Indicating success: To quantify and notify. 13 November 2009 Bruxelles Sabine Stölb

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1 Indicating success: To quantify and notify 13 November 2009 Bruxelles Sabine Stölb 1

2 in the context of the Lisbon strategy a lot of effort has been put into data collection and reporting evidence base in order to steer instruments and feedback to policies relevant also in the context of business climate 2

3 «Indicator alert»! 2 cases (Luxembourg, Sörmland) European Territorial Cooperation 3

4 Indicator alert! or the Committee of the Regions Lisbon after 2010 consultation report Lisbon programmes and annual reports presented aggregated data and analysis only at national level, losing sight of territorial specificities The need for a set of regional (and in some cases also local) statistics, broader then those available at present to take into account the regional diversity lack of measurement tools and methods to estimate progress on indicators and to what extent the Lisbon Strategy has contributed to positive socio-economic trend in a particular region or city Realistic and flexible objectives should be set, taking into account territorial differences Making systematic use of a broader set of indicators pointing to environment and social dimension To overcome the situation in which patchy databases and the lack of uniformity prevent spatial comparison 4

5 Success? Being the first was not a sufficient goal for an overarching strategy for growth to be achieved in a sustainable manner beyond GDP; OECD Measuring the progress of societies; Istanbul declaration 6th Cohesion Report Communication? the new Strategy should be more interesting, more visible and more relevant to the lives of ordinary citizens 5

6 Luxembourg: square kilometers about inhabitants «surrounded» by France, Belgium, Germany «Grand Region»SaarLorLux+: 11, 4 Mio. inhabitants three official languages: Luxembourgish, German, French Nation with regional character home to EUROSTAT and ESPON 6

7 The Lisbon indicators currently 79 indicators (some flexibility) in 2005 a shortlist of 14 structural has been agreed at least 4 of these are problematic with regard the specificities of the Luxembourg territory Luxembourg has elaborated a modified table of indicators for competitivness 7

8 Sixth Cohesion report (2009) 8

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10 Luxembourg is the country with the highest commuter dynamics in Europe 40% of the workplaces in Luxembourg are occupied by crossborder commuters 10

11 The 14 Lisbon indicators on the shortlist: 1. GDP per capita in PPS 2. Labour productivity 3. Employment rate 4. Employment rate of older workers 5. Educational attainment (20-24 age group) 6. Research and development expenditure 7. Comparative price levels 8. Business investment 9. At risk-of-poverty rate 10. Long-term unemployment rate 11. Dispersion of regional employment rates 12. Greenhouse gas emissions 13. Energy intensity of the economy Specifications for Luxembourg necessary 11

12 The tyranny of international benchmarking I Indice: Growth Competitiveness Index (GCI) Source: World Economic Forum (WEF) Rang du Luxembourg: 21. sur 133 pays Indice: Summary innovation index Source: Commission européenne Rang du Luxembourg: 9. sur 27 pays Indice: Index of Economic Freedom Source: Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal Rang du Luxembourg: 15. sur 183 pays Indice: Economic freedom in the world Source: Economic freedom network/fraser Rang du Luxembourg: 14. sur 141 pays Indice: Knowledge economy index Source: World Bank Rang du Luxembourg: 18. sur 140 pays Indice: World Knowledge competitiveness Index Source: Centre for international competitiveness Rang du Luxembourg: 34. sur 145 régions Indice: ICT Development Index Source: International Telecommunication Union Rang du Luxembourg: 7. sur 154 pays Indice: Innovation and competitiveness benchmark Source: Information technology and innovation Foudation Rang du Luxembourg: 3. sur 36 pays Indice: Global Financial Centres Index Source: YZen/City of London Rang du Luxembourg: 16. sur 75 villes Indice: Economic attractiveness index (EAI)/Performance index(pi) Source: BAK Basel Economics Rangs du Luxembourg: 57. et 1. sur 192 régions Indice: TOP-10 des meilleurs sites d investissement en Europe Source: Condor/WHU Rang du Luxembourg: 5. Indice: European smart cities Source: Université technique de Vienne Rang du Luxembourg: 1. sur 70 villes 12

