Governance of the Lisbon strategy

The intention of the bachelor thesis is to analyze what specific tools and mechanisms of governance were used in the implementation process of the Lisbon strategy. Furthermore, it reviews its achievements and assesses whether the implementation methods and the individual instruments chosen could ensure the actual realization of the objectives set in the agenda. Finally, this work has the ambition to express the opinion of the author on future destiny of the new strategic plan dubbed Europe 2020. It also presents a newly introduced Euro plus pact and briefly assesses its potential contribution to the Union