The Lisbon Strategy and Development of Metrics to Measure Innovation in Europe

The Lisbon Strategy, launched in 2000, gives major importance to innovation in order to achieve the strategic goal the European Union set: being the most competitive knowledge society by 2010. In addition, the Lisbon agenda set up the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) as a policy tool to promote exchange of best practices and policy learning among Member States. The OMC relies heavily on the creation and use of indicators and benchmarks. This paper presents a short overview of the European policy approach towards innovation from 2000. Special emphasis is placed upon the measurements of innovation and on the innovation performance of the EU vis-à-vis its main competitors based on the innovation indicators created within the framework of the Lisbon strategy.

CELIKEL ESSER Funda;  VILLALBA GARCIA Ernesto;  TARANTOLA Stefano; 

2008-02-01

Statistics Sweden

JRC42251

978-91-618-1396-4,   

1654-6563,   

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC42251,