Sustaining progress: social partnership agreement 2003-2005.

The shared overall goal of the new Agreement covering the period 2003-2005 is to continue progress towards the realisation of the NESC vision for Irish society in a period of considerable uncertainty, and to do this by sustaining economic growth and maintaining high levels of employment and securing living standards for all, while strengthening the economy’s competitiveness and thereby its capacity to resume trend growth in more favourable international condition