Reform Programmes in Hungary: Lisbon Matters? Table 5. Employment targets set in 2004(%) Employment rate EU average EU objectives Hungary EU15 EU25 EU25 (2003)(2003) 2005 EU25 Baseline 2010(2003) National objective 2006 National objective 2010 Total 64.3 62.9 67 70 57.0 59 63 Women 56.0 55.0 57 60 50.9 53 57 Men 72.5 70.8-- 63.4 64 69 55+ 41.7 40.2- 50 29.0 33 37 Source: National Reform Programme for Growth and Employment(2005), p. 35. In order to reach the employment targets, the NRP(in line with the Hungarian Employment Strategy re-drafted and adjusted to the period 2005-2008 in 2005):  “supports the elaboration and introduction of programmes furthering the acquisition of basic skills and key competences in school education and training;  ensures rapid adaptation to the ever changing labour market demands in professional training both from the aspect of content and organisation;  strengthens the role of education and training systems in the fight against discrimination, in the creation of equal social opportunities and regional realignment;  helps the general introduction of practice oriented courses reacting better to economic demands in higher education- as part of the Bologna Process- and improves the physical, personal and organisational conditions for an enhanc­ed innovative participation of the sector”(National Reform Programme for Growth and Employment, 2005, pp. 5-6). THE“ENVIRONMENT” AND THE CHANCES OF THE NRP As has been said earlier, the Hungarian NRP is embedded into a set of programmes with partly overlapping priorities and time periods. As has also 127