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Sofia, MarchSofia, March 25,25, 200 20033
BULGARIA, BRITAIN AND THE BULGARIA, BRITAIN AND THE LISBON AGENDA: STRATEGIES LISBON AGENDA: STRATEGIES
FOR RAISING EMPLOYMENT AND FOR RAISING EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY
THE LISBON GOAL: COMPETITIVENESS AND THE LISBON GOAL: COMPETITIVENESS AND GROWTH GROWTH
Growth Employment Productivity
THE KEY WORDS: THE KEY WORDS:
To make the EU the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world by the year 2010, capable of sustainable economic growth, with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion.
THE KEY MECHANISMS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE KEY MECHANISMS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE LISBON STRATEGY:THE LISBON STRATEGY: Combining short-term political initiatives and medium-term and long-term economic reforms by the Open Method of Coordination Benchmarking based on qualitative and quantitative indicators Translation of European guidelines into national and regional policies Setting of specific timetables. Actions
THE LISBON STRATEGY: DIMENSIONS OF THE LISBON STRATEGY: DIMENSIONS OF COMPETITIVENESSCOMPETITIVENESS Information Society for All European Area for Research and Innovation Completing the Single Market
CompetitionState aid regulation Services and Network Industries: Telecommunications. Utilities and Transportation
Efficient and Integrated Financial Markets Strengthening Entrepreneurship
Conditions for Start-ups Regulatory Burden SMEs Development
Social Inclusion Labor Market FlexibilityWorkplace Incentives
Sustainable development Environment Climate Change
BULGARIA – BULGARIA – BENCHMARKING THE BENCHMARKING THE
COMPETITIVENESSCOMPETITIVENESS
INFORMATION SOCIETY FOR ALLINFORMATION SOCIETY FOR ALL
Two best performing EU countries – Sweden – 56; Norway - 50 Two worst performing EU countries – Portugal – 11; Greece - 8 Two best performing accession countries – Slovenia – 27; Estonia –17Two worst performing accession countries – BULGARIA -4; Romania –3
Personal Computers, 2001 /per 100 inhabitants/
Source: International Telecommunication Union, July 2002
5650
27
1711
8 4 3
0
20
40
60
INFORMATION SOCIETY FOR ALLINFORMATION SOCIETY FOR ALL
Two best performing EU countries – Norway – 5 962; Sweden – 5 162 Two worst performing EU countries – Spain – 18 27; Greece – 1 321; Two best performing accession countries – Slovenia – 3 007; Estonia – 3 004Two worst performing accession countries – Latvia – 723; Romania – 446 , BULGARIA - 746
Internet Users, 2001 /per 10 000 inhabitants/
59625162
3007 3004
18271321
746 723446
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
INFORMATION SOCIETYINFORMATION SOCIETY FOR ALLFOR ALL
Two best performing EU countries – Finland – 1 707; Netherlands –1 634 Two worst performing EU countries – France – 132; Italy - 117 Two best performing accession countries –Estonia - 356; Czech Republic - 209Two worst performing accession countries – BULGARIA -33; Romania –20
Internet Hosts, Per 10 000 inhabitants, 2001
Source: International Telecommunication Union, July 2002
1707 1634
356209 132 117 33
200
500
1000
1500
2000
EUROPEAN AREA FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION EUROPEAN AREA FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
Two best performing EU countries – Sweden – 3.76; Finland – 3.31Two worst performing EU countries – Portugal – 0.63; Greece – 0.48 EU mean – 0.67Two best performing accession countries – Slovenia – 1.47; Czech Republic – 1.27Two worst performing accession countries – BULGARIA 0.61; Latvia – 0.40
Research and Development Spending, 2000, as a% of GDP
Source: World Development Indicators 2002, WB
3.763.31
1.471.27
0.610.48 0.4
0.67
0
1
2
3
4
EUROPEAN AREA FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATIONEUROPEAN AREA FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
Two best performing EU countries –Finland – 83.31; Norway – 65.24Two worst performing EU countries – Ireland – 45.29; Portugal – 44.60 Two best performing accession countries – Slovenia – 53.34; Latvia – 50.93, Two worst performing accession countries – Czech Rep. – 26.11; Romania – 24.43BULGARIA – 42.67
Tertiary enrolment rate
83.1
65.24
50.9347.4742.6733.7
26.1124.43
0
20
40
60
80
100
EUROPEAN AREA FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATIONEUROPEAN AREA FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
Two best performing EU countries –Belgium – 5.9; Austria – 5.9Two worst performing EU countries –Norway –4.3; Portugal – 3.5 Two best performing accession countries – Czech Republic – 6; Slovak Republic – 5.9Two worst performing accession countries – Latvia – 5.1; Poland – 4.9 BULGARIA – 5.1
