Translation of "International Trauma Life Support " (English → French) :

21. Calls on the Commission, and urges relevant international organisations, to support educational programmes that empower women, enabling them to develop self-esteem, acquire knowledge, make decisions and take responsibility for their own lives, health and employment, and allowing them to live a financially independent life;

21. Calls on the Commission, and urges relevant international organisations, to support educational programmes that empower women, enabling them to develop self-esteem, acquire knowledge, make decisions and take responsibility for their own lives, health and employment, and allowing them to live a financially independent life;

We would encourage the government to consider in this context adding an external adviser to supplement internal expertise so as to ensure consistency to operational requirements from program inception to commissioning and through life support.

1. Welcomes the presentation of integrated broad economic policy and employment guidelines which concentrate on growth and employment while remaining committed to a balance between the three pillars of the Lisbon Strategy in line with the conclusions of the Brussels European Council of 22 and 23 March 2005, that integrated presentation being a sign of the complementary nature of economic and social policy and of commitment to further progress towards making the macro-economic framework established for the Union simpler and easier to understand; supports the determination of the Commission and the Council to concentrate to a greater exte ...[+++]nt on growth and employment; recalls that environmental requirements will help to establish a forward-looking, dynamic and efficient economy which offers citizens a high quality of life; supports the determination of the Commission and the Council to concentrate to a greater extent on growth and employment by increasing competitiveness, extending the internal market to the services sector, improving the efficiency of public services and consequently boosting domestic demand;

On the issue of violence against women, the satisfactory progress made included the agreement achieved on combating trafficking through international cooperation, with support for actions which are being developed at other levels in the international arena, and also the acceptance by all countries of public campaigns against violence based on the campaign instigated by the European Union on zero tolerance. Also discussed were the issues of poverty eradication policies, work as a factor in ensuring the economic participation of women, the essential need to adopt policies reconciling family and professional ...[+++]life and the need to develop access for women to education and training as a basic instrument in guaranteeing them independence. There was also, for the first time, a more positive reference to issues of maternity and paternity, usually associated with the male role, and the need for job-sharing.

Transportation is the life support system for our economy and it is critically important to our ability to compete internationally in the ever evolving global marketplace.