1. SEE 2020 STRATEGY Pillar 1 « INTEGRATED GROWTH » PREPARATION OF THE DRAFT PROGRAMME DOCUMENT
Renata Vitez
Director
Strategic Meeting
Sarajevo, 19 March 2013

2. CEFTA- Champion of Regional Cooperation for best achievement in cooperation in South East Europe in 2012

3. SEE 2020 Headline targets In order to raise regional competitiveness and future growth prospects, particularly in the face of the global economic crisis, it is hereby agreed that the following regional headline targets should be met by 2020, using 2010 as the basis year:
Overall strategic goals unifying the five pillars of SEE 2020:
Increase regional GDP PPP per capita from 38% to 46% of the EU-27 average
Grow the region’s total value of trade in goods and services by more than 130%
Reduce the region’s trade deficit from 14.1 to 11.6 % of regional GDP
 Headline targets to support the integrated growth pillar:
Increase intra-regional trade in goods by more than 230%
Increase overall FDI inflows to the region by at least 120%
 Headline targets to support the smart growth pillar:
Increase GDP per person employed by 33%
 Headline targets to support the sustainable growth pillar:
Increase the rate of enterprise creation to 20%
Increase exports of goods and services per capita from the region by 130%
 Headline targets to support the inclusive growth pillar:
Increase the overall employment rate by 12%
Add highly educated people to the region’s workforce
 Headline targets to support the governance for growth pillar:
Increase government effectiveness by 20% by 2020.

4. Stakeholders in the preparation of the draft document on the Pillar 1: Integrated Growth
DIMENSION
COMPONENTS
PRIORITIES
STAKEHOLDERS
Free Trade Area
Free flow of goods
Elimination of Tariffs and Quotas
SC on Agriculture and SPS
Elimination of Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs)
SC on NTBs and TBT
WG on TBT
Facilitation of Trade
SC on Customs and RO
WG on Customs Risk Management
Customs Interconnectivity
Free flow of services
Liberalisation of trade in services
WG on Trade in Services
Free flow of investment
Fair and equitable treatment and full protection and security of investors
CEFTA and SEEIC
Coordination of investment policies
Competitive Economic Environment
Competition Policy
Trade Defence Instrument (TDI) free Trade Area
Deputy Ministers
Intellectual Property Rights
Protection of trademarks throughout the Region
Public Procurement
Regional public procurement market
Integration into Global Economy
Market Access
Single diagonal cumulation zone under the PEM
Gradual harmonisation of the MFN duties in the Region towards EU CET
Participation in global supply networks
Investment concept to enhance participation in regional supply chains and global supply networks
Cross-cutting Issues
Capacity
Capacity building programmes for private sector and public administration
CEFTA and other regional actors
Transparency
Transparency tools in all segments of regional cooperation
Notifications where appropriate
Data availability and quality
Quality of statistics
Data collection and analysis in new relevant areas