11 December 2007 - Any progress with Lisbon Strategy implementation in 2007? According to the EU 2007 Lisbon Strategy Assessment Report, there is progress in Lithuania, however it seems rather paper based. Despite some legislative and research effort, Lithuania struggles with main factors of innovative knowledge economy, namely - increasing and improving the efficiency of investment in R&D and support for innovation, as well as reform of the education and training systems to ensure quality and labour market relevance. Additional challenges in the form of macroeconomic threats and growing legislative burden are also emerging rapidly. When judging from a purely local perspective the progress seems rather marginal, and the key achievement - approval of priority areas for R&D development seems questionable, if not all together disappointing. Adoption of the Vocational Training Law may also tick the Brussels boxes, but hardly anything else.