To improve economic and social development and to soften the effects of the economic crisis, in 2010 the European Commission enacted the Europe 2020 strategy. For the measurement of the strategy implementation, five targets have been set. As the strategy is slowly coming to its final stages, questions, whether Slovenia achieved the set targets, are arising.
The thesis represents an intermediate evaluation of the state and is based mainly on the use of three methods: analysis method, comparative method and compilation method. The main purpose of these methods is to enable a thorough presentation of the state of the target fields of the strategy in Slovenia. It has been established that Slovenia is, even though its parameters between the years 2008 and 2013 have not been good, on the path of meeting the set target regarding employment. The last few years the target set for R&D and innovation seems to be out of reach. The greenhouse gas emissions set in the mutual effort decision seems to be achievable as is the target set on energy efficiency. The target set on renewable energy sources, contrary to its initial progress, seems to be out of reach. Slovenia has already met both targets set in the field of education. Since 2014 it is also achieving the target on poverty and social exclusion. By comparing Slovenia to selected member states, Slovenia has indeed been more successful.
This Master thesis thoroughly presents different important fields in Slovenia and could as such help experts in the aspect of good practice or as a tool for designing improvement activities. It could help lay public to get a general perspective on the state of the matter in Slovenia. Because some targets of the strategy have not been achieved, the thesis is a good start of a further and more in-depth analysis of these findings.
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