europe the most
competitive knowledge -
based economy in the world and devoting 3 % of gross domestic product to research by 2010.
In March 2000, European heads of governments and of states agreed in Lisbon that by 2010, the European Union (EU) should become «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.»
The Lisbon Agenda sought 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.
And librarians, who will now spend more time handling e-books than traditional print items, will also have to advance their own research skills and expand their own
knowledge in order to remain
competitive in the job market; as Seth Grodin notes in his recent ode to libraries, librarians will also be critical in teaching children how to be «first - rate data sharks» in the
knowledge -
based economy.
It was in this political climate that the EU heads of state and government launched the so - called Lisbon Strategy in March 2000, with the goal of making 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.