Glossary consistently across a broad front. Therefore, the report recommended developing national policies in each member state, supported by an appropriate European wide framework. The Kok Report represented the base for the mid­term review of the Lisbon Strategy which took place at the following year's spring European Council. Lisbon Strategy The Lisbon Strategy, also known as the Lisbon Agenda or Lisbon Process, is a comprehensive action and development plan for the European Union. It was set out by the European Council in Lisbon in March 2000. This strategy, developed at subsequent meetings of the European Council, rests on three pillars: an economic pillar preparing the ground for transition to a competitive, dynamic, knowledge-based economy; a social pillar designed to modernise the European social model by investing in human resources and combating social exclusion; and an environmental pillar(added at the Gothenburg European Council meeting in June 2001) which draws attention to the fact that economic growth must be decoupled from the use of natural resources. In the Lisbon Strategy the EU set itself the strategic goal to become“the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion”. A list of targets has been drawn up with a view to attaining the goals set in 2000. Given that the policies in question fall almost exclusively within the sphere of competence of the member states, an Open Method of Coordination(OMC) entailing the development of National Action Plans(NAPs) for employment under the European Employment Strategy(EES) has been introduced. Between 2000 and 2005 the Lisbon Strategy relied on two principal instruments for the realisation of its goals: the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines(BEPGs) and the Employment Guidelines(EGs). The Lisbon Strategy also provided for the adaptation and strengthening of existing coordination mechanisms: the Luxembourg process for employment, the Cardiff process for the functioning of markets(goods, services and capital) and the Cologne process on macroeconomic dialogue. The thorough revision of the Lisbon Strategy was agreed upon in 2005 at the spring Council meeting(see the revised Lisbon Strategy/mid-term review). National Action Plans(NAPs) The National Action Plans(NAPs) for employment were the major reporting tools on employment measures for achieving the Lisbon Strategy goals in 2000­179