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President’s letter p1
Financial report p7
Dear friends,
“Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink.”
Those are the words of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the English poet, whose
ancient mariner surveyed the seas from a ship cast adrift and wondered
where, when and how his fellow sailors would find the liquid nutrition they 1
This description might apply to Europe as well, as we enter this, the third
year, of rising unemployment and economic stagnation. Europe is
indeed a wealthy continent. It boasts a human capital base as rich 2
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1. Samuel J. Palmisano, chairman and former CEO of IBM, delivers The 2012 Guglielmo
Marconi Lecture
2. N
eelie Kroes, vice-president of the European Commission responsible for the digital
agenda, keynotes The 2012 Intellectual Property and Innovation Summit
3. Y
annis Stournaras, finance minister of Greece, at The Europe 2020 Summit
4. H
elle Thorning-Schmidt, prime minister of Denmark, delivers The 2012 Jean Monnet
Lecture at The 2012 European Summit for Government Transformation
5. M
ichel Barnier, European commissioner for the internal market and services, delivers
The 2012 Ludwig Erhard Lecture at The 2012 Single Market Entrepreneurs Summit 5
6. E
va Castillo Sanz, chairwoman and CEO of Telefónica Europe, at The 2012 Innovation Summit
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Annual Report 2012
And yet, 2012 was a very good year for the Centre for Government
Lisbon Council. The organisation grew in size, Transformation, a collaboration
scope and stature, convening an unprecedented 16 with the College of Europe and
roundtables and summits, hosting seven Accenture, convened three high-level
commissioners, four director-generals and one roundtables on digital government,
head of state, and producing six highly regarded employment and sustainable public finances –
publications. We also expanded into new areas, and hosted The European Summit for
extending the work of our three “centres of Government Transformation, where Helle
excellence,” which are multi-year collaborations Thorning-Schmidt, prime minister of Denmark,
devoted to exploring topics of immense importance delivered The 2012 Jean Monnet Lecture and
to Europe’s future renewal. The Single Market awarded The 2012 Public Service Innovation
Entrepreneurs Centre (a collaboration with Award to a team of College of Europe students
Google) hosted two well-attended, high-level for their study of the Bundesagentur für Arbeit in
workshops, and convened The 2012 Single Germany (four teams took part in the competition,
Market Entrepreneurs Summit, where Michel which were judged by a jury of government
Barnier, European commissioner for internal executives and state-transformation experts led by
market and services, delivered The 2012 Ludwig former European Commissioner Meglena
Erhard Lecture and contributed a foreword to Kuneva). And the Gan Zhao Li Centre – the
SMEs in the Single Market: A Growth Agenda centre of excellence devoted to Sino-European
for the 21st Century (a collection of essays dialogue in the area of education, social
reflecting on the role of small business in driving transformation and innovation – took its first
forward the single market and the potential of the steps at a high-level roundtable on China’s
single market for empowering small business), new executive elite (the guest speaker, John
which was launched at the Summit. The European Quelch, distinguished professor of international
