Hrvoje Butković developing national plans on how to adopt best practice, usually with the aim of increasing some aspect of performance. Broad Economic Policy Guidelines(BEPGs) The BEPGs are the central instruments for coordination of member states' economic policies. They ensure multilateral surveillance of economic trends in the member states and demonstrate a formal commitment to respecting the provisions of the treaty in terms of surveillance and coordination of economic policies. The legal basis for the BEPGs is Article 99 of the Treaty establishing the European Community. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a recommendation from the Commission, produces a draft for the BEPGs and reports its findings to the European Council, which adopts a conclusion. On the basis of this conclusion, the Council, acting by a qualified majority, adopts a recommendation setting out these broad guidelines. The European Parliament is informed of this recommendation. Since 2003, the BEPGs have been published for a period of three consecutive years, while earlier they were published annually. The revised Lisbon Strategy in 2005 decided to integrate the BEPGs together with the Employment Guidelines(EGs) forming the Integrated Guidelines for Growth and Jobs(IGs) which are set for a three-year period. Community Lisbon Programme(CLP) The Community Lisbon Programme is the major tool for achieving the Lisbon Strategy goals at the EU level. As one of the key instruments in the revised Lisbon Strategy it was introduced in 2005. The CLP sets priorities for action at the Union level and forms a complement to the National Reform Programmes (NRPs) for growth and jobs that member states had to finalise before October 2005. The CLP outlines actions to be taken at the EU level under three key policy areas: making Europe a more attractive place to invest and work; knowledge innovation for growth; and creating more and better jobs. The programme consists of 50 initiatives(regulatory actions, financing actions and policy development) which have been or will be taken at EU level to refocus the EU's economic reforms agenda on growth and jobs. Initiatives in the CLP concentrate on key actions, such as the support of knowledge and innovation in Europe, the reform of the state aid policy, better regulation, the internal market for services, the completion of the Doha round, the removal of obstacles to mobility, economic migration, and the social consequences of economic restructuring. In the current three-year governance cycle(2005-2008) the Commission will issue 174
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