Translation of "Nordic Advisory Committee on Development Aid Questions " (English → French) :

(2) Over the forty years since its creation, the Advisory Committee on Vocational Training provided the Commission with opinions on vocational training issues, including opinions on communications and other strategic documents, on specific undertakings such as the establishment of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, and on the preparation, evaluation and optimisation of Community action programmes in the field of vocational training.

The Advisory Committee on Rural Development, which was set up by the Commission under Decision 98/235/EC on the agricultural advisory committees, met twice in 2000, on 17 May and 15 November.

DRAFT PROGRAMME "DEVELOPMENTS IN BANKING SUPERVISION OVER THE LAST DECADE AND NEW CHALLENGES" Celebration of the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the European Banking Advisory Committee on 17 November 1989 in Brussels 9.00 Registration and coffee 9.30 Opening by Mr. Tommaso PADOA-SCHIOPPA, Acting Chairman of the European Banking Advisory Committee and Vice-Direttore Generale della Banca d'Italia 9.35 Address by Sir LEON BRITTAN, EC Vice-President and Commissioner responsible for Financial Institutions 10.00 Address by Mr. Takeshi OHTA, Vice-Governor of the Central Bank of Japan 10.30 Coffee br ...[+++]eak 11.00 Address by Mr. Alfons VERPLAETSE, Governor of the National Belgium 11.30 Address by Mr. Geoffrey FITCHEW, Director General of the Commission of the European Communities - DG "Financial Institutions and Company Law" 12.30 Lunch offered by the Commission of the European Communities - Address by Mr. PADOA-SCHIOPPA 14.30 Address by Mr. Gerald CORRIGAN, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York 15.00 Coffee break 15.30 Panel discussion chaired by Mr. Tim O'GRADY WALSHE, third Chairman of the Banking Advisory Committee and General Manager of the Bank of Ireland after short presentation by - Mr. Renaud de la GENIERE, Chairman of "Compagnie Financière de Suez" - Prof. Dr. Dietrich KÖELLHOFER, Member of the Board of the "Bayerische Vereinsbank A.G". - Sir Jeremy MORSE, Chairman of the EC Banking Federation and Chairman of "Lloyds Bank Plc" - Mr. Huib MULLER, second Chairman of the EC Banking Advisory Committee, Chairman of the Basle Committee on Banking Regulations and Supervisory Practices and Director of "De Nederlandsche Bank N.V".

The objectives of the CSF are summed up in the following five development priorities: 1. reducing the extent of remoteness and promoting internal integration through the development of major infrastructure; 2. improving living conditions; 3. the development and competitiveness of the economic fabric; 4. the development of human resources and promotional employment; 1 Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions, ...[+++]Committee under Article 124 of the Treaty, Management Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development, Standing Committee on Fisheries Structures. 5. reduction of regional disparities and improving access to the islands.

1 Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions, Committee under Article 124 of the Treaty, Management Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development, Standing Committee on Fisheries Structures. 2 ERDF - European Regional Development Fund ESF - European Social Fund EAGGF - European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund - Guidance Section FIFG - Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance A thorough ...[+++]analysis of the problems of these regions had revealed: - incomes of about 64% of the Community average; - unemployment almost twice as high as the Community average.

As regards the breakdown by chapter, the common position makes provision for a minimum of 55% of the overall financing for measures under Chapter I, a minimum of 10% for measures under Chapter II and a minimum of 25% for measures under Chapter III. The Committee assisting the Commission to implement the programme will be a mixed committee, i.e. a management committee for more significant questions and an advisory committee for other questions.