Participation through the Lisbon strategy: comparing the European Employment Strategy and pensions OMC

David Natali and Caroline de la Porte
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David Natali: University of Bologna-Forli
Caroline de la Porte: University of South Denmark

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 2009, vol. 15, issue 1, 71-91

Abstract: The present article aims to shed light on the concrete implementation of the Lisbon strategy with regard to its governance framework and to participation (of social partners) in particular. The focus is on the European Employment Strategy (EES) (defined in the Amsterdam Treaty of 1997 and then integrated into the broader Lisbon strategy that emerged in 2000) and the open method of coordination on pensions (the process of soft coordination of pension reforms agreed at the Stockholm Council of 2001). While the EU discourse has a strong emphasis on social partnership, evidence from the two cases in this article shows limited participation. While social partner access varies considerably between coordination processes, it is evident that expectations concerning increased participation have not been fulfilled in the Lisbon strategy.

Keywords: Lisbon strategy; new modes of governance; participation; European Employment Strategy; pensions open method of coordination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1177/102425890901500107

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