Traducción de «Inversión orientada a aumentar la productividad » (Español → Inglés) :

17. Stresses that the EU cannot compete on costs alone, but needs to increase productivity through sustainable investment in research and development, education and skills, and resource efficiency, at national as well as European level; calls on the Commission and on governments to give these areas priority in their budgets; underlines that the Member States should pay particular attention to youth unemployment when devising reforms, in order not to deprive young people of their opportunities from the start; urges Member States in this regard to use the available financial ...[+++] means, including those under the Youth Guarantee, more rapidly and efficiently;

15. Welcomes the Commission’s statement that European competitiveness ‘cannot and will not be based merely on costs’; points out, in addition, that it is essential to enhance productivity, including capital, resource and energy productivity, social inclusion, investment in education and life-long learning, research and innovation and resource efficiency, in line with Europe 2020 goals; encourages additional progress on the Europe 2020 targets, especially in the area of employment; calls for the above to be adequately reflected in t ...[+++]he ’deficit’ countries’ CSRs as these are the Member States which are in critical need of boosting their competitiveness;

14. Welcomes the Commission’s statement that European competitiveness ‘cannot and will not be based merely on costs’; points out, in addition, that it is essential to enhance productivity, including capital, resource and energy productivity, social inclusion, investment in education and life-long learning, research and innovation and resource efficiency, in line with Europe 2020 goals; encourages additional progress on the Europe 2020 targets, especially in the area of employment; calls for the above to be adequately reflected in t ...[+++]he ‘deficit’ countries’ CSRs as these are the Member States which are in critical need of boosting their competitiveness;

And more productivity means more investment, more effort in investment and development and more effort in education and professional training with a view to increasing the productivity of work.

Key among these are: opportunities provided by market reforms to stimulate investment; the level of competition; the ability to innovate, both through increased investment in RD and human capital development, notably through education and training; the capacity rapidly to transform technological and non-technological innovations into economic goods; the reorganisation of working practices through the adoption of information and communication technologies; competition regulations and consumer protection rules that ensure that competitive pressure operates fully in the Internal Market [4] (inter alia in areas where the obstacles to co ...[+++]mpetition and competitiveness take the form of restrictive regulations and monopoly) thus maintaining incentives for higher productivity; and an integrated market for goods and services that ensures that all potential gains are realised.

While investment by enterprises in the training of adult workers represents 2.3% of total labour costs, according to most recent available data, an increase is imperative in order to promote the adaptability of the workforce, raise productivity and encourage active ageing.