In June 2010, the European Council decided on a new strategy for structural reform, called "Europe 2020: A European strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth". This strategy sets objectives in five areas for the EU as a whole to be achieved by 2020. In addition, the national reform programmes define national targets for each of the areas.

The European strategy could be consulted at http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/index_en.htm and the Belgian national reform programmes are available at http://www.be2020.eu/