1. Enrico Giovannini, minister of labour and social
1 policies of Italy, joins The 2012 Innovation Summit
2. Michel Vivant, full professor and academic
director of the intellectual property programme in
the master’s in Droit economique at Sciences Po,
and Cédric Manara, associate professor of Internet
and intellectual property law at EDHEC Business
School, meet at The 2012 Intellectual Property and
Innovation Summit
3. Major publications in 2012.
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management, vice-president and Also noteworthy were The Europe 2020 Summit
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dean of the China-Europe Inter- and The 2012 Euro Summit, where we hosted
national Business School [CEIBS] in a wealth of high-level dignitaries for a series of
Shanghai, gave a fascinating presentation on hard-hitting roundtables and panels which –
China’s emerging business education system). while they clearly failed to solve the euro crisis –
nonetheless produced several fascinating rounds
We also launched a new centre of excellence – of solution-driven debate. José Manuel Barroso,
StartUp Europe – at The 2012 Innovation keynoted The Europe 2020 Summit, marking
Summit. At that Summit, Máire Geoghegan- his seventh appearance at the Lisbon Council
Quinn, European commissioner for research, as president of the European Commission. We
innovation and science, delivered The 2012 were delighted to host three Europe ministers
Robert Schuman Lecture – a sign that the that day, including Nicolai Wammen (Denmark),
Lisbon Council views research and innovation Enzo Moavero Milanesi (Italy) and David
as a core part of Europe’s economic mission. Liddington (UK), where the latter two presented
Andreas Schleicher, special adviser on education their governments’ joint growth initiative for
policy to the secretary general and director of the Europe. Yannis Stournaras, general director of
Programme for International Student Assessment the Foundation for Economic and Industrial
(PISA) at the OECD, and Enrico Giovannini, Research in Greece, also joined the debate, and
then president of the Italian National Institute of presented a fascinating account of the Greek
Statistics (ISTAT), delivered important addresses reform path just weeks before he was appointed
on the role of skills and education in economic finance minister in a major reshuffle (as of this
renewal and the power of statistics to drive social writing, he remains in that position, and continues
change. A few months later, Mr. Giovannini to perform admirably in what must be one of the
was named minister of labour and social policies world’s toughest assignments). The Europe 2020
in the government of Italian Prime Minister Summit was convened in collaboration with
Enrico Letta. Together with Eva Castillo Sanz, the Government of Denmark, which then held
chairwoman and CEO of Telefónica Europe, the the rotating Presidency of the Council of the
three helped launch StartUp Europe, a multi-year European Union, and took place on the eve of the
collaboration between the Lisbon Council and vital European Council Spring Summit, where
Telefónica. The initiative is dedicated to raising key economic decisions were taken.
digital literacy, web entrepreneurship and youth
empowerment. StartUp Europe forms part of a We also hosted important high-level roundtables
pledge to the European Commission’s Startup on delivering smarter cities and using technology
Europe initiative. to improve mobility and public safety, where
Danuta Hübner (chair of the committee
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Policy Brief The 2012
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Design by
Issue 12/2012
Intellectual
Wired for Growth
rowth and Innovation
Inn Making the European Stability
Monitor
How Digital Technologies are Reshaping Mechanism Work
Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses By Alessandro Leipold
innovation
and co-author of the business bestsellers Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration
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Changes Everything and Macro-Wikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World.
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‘The future is already here. It’s just not very evenly distributed.’ The authors would like to thank
two colleagues at the Lisbon
William Gibson Council: Paul Hofheinz, for
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outstanding editorial guidance,
and Sylwia Stępień, for research
assistance that went well beyond
Edited by Ian Hargreaves and Paul Hofheinz In the space of two decades, information and communication technology (ICT) what might have been hoped
for and expected. Thanks as
has revolutionised the way we connect with family and friends, the way we work, well to Antoine Aubert, Simon
and the way we inform, educate and entertain ourselves.1 It has upended and Hampton, Angela Steen, Al
Verney and Patricia Wruuck of
reshaped major industries, from media and entertainment to financial services, Google, founding partner in the
from software to pharmaceuticals.2 As both an enabler of innovation and a Single Market Entrepreneurs
platform for a wealth of online services, it contributes massively to productivity Centre, the collaborative research
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centre, where this policy brief was
and gross domestic product growth worldwide, including an estimated 21% of conceived, written and launched.
GDP growth in the world’s most advanced economies over the past five years.3 As always, any errors of fact
About Berenberg Bank
or judgment are the authors’ sole
And, most crucially in the context of the economic malaise sweeping across responsibility. Berenberg is one of Germany’s leading private banks. Established for over four centuries, it has developed
Europe, the Internet has become a vital force in making small- and medium-sized
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into a dynamic, modern private bank. The origins of Berenberg Bank go back to 1590 when the brothers
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businesses (SMEs) more potent contributors to economic growth and job creation.4 Hans and Paul Berenberg established their firm in Hamburg. It is now the oldest private bank in Germany and
SMEs in the
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Don Tapscott and Anthony D.
