European Commission
Europe 2020

The responsibility for action does not stop with governments. Everyone is needed to achieve the Europe 2020 goals:

• businesses
• trade unions
• non-governmental organisations
• individual citizens

Exchange of good practices, benchmarking and networking - as promoted by several EU governments – has proven useful in creating a sense of ownership and dynamism around the need for reform.

Among the institutions coordinating the responses of these various stakeholder groups:

• the European Economic and Social Committee has a key role to play, through its Steering Committee and its network of national economic and social committees to drive the participation of national social partners and civil society in the practical implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy. Read more

A number of civil society organisations have adopted the Europe 2020 goals as their own and they help push for implementation and reform at European and national level.

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