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PRESIDÊNCIADOCONSELHODEMINISTROSGABINETEDOCOORDENADORNACIONALDAESTRATÉGIADELISBOAEDOPLANOTECNOLÓGICO|INTRODUCTIONThe Renewed Lisbon Strategy approved by the Spring European Council in 2005envisagedthateachMemberStatewoulddevelopandimplementaNationalReformProgrammefocussedonGrowthandEmployment,basedon24guidelinesthatcovertheMacro,MicroandEmploymentdimensionsandtobeappliedbetween2005/2008.PortugalapprovedanambitiousreformprogrammeandpresentedittotheEuropeanCommission. It is entitled the National Action Programme for Growth andEmployment(PNACE2005/2008)andisstructuredinto4targets,7prioritiesand125measures.Therehasbeenahighlevelofcomplianceandalsoresultsintheimplementationofthe programme as set out in the first and third parts of this report; the evaluationreport approved by the European Commission in this year’s Spring Council hasclassifiedPortugalasacountrythatismaking“GoodProgress”intheimplementationofitsPNR.Fromtheveryfirst,theimplementationoftheRenewedLisbonStrategyfocussedonexecutionandresultsandhadthejointinvolvementofpublicpoliciesandcivilsocietyinitiatives.Inthiscontext,andbearinginmindthestrategicconformitythathasbeenseen,therecommendations and warnings from the European Commission were alwaysinterpreted as a boost and stimulus to increase the quality and intensity of theexecutionofthePNACE2005/2008.Theresultoftheconvergenceeffortandresponsearepresentedinthefirstpartofthisreport.Theimpactassessmentisafundamentaltoolfortheeffectivenessofpolicies.Hence,inadditiontothecontrolofthelevelofexecutionandcompliancewithtargetsandobjectives, the concept of impact “drivers” was also introduced. The nine “drivers”selectedareusedinthethirdparttoshowthemainlinesofexecutioninthelastyearoftheimplementationofthePNACE2005/2008.The second part of this report also presents the strong lines for the launch andrealisationoftheNewCycleoftheLisbonStrategyinPortugal.Anewcycleforthe2008/2010periodwasapprovedintheSlovenianPresidencyofthe European Union but the contribution made to its design by the PortuguesePresidency in the second semester of 2007 has been recognised as extremelyrelevant; this cycle boosts the country’s commitment to the future of a EuropeanStrategy that is able to empower the Union to overcome the challenges ofglobalisationinacontextofeconomic,socialandenvironmentalsustainability.Outubro20083