Translation of "Problem area " (English → French) :

8. Recognises the volume of EU human rights-related activities in different parts of the world, but reiterates its call for increased assessment of the use of EU instruments and initiatives in third countries; welcomes the evaluations mentioned in the report by the Council and the Commission; considers that a mechanism should be developed enabling Members of Parliament to receive evaluations carried out in specific subject areas, such as individual countries, groups of countries and geographic areas, but, first and foremost, regarding specific human rights problem areas; considers that such a mechanism should enable Parliament to disc ...[+++]uss the outcome of those evaluations within the most appropriate framework;

For example: a research study on the identification of indicators of child vulnerability in order to make preventive intervention by educators, teachers, and parents more prompt and effective; research and transnational data collection producing a pilot study examining the problems of deliberate self-harm among young people in Europe; exposing the situation of unaccompanied migrant minors in the EU and focusing on asylum seeking or migrant children from three Member States; Muslim girls' negotiation between parents and social professionals; how to integrate different social services; how confidentiality is perceived and interpreted in cases of sexual abuse; the reviewing and refining of the first draft of an international manual for s ...[+++]taff of residential institutions to combat sexual abuse of young people; . an analysis of the prosecution of reported rape cases across Europe to identify key problem areas and a plan of action; a structural plan for a lesbian anti-violence programme at EU level; compilation of statistical data on sexual harassment in the workplace.

Four problem areas were identified, i.e. legal and administrative barriers, cultural and social issues, career structures in relation to mobility and problems in intersectoral mobility, notably between academia and industry.

32. Considers the establishment of sectoral programmes in education and health which improve the coverage, quality, and access to basic infrastructure and services taking account of local needs and the specific demands of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged, to be one of the most relevant EU contributions to short and medium-term eradication of poverty and emphasises the need for increased financial support in these areas through the EU Budget and the EDF, with sectorwide approach programme procedures ("swap”) stemming from the existence of the problems which need to be tackled to be dealt with by means of 'swap' procedures to be used as a means of dealing with the links arising from the existence of the ...[+++]problem areas to be resolved;

We need to pinpoint, and draw up an inventory of, the problem areas for coherence. We need to make it evident which problems we are solving and which we have not yet solved.

* the differentiation in strategies between Länder covering cities (Hamburg, Bremen), Länder with a large share of urban areas covered by Objective 2 and Länder with a larger share of rural areas covered by Objective 2: specific attention has been paid to urban problem areas.