Translation of "Specialized know-how " (English → French) :

The Programme should also point to the special role and importance of small enterprises regarding training, expertise and traditional know-how, as well as ensure that young people have access to microfinance.

The special know-how of these financial institutes should be passed on, as far as possible, to financial institutes in other Member States.

Innovative or demonstration projects relating to Community environmental objectives, including the development or dissemination of best practice techniques, know-how or technologies, as well as projects for awareness-raising campaigns and special training for agