Translation of "Regional and local programme road improvements " (English → French) :

highlights that local and regional authorities have a vital role to play in implementing the ENP's objectives in Georgia. This role primarily involves their contribution to local development, the improvement of local economic relations, respect for human and fundamental rights, facilitating mobility and their support with setting up mutual contacts;

Calls on the Commission to revise its ‘Europe for Citizens’ Programme to improve communication with the average Union citizen and to ensure broad dissemination; notes that while structural support for Brussels-based think-tanks and research institutes is important, such organisations do little to inform individuals other than those who are already informed; calls on the Commission refocus its funding on non-Brussels based regional and ...[+++]local civil society and social partner organisations and to introduce, in the future, programmes similar to very successful ‘Youth in Action Programme 2007-2013’ to help local and regional governmental authorities to inform their residents of their rights as Union citizens; since proposals for multilingualism should not be limited to the main official/ Member State languages, calls on the Member States to disseminate information about Union citizenship also in regional and minority languages;

The mid-programme evaluation carried out in March 2004 and the overall evaluation of civil protection programmes carried out in July 2005 highlighted that preparedness actions had achieved encouraging results at the national, regional and local levels, including improvement in the level of information provided to the public and an increased awareness of the importance of preparedness.

Not only does this make the programmes more effective and better targeted on local needs, it also contributes to the long term development of URBAN areas: once in place a local partnership has the potential to play other roles in promoting local development, eg improving local strategic planning, finding new ways to deliver local spending, promoting private sector investment.

Sure Start works towards its objectives by: setting up local programmes in neighbourhoods where a high proportion of children are living in poverty in order to improve services for families with children under four; spreading good practice learned from local programmes to everyone involved in providing services for young children; and by ensuring that each local programme ...[+++] works towards a set of national objectives and targets.

Domestically, all the regions have enjoyed substantial road improvements and in some cases measures to improve public transport.