Translation of "Senior Industrial Development Field Advisers Programme " (English → French) :

Under Article 4(1) of Commission Decision 2005/56/EC (2), the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (hereinafter referred to as the Agency) has been entrusted with the management of certain strands of Community programmes in the fields of education, audiovisual and culture, and in particular with the management of the support programme for the European audiovisual sector MEDIA 2007 (2007-13), established by Decision No 1718/2006/EC of the ...[+++] Parliament and of the Council (3), the programme to encourage the development of European audiovisual works, MEDIA Plus — Development, Distribution and Promotion (2001-06), established by Council Decision 2000/821/EC (4), and with the training programme for professionals of the European audiovisual programme industry MEDIA-Training (2001-06), established by Decision No 163/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (5).

Projects have included: training for the tourism industry (1999-2001); a European studies programme (1999-2001); a services development programme (1999-2001) advising Macao on ways to improve Macao's services sector; and the Asia-Invest programme (2001 and 2002).

52. Remains concerned that previous innovation and competitiveness programmes have failed to deliver the necessary link between fundamental and applied research and industrial innovation partly due to the fact that the financial resources were rather limited; believes that the support of the European public is indispensable for realising the Lisbon goals; considers that the Commission should propose a simplification of its financial procedures with a view to facilitating the implementation of research policy; considers that financi ...[+++]al instruments need to be rethought in a more fine-tuned, targeted way and that the establishment of an ambitious programme for competitiveness and innovation endowed with adequate financial resources is vital for supporting a "prosperity" oriented industrial policy, notably for SMEs, that would successfully capitalise on research through industrial applications, such as technology transfer from universities and research centres into industrial application; considers that further steps should be taken to foster development of the information society as proposed by the Commission, developing and promoting international standards for ICT and mobile telecommunication technology, monitoring the implementation of the electronic communications legislative framework, supporting EU benchmarking activities in the field of eEurope action plan initiatives and further enhancing EU security research; regards such a programme as essential in order to achieve the objectives of the Lisbon Strategy in the sphere of new technologies and ecotechnologies; considers that adequate funding must be secured through the 7th EU Research Programme (FP7) and the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) for the EU Action Plan for Environmental Technologies (ETAP); calls for adequate funding for the support of innovative SMEs and initiatives aimed at helping the commercialisation of research and the transfer of technology, notably through the Euro ...

6. Recommends that, when a country decides to carry out a privatisation, the Commission should advise that it be done if possible by substantially involving domestic investors and that it should devote particular attention to ‘small’ decentralised solutions which are worked out by developing countries and whose beneficiaries are small and medium-sized undertakings (SMUs) and micro-enterprises, which play an essential part in the economic development of developing countries, create many of the jobs and generate a substantial proportion of national income, whereas ‘large-scale’ solutions which seek to bring about take-overs of State-owned enterprises by multinational corporations and groups often have adverse side-effects; and to give specia ...[+++]l attention also to the possible role of European small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in all aspects of cooperation programmes; believes that European SMEs possess specialised knowledge and experience relevant to these programmes, but are often left out due to lack of knowledge about programme participation possibilities and lack of visibility to third country partners; recommends that appropriations are provided for the provision of advisory services and training for small and medium-sized enterprises in the countries of Latin America and Asia by older volunteer experts from the European Union who come under the ESSN (European Senior Services Network);

Those industries already interested in this phase of the programme will be represented in the development company. The role and tasks of the development company are as follows: to advise the Joint Undertaking, to publicise the GALILEO programme and to carry out specific tasks (feasibility studies, technical studies, etc.).

Whereas, by Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC (4), as amended by Decision 88/193/EEC, Euratom (5), the Council adopted a framework programme for Community activities in the field of research and technological development (1987 to 1991), providing for activities in the field of dissemination and utilization of scientific and technological research results in order to increase the efficiency of the research and technological development work itself and to stimulate the process of innovation and industrial exploitation in Europe;