Williams, Wikinomics: How Mass one of the oldest in the world, with a balance sheet total of €4 billion, assets of more than €26 billion under
Collaboration Changes Everything
Among other things, small- and medium-sized enterprises can now do what they management, liable equity of €217 million and roughly 1100 employees. Its website is www.berenberg.com.
Ian Hargreaves Foreword: the European dimension
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(New York: Penguin, 2006).
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couldn’t do before: take on global scale even with very limited human resources
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About the Lisbon Council
Jeff Lynn Copyright for growth and harness emerging Web-based business platforms to dramatically slash cost and 3.
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Matthieu Pélissié du Rausas The Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal asbl is a Brussels-based think tank
build up capacity which, in the Industrial age, would have only been available to
Paul Klimpel Preserving Europe’s cultural heritage et al., Internet Matters: The
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and policy network. Established in 2003 in Belgium as a non-profit, non-partisan association, the group is
larger outfits. Whether tapping into global talent pools, sourcing new ideas, selling Net’s Sweeping Impact on
A growth agenda
Growth, Jobs, and Prosperity dedicated to making a positive contribution through cutting-edge research and by engaging politicians
Nico Perez New creative- and content-delivery services services around the globe or collaborating with geographically dispersed teams,
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(San Francisco: McKinsey Global and the public at large in a constructive exchange about the economic and social challenges of the 21st
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technology-enabled possibilities to connect, collaborate and streamline are endless. Institute, 2011). century. Its website is www.lisboncouncil.net.
Till Kreutzer A new model for tomorrow’s challenges
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for the 21st century
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Savvy business owners can now manufacture and distribute entirely new product 4. Berenberg Bank
Cédric Manara The French exception lines without having to own a physical plant or manage inventory. Put simply, Ann Mettler and Anthony D.
Neuer Jungfernstieg 20
Williams, The Rise of the Micro-
modern communications technologies, and the cutting-edge business practices 20354 Hamburg, Germany
Lilian Edwards Next steps in the UK Multinational: How Freelancers
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they engender, are now part and parcel of what it takes to run highly dynamic and Technology-Savvy Start-Ups T. +49 40 350 600
Michel Vivant The way forward for France and the world and productive enterprises – enterprises that are more competitive, more agile, Are Driving Growth, Jobs and
Innovation (Brussels: Lisbon
F. +49 40 350 60 900
Michel Barnier Foreword: SMEs and the single market
and more capable of exporting their products and services across borders than Council, 2011).
rity
Reto Hilty Licensing for competition, innovation and creation anything Europe has previously witnessed. The Lisbon Council asbl Sören Stamer Taking the leap: A European in Silicon Valley
IPC-Residence Palace
Ann Mettler Changing times, changing faces
Bernt Hugenholtz The Dutch case for flexibility 155 rue de la Loi
1040 Brussels, Belgium Richard Pelly Improving the funding landscape for entrepreneurs
T. +32 2 647 9575 Anthony D. Williams Micro-Wikinomics: How technology changes SMEs
The opinions expressed in this interactive policy brief are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily F. +32 2 640 9828
reflect the views of the Lisbon Council or any of its associates. Emma Vandore Inside Tech City
on regional development in the European agenda). In Wired for Growth and Innovation:
Parliament and former European commissioner How Digital Technologies are Reshaping
for regional policy) and Cecilia Malmström Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses and
(European commissioner for home affairs) spoke, Empowering Entrepreneurs, Ann Mettler and
respectively. And we hosted Samuel J. Palmisano, Anthony D. Williams, executive director and senior
then chairman of IBM, for an important speech fellow at the Lisbon Council respectively, looked
on “Global Integration, Act II.” And Taylor deeply at the way technology has empowered
Reynolds, senior economist for the information
small business and stood traditional economic
economy at the OECD, launched the OECD’s
reality on its head – empowering a generation
Internet Economy Outlook 2012 at a special
of small organisations to take on global reach
briefing.
and better define the cutting edge of innovation
It was a good year in terms of publications and (the publication was a follow-up to 2011’s highly
thought leadership, as well. Along with our successful The Rise of the Micro-Multinational: How
College of Europe student case studies on state Freelancers and Technolog y-Savvy Start-Ups are Driving
transformation and the collection of essays on Growth, Jobs and Innovation by the same authors).
