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Respekt Institute is holding second seminar in partnership with British Embassy in Prague to consider global issues affecting the European Union. On Wednesday UK Minister for EU, Caroline Flint, and Director General, Enterprise and Business Group at UK Industry Ministry, Mark Gibson, will discuss with experts from Czech Republic issues affecting competitiveness and the EU's leading role tackling global climate change and the shift to a low carbon economy.

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See also background paper.

Baroness Morgan (then UK Minister for the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills) summarises her impressions from a roundtable that Respekt Institut organised in partnership with the British Embassy in Prague in October 2008. The roundtable was part of a series regarding the global dimension of the EU as the Czech Republic assumes the Presidency of the European Council in early 2009.

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There is a vast body of literature dealing with the factors influencing competitiveness in the global economy. There is also large amount of writing addressing the specific aspects of European competitiveness including policy strategy agreed at the Lisbon Council in March 2000 to make the EU “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.” Due to scope of available material, the goal of this paper is not summarise all current knowledge with regard to the European competitiveness in global settings. The aim of the author is to outline some key points with regard to the EU global competitiveness and more importantly set questions in order to support constructive and potentially rewarding debate.

Download background paper in PDF version here.

We are inviting leading experts in these fields to attend the events and would be very pleased if you would be able to attend a breakfast discussion to take place at from 0800 to 0930 on Friday 3 October at Café Louvre, Národní 22, Praha 1. Attending from the UK will be UK Minister Baroness Morgan who is Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Intellectual Property and Quality, and the discussion will focus on issues affecting the EU global competitiveness such as labour market flexibility, higher education, research and development, and intellectual property rights.

We would be very grateful if you could contact Jan Kurka (e-mail: kurka@respekt.cz, phone: 773119995) as soon as possible as numbers are limited.

This seminar is hold by Respekt Institute in partnership with the British Embassy in Prague.