13 The tyranny of international benchmarking II Indice: Ease of doing business index Source: World Bank Rang du Luxembourg: 64. sur 183 pays Indice: Lisbon scorecard Source: Centre for European reform Rang du Luxembourg: 12. sur 27 pays Benchmarks thématiques et ponctuels Indice: Baromètre de la Compétitivité fiscale Source: Ernst & Young Indice: Corporate and indirect tax rate survey Source: KPMG Indice: KOF Index of Globalization Source: ETH Zurich Rang du Luxembourg: 9. sur 158 pays Indice: Sustainable governance indicators Source: Fondation Bertelsmann Rang du Luxembourg: 14. sur 30 pays Indice: Political instability index Source: Economist intelligence unit Rang du Luxembourg: 154. sur 165 pays Indice: Corruption perceptions index Source: Transparency international Rang du Luxembourg: 11. sur 180 pays Benchmarks de coût de la vie et de qualité de vie Indice: Enquête sur le coût de la vie Source: Mercer Rang du Luxembourg: 38. sur 143 villes Indice: Pouvoir d'achat Source: GfK Rang du Luxembourg: 2. sur 41 pays Indice: Pouvoir d'achat Source: UBS Rang du Luxembourg: 3. sur 73 villes Indice: Enquête sur la qualité de vie Source: Mercer Rang du Luxembourg: 19. sur 215 villes Indice: Classement villes agréables Source: ECA Rang du Luxembourg: 7. sur 254 villes Indice: Perspectives économiques Source: Feri/Capital Rang du Luxembourg: 1. sur 40 villes Indice: Global Competitiveness Index Source: Institute for Management Development (IMD) 13 Rang du Luxembourg: 12. sur 57 pays

14 ESPON - European observation network for territorial development and cohesion: Economic Lisbon indicators 7 out of 14 official Lisbon Short List indicators are available at regional level. (1) GDP/capita, (2) GDP/employed person, (3) employment rate, (4) Employment rate of older workers, (5) gross domestic expenditure on R&D, (6) Dispersion of regional (un)employment rates, and (7) Longterm unemployment rate. 14

15 Who is collecting and processing data about territorial specificities? - For example.. STATEC (Luxembourgish national statistical office) Territorial observatory for Luxembourg (under development) Crossborder statistical portal for the Grand Region (LU, F, DE, BE) Observatoire des Territoires (F) Portrait of the Regions DG REGIO ESPON 15

16 In the context of the Lisbon Strategy Luxembourg has acted as National state, i.e. trying to adapt its regional features to the national indicator and reporting system. Luxembourg could be interesting as a model for other regions (especially with a cross-border metropolitan character). 16

17 17 Sörmland Region communicates

18 The power of the dwarfs I Sörmland politicians and civil servants have translated the airy targets given by Brussels in the context of the Lisbon strategy into real policy for their region an their municipalities. Sörmland citizens want to learn life long, breath clean air, and have work. The Sörmland regional strategy is closely linked to Lisbon indicators relevent for the region There are Lisbon rapporteurs who report yearly on the progress made, the report is annexed to the yearly report for the national reform programme 18

19 The power of the dwarfs II In earlier times, everyone wanted to get away, today people enjoy living here All municipalities have implemented the indicators in their steering documents Budget and steering plans are goals for the municipalities Competition between the municipalities: who has the cleanest air, who s children are best educated, who gets most small businesses, etc. All these points are measured in a comparable way and communicated to the citizens - You & the EU - on the market square 19

20 Some of the criteria for the choice of indicators: When following up indicators, development should be measured Indicators should be relevant to citizens Follow the sustainable growth Be important/relevant to the organisation Point to major areas of improvement 20

21 Indicators chosen in Sörmland county Population growth Employment rates Employment rates for people of non-nordic origin Wages/resident Accumulated results/turnover growth Number of workplaces Education levels, human capital Carbon dioxide/base year/resident Share of environmentally-classified cars Kilo of waste/resident Sick-leave figures 21

22 Spreading and implementing good experience with the help of European structural funds porgrammes Currently an INTERREG IVC project for capitalization is under development: «The Lisbon Strategy going local» transfer and adaptation of good practice to other European regions Implementation of action plans with Ob.1, 2 funds Interested partners at the moment: Sörmland, Luxembourg, Portugal (Cartaxo), Latvia, West- Midlands,Slovenia Deadline for submission: 5th March

23 What is in it for the future? Improved Lisbon performance through (a) better monitoring of the local development (evidence) (b) improved decision making and governance processes (accountability) (c) benchmarking & stimulation of new development and governance processes (inspiration) (d) targeted actions under the Structural Funds (implementation) (e) marketing of the own success and actions (media) (f) information and influencing decision making at higher levels (lobby) Local level Regional / national level European level 23