SMEs in Europe (both described above), we In The 2012 Euro Plus Monitor: The Rocky
launched four additional publications during the Road to Balanced Growth, economist Holger
course of the year. In Intellectual Property and Schmieding led a team of researchers from
Innovation: A Framework for 21st Century Berenberg Bank to benchmark leading European
Growth and Jobs, co-edited with Ian Hargreaves, countries on a host of indicators, including
professor of digital economy at the University long-term competitiveness and the speed with
of Cardiff and author of Digital Opportunity:
which they are improving their economies. And
A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth
Alessandro Leipold weighed in with a well-
(a high-level review prepared for UK Prime
regarded contribution on Lessons in Crisis
Minister David Cameron), we brought together
Management: Making the European Stability
10 leading European intellectuals and industry
Mechanism Work, drawing on his years of
practitioners for a fascinating discussion of
Europe’s intellectual-property challenges experience at the International Monetary Fund,
(Neelie Kroes, vice-president of the European where he led frequent missions to Europe and
Commission and commissioner for the digital held the post of acting director of the European
agenda, joined us for The 2012 Intellectual department before joining the Lisbon Council as
Property and Innovation Summit, where the chief economist in 2010. These publications and
publication was launched, and praised the work more can be downloaded on the Lisbon Council
as an important contribution to Europe’s digital website at www.lisboncouncil.net/publications.
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Annual Report 2012
In addition, we added to and strengthened the and creativity of citizens themselves can intersect
team in the course of the year. Following the with policymaking at the highest level, bringing
success of Intellectual Property and Innovation and The new energy and insight to the tests we face and
2012 Intellectual Property and Innovation Summit, ultimately forming a vibrant community out of
Ian Hargreaves joined as senior fellow, where he which Europe’s recovery will eventually come.
will continue to set the standard for leading-edge
research in these fields and help us look more 2013 is an important year for the Lisbon Council,
closely at contemporary challenges in media and the one where we will celebrate our tenth anniversary
creative industries. We also beefed up the central
and (hopefully) see the first shoots of recovery in
secretariat in Brussels, adding staff and promoting
Europe’s economy. But 2014 will be important as
internally to allow us better to communicate and
keep track of our ever-growing community. well. In that year, European people will elect a new
parliament and, together with the member states,
Financially, we raised €864,292.56 – a record they will choose a new European Commission.
amount for the Lisbon Council in a single year This offers a huge opportunity, a chance to
and a sign that our work continues to generate focus on Europe’s renewal, and move beyond the
trust, support and engagement. We continued to stagnation of recent years to a new plane. The
control costs effectively, though expenses went up
Lisbon Council will be working throughout this
in line with the overall expansion. In the course of
transition, seeking to build a foundation for better
the year, we spent €880,282.45 – which, combined
policies and policymaking in the years to come.
with a depreciation charge of €18,904.81, gave an
operating loss of €34,894.70. We thank you for the trust you have shown and
the support you have given. And we look forward
The Lisbon Council sees the challenges Europe to continuing to work with you in the weeks,
faces not as a mark of shame but as an opportunity months and years ahead.
to work even harder to deliver crisp new thinking
to the on-going debate. And we believe that, in the
end, we know exactly where to find solutions to
Europe’s problems – they reside with you, the vast
community, now numbering several thousand,
of people who have joined one of our events or
read one of our publications. We believe the work
of a think tank is not simply to study society and
generate new ideas – though we have certainly Paul Hofheinz
done that these last nine years. It is also to serve as President and co-founder
an important convening point, where the power The Lisbon Council asbl
Financial Report
2012 2011
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Annual Report 2012
Income €864,292.56 €801,296.07
Donations €693,000.00 €547,487.69
Grants €171,292.56 €253,808.38
Balance Sheet**
2012 2011
Assets €72,278.96 €68,034.02
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