Quality of math and science /qualitative indicator/
6 5.9 5.95.1 4.8 4.7
4.33.5
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
EUROPEAN AREA FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATIONEUROPEAN AREA FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
Two best performing EU countries –Finland – 5.9; Sweden – 5.4Two worst performing EU countries – Portugal – 3.4; Italy – 3.4 Two best performing accession countries – Czech Republic – 4.1; Hungary – 3.9Two worst performing accession countries – Lithuania – 3.1 BULGARIA – 2.5
University/industry research collaboration /qualitative indicator/
5.9 5.4
4.1 3.9 3.4 3.43.1
2.5
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
COMPLETING THE SINGLE MARKET COMPLETING THE SINGLE MARKET
Two best performing EU countries – Germany – 5.7; United Kingdom – 5.7Two worst performing EU countries – France – 4.7; Portugal – 4.5 Two best performing accession countries – Hungary –5.2; Czech Republic –5.1Two worst performing accession countries –Slovak Republic – 4.4; Romania – 3.7 BULGARIA – 4.4
Intensity of local competition /qualitative indicator/
5.7 5.7 5.2 5.1 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.4
3.7
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
COMPLETING THE SINGLE MARKETCOMPLETING THE SINGLE MARKET
Two best performing EU countries –Finland – 4.6; Ireland – 4.6Two worst performing EU countries – Greece – 3.0; Germany – 2.5 Two best performing accession countries – Hungary – 4.1; Czech Republic – 3.8Two worst performing accession countries –BULGARIA – 2.5; Romania – 1.7
Extent of distortive government subsidies /qualitative indicator/
Source: GCR, 2002-2003
4.6 4.64.1
3.83
2.5 2.51.7
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
COMPLETING THE SINGLE MARKETCOMPLETING THE SINGLE MARKETTELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Two best performing EU countries –Sweden – 73.91; Denmark – 72.33Two worst performing EU countries –Spain – 43.11; Portugal – 42.68 Two best performing accession countries – Slovenia – 40.09; Czech Republic – 37.43Two worst performing accession countries – Slovak Republic – 28.80; Romania – 18.28 BULGARIA – 35.94
Telephone lines, 2001 Per 100 inhabitants
73.9172.33
43.1142.68
40.0937.43
35.9428.8
18.28
0
20
40
60
80
100
EFFICIENT AND INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MARKETSEFFICIENT AND INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MARKETS
Two best performing EU countries –UK – 6.8; Netherlands – 6.0Two worst performing EU countries – Austria – 4.2; Greece – 3.9Two best performing accession countries – Estonia – 4.8; Hungary – 4.5Two worst performing accession countries – Romania –2.6; BULGARIA – 2.1
Financial market sophistication /qualitative indicator/
Source: GCR, 2002-2003
6.86
4.8 4.5 4.23.9
2.62.1
0
2
4
6
8
10
EFFICIENT AND INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MARKETSEFFICIENT AND INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MARKETS
Two best performing EU countries –UK – 5.5; Finland – 5.2Two worst performing EU countries – Italy – 3.8; Greece – 3.3Two best performing accession countries – Estonia – 3.8; Hungary –Lithuania – 3.7Two worst performing accession countries –BULGARIA – 2.5; Romania – 2.5
Venture Capital availability /qualitative indicator/
Source: GCR, 2002-2003
5.55.2
3.8 3.8 3.73.3
2.5 2.5
0
2
4
6
8
10
STRENGTHENING ENTREPRENEURSHIPSTRENGTHENING ENTREPRENEURSHIPCONDITIONS FOR START-UPS CONDITIONS FOR START-UPS
Two best performing EU countries – Denmark – 3; Ireland - 3Two worst performing EU countries – Italy – 13; Greece - 16 Two best performing accession countries – Latvia – 7; Slovenia - 9Two worst performing accession countries – Poland – 11; Slovak Republic – 11 BULGARIA – 10.0
Number of procedures to start a business, 2002
3 3
79
10 11 1113
16
0
5
10
15
20
STRENGTHENING ENTREPRENEURSHIPSTRENGTHENING ENTREPRENEURSHIPCONDITIONS FOR START-UPSCONDITIONS FOR START-UPS
Two best performing EU countries – Denmark – 3; United Kingdom - 5Two worst performing EU countries – Italy – 64; Netherlands 72 Two best performing accession countries – Latvia – 11; BULGARIA - 30Two worst performing accession countries –Hungary - 66; Czech Republic - 89
Number of days to start a business, 2002
Source: Doing business, World Bank
3 511
30
64 66 72
89
0
20
40
60
80
100
STRENGTHENING ENTREPRENEURSHIPSTRENGTHENING ENTREPRENEURSHIPCONDITIONS FOR START-UPSCONDITIONS FOR START-UPS
Two best performing EU countries – Sweden – 0.70; Finland – 1.01Two worst performing EU countries – Italy –22.50; Greece - 55Two best performing accession countries – Lithuania – 4.89; Czech Republic – 5.30Two worst performing accession countries – Romania – 32.54; Hungary – 66.72 BULGARIA – 7.92
Cost of starting new business relative to GDP per capita, 2002
0.7 1.014.89 5.37.92
22.532.54
5566.72
0
20
40
60
80
100
SOCIAL INCLUSIONSOCIAL INCLUSION
Two best performing EU countries –Netherlands – 3.3; Portugal – 3.3Two worst performing EU countries – Sweden – 2.0; Italy – 1.8 Two best performing accession countries – Romania – 7; Czech Republic – 5.5Two worst performing accession countries – Lithuania – 3.3; Slovenia – 2.3 BULGARIA – 4.0
Labor Market Flexibility /qualitative indicator/
7
5.5
43.3 3.3 3.3
2.32
1.8
0
2
4
6
8
10
SOCIAL INCLUSIONSOCIAL INCLUSION
Two best performing EU countries –Finland – 5.7; UK – 5.6Two worst performing EU countries – Italy – 4.0; Greece – 3.7 Two best performing accession countries – Hungary – 5.2; Latvia – 5.0Two worst performing accession countries – Slovak Republic – 4.2; BULGARIA – 3.4
Workplace incentives /qualitative indicator/
Source: GCR, 2002-2003
5.75.6 5.2 5 4.2
4 3.73.4
0
2
4
6
8
10
BULGARIA – NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESSBULGARIA – NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
BALANCE SHEETBALANCE SHEET
Tertiary enrolment Quality of math and science education Quality of scientists and engineers Telephone lines
Irregular payments Number of days to start a business Total costs of starting a business
Flexibility of wage determination Pay and productivity
Corporate income tax rate
NOTABLE COMPETITIVE NOTABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES ADVANTAGES
NOTABLE COMPETITIVE NOTABLE COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGESDISADVANTAGES
University/industry research collaboration
FDI and technology transfer Firm level technology absorption Personal computers Brain drain
Property rights Judicial independence
Financial market sophistication Ease of access to credit Investment rate Extend of marketing Extent of staff training
NATIONAL POLICIESNATIONAL POLICIES
INNOVATIONINNOVATION
Development of the HiTech sector – declared as a priority in the economic policy Project for “Innovation Strategy for Bulgaria” E-Government Institutions
ICT Development Agency Coordinating Center for Information,
Communication and Management Technology
Microsoft Products in Bulgarian Language Business incubators etc.
STRENGTHENING ENTREPRENEURSHIP. STRENGTHENING ENTREPRENEURSHIP. REGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY FRAMEWORK
Legislative and Other Initiatives for Facilitating BusinessLegislative and Other Initiatives for Facilitating Business
Reducing administrative barriers and licensing regimes for starting new business - 74 – abolished; 120 – alleviated; Draft law on Legislative Acts and Administrative Procedure
Improvement of Public Procurement Orders Regulation - Act for amendments to the Public Procurement Orders Act - adopted
Regulation of Bankruptcy Procedures and Procedures for Collecting Receivables
Reform of the Judiciary System - Strategy and Program; Judiciary System Act
Combating Corruption – Strategy and Program, Commission for combating corruption
Administrative Reform and Support for Business - Strategy for Public Administration: Modernization from Accession to Integration; One stop Shop
Improvement of the Protection of Competition - Act on amendments to the Act on Protection of Competition
More Transparency on State Aid - State Aid Act Strategy and Program for SMEs development Telecommunication Strategy – updated
CONCLUSION:CONCLUSION:
Legislative amendments and administrative changes - expected to: Further harmonise Bulgaria’s competition policies with those
of the EU Strengthen market behaviour of economic agents Improve business climate Increase inflow of foreign direct investment
ACTIONSACTIONS
SUPPORTIVE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTSUPPORTIVE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
Structuring Government policy within the global trends Ensuring a stable macro-economic environment Improving business climate. Promoting competition Stimulating new companies and new industries Stimulating companies to invest in R&D Encouraging business to collaborate more effectively
PROPOSED ACTIONSPROPOSED ACTIONS
Proactive competitiveness promotion policy Strategy for increasing competitiveness Program /action plan for increasing competitiveness/ Competitiveness Council – developing and monitoring the overall competitiveness policy Analyzing the regional competitiveness Proactive industrial policy – regional and sector approach Creative dialogue engaging government and business groups. Cluster development
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