Translation of "Inter-Active Terminology for Europe " (English → French) :

Question No. 621 Ms. Hélène Laverdière: With regard to the planned reductions in departmental spending for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) announced in Budget 2012, for fiscal years 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015: (a) what is the total dollar amount of reductions for each of the program activities, specifically, (i) International Policy Advice and Integration, (ii) Diplomacy and Advocacy, (iii) International Commerce, (iv) Consular Services and Emergency Management, (v) Passport Canada, (vi) Governance, Strategic Direction and Common Service Delivery; (b) what are the total reductions for full-time equivalents (FTEs) for each of the program activities, specifically, (i) International Policy Advice and ...[+++]Integration, (ii) Diplomacy and Advocacy, (iii) International Commerce, (iv) Consular Services and Emergency Management, (v) Passport Canada, (vi) Governance, Strategic Direction and Common Service Delivery; (c) what is the total dollar amount of reductions to the Corporate Social Responsibility Counsellor for the Extractive Sector; (d) what is the total dollar amount of reductions to the Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister, Afghanistan, Middle East and Maghreb, broken down by (i) Afghanistan Inter-Departmental Communications and Information Services Bureau, (ii) Director General, Afghanistan Task Force, (iii) Middle East and Maghreb Bureau; (e) what is the total dollar amount of reductions to the Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister, Americas, broken down by (i) Director General, Latin America and Caribbean, (ii) Hemispheric Policy Bureau, (iii) North American Platform Program, Executive Coordinator and Senior Advisor, (iv) North America Policy Bureau, (v) North America Programs and Operations Bureau, (vi) North American Leaders' Summit Division; (f) what is the total dollar amount of reductions to the Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister for Europe, Eurasia and Africa, broken down by (i) Africa Bureau, Director Gen ...

Senator Grafstein has been an active member of numerous inter-parliamentary groups and associations in Europe, Asia and Latin America, including the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association.

to develop common definitions and terminology, taking into account international standardisation activities such as the International Classification for Patient Safety being developed by WHO and the Council of Europe's work in this area.

[Text] Question No. 144 Mr. Garry Breitkreuz: How many person-years have been allocated and what has been the total cost spent by both Foreign Affairs Canada and International Trade Canada, for each year since 1994, for the following activities: (a) organizing, operating and participating in the National Committee on Firearms; (b) formulating, implementing and administering the Canadian Plan of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons; (c) developing and implementing the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects; (d) developing and implementing the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammuniti ...[+++]on, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime; (e) developing and implementing the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons; (f) developing and implementing the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (Inter-American Convention), signed by Canada in November 1997; (g) developing and implementing the European Union (EU) Joint Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons adopted by the EU States on December 17, 1998; (h) developing and implementing the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports adopted by the EU States; (i) planning and participating in the Small Arms Survey 2001 and 2002; (j) participating in the planning, implementing and administering the Canadian Firearms Program, the Firearms Act and regulations and Part III of the Criminal Code; and (k) processing and issuing import and export permits for firearms and related products?

IV. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION The Council agrees that: 1. cooperation in scientific and technological research between the European Community and third countries should in principle be undertaken on the basis of mutual advantage, and taking into account, on the basis of the subsidiarity principle, international cooperation activities of the Member States; 2. increased participation in the Framework Programme by EFTA countries, inter alia through the EEA Agreement, could bring significant added value to the European research ...[+++]effort; 3. particular attention should be paid to cooperation in science and technology with countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the NIS of the former Soviet Union, with a view to preserving their considerable scientific potential; 4. particular attention should also be paid to scientific and technological cooperation with developing countries so as to reflect their respective priorities, develop their capacities for research and maximise the resulting benefits for their social and economic development; 5. scientific and technological cooperation with non-European industrialised third countries should respect the principle of no exchange of funds, ensure a balance of benefits and contribute to achieving more cost-effectively the objectives of the Framework Programme; 6. EUREKA should remain the principal vehicle for supporting research activities which are nearer to the market and the Commission should bring forward proposals to improve the synergy between the Community's research activities and EUREKA; 7. synergy with activities of other international organisations should also be improved; 8. COST should continue to play an important, specific and complementary role by promoting scientific and technological cooperation in Europe through multilateral research projects.

The Governments of the Member States and the Commission of the European Communities were represented as follows: Belgium Mr Jan DE BOCK Deputy Permanent Representative Denmark Mr Jann SJURSEN Minister for Energy Mr Soeren SKAFTE State Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Energy Germany Mr Dieter von WÜRZEN State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs Greece Mr Georges APOSTOLAKIS Secretary-General for Energy Spain Mr Claudio ARANZADI Minister for Industry and Energy France Mr Gérard LONGUET Minister for Energy and External Trade Ireland Mr Brian COWEN Minister for Energy Italy Mr Paolo SAVONA Minister for Industry Luxembourg Mr A ...[+++]lex BODRY Minister for Energy Netherlands Mr Koos ANDRIESSEN Minister for Energy Portugal Mr Luis Filipe PEREIRA State Secretary for Energy United Kingdom Mr Timothy EGGAR Minister for Energy * * * Commission Mr Abel MATUTES Member NUCLEAR SAFETY IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND THE FORMER USSR - COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS "THE COUNCIL, committed to assisting with improving the nuclear safety in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and aware of the need for sustainable, medium and long-term solutions, to energy supply problems of those coutries, 1.recalls the Council conclusions of 7 December 1992 on nuclear safety in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, involving measures under the Community's PHARE and TACIS programmes for immediate improvements in the safety of nuclear power plants; recalls the importance of the G-24 mechanism for the co-ordination of assistance programmes and the leading role of the Community in this area; recalls also the Community's intended contribution to the multilateral fund for nuclear safety in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union; 2.notes the assistance already provided by the Community for an immediate improvement in the safety of the plants in question, as presented in the report tabled by the Commiss ...