Measuring the Progress in Realizing the Strategy “Europe 2020” in 2010-2016 in 28 European Union Member States

Abstract

The paper presents the results of the research over the measurement of the progress in the realization of the objectives specified in "Europe 2020-a strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth" in 2016 in comparison with 2010. The analysis availed itself of the statistical data of Eurostat which describes the main indicators of the strategy for all member states of the European Union. The available empirical data allowed for constructing a synthetic measure reflecting the progress in realizing the objectives specified in the Strategy. The analysis of the values that the said measure assumed became a basis for creating a rating of EU member states for two distinct years that were subject to scrutiny. Also, there was specified the variation in the value of the said measure and the changes in the positions occupied by particular states in the mentioned rating. What was also conducted was a cluster analysis, which allowed for dividing the scrutinized countries into groups in case they are described by more than one property. Except for this and as compared to all the previous works on the subject, the method of the construction of the synthetic measure was considerably sharpened.

The Financing of Renewable Energy Sources and the Level of Sustainable Development of Poland’s Provinces in the Area of Environmental Order

“…The synthetic indicator under analysis not only allows sorting the objects (provinces) in order, but also distinguishing groups of similar objects. Cluster analysis allows the distinguishing of groups of similar objects (provinces) on the condition that they are described by more than one feature [73]. Thus, four groups of provinces were distinguished, and based on the synthetic indicator (0:1), the groups share the same distribution, i.e., 0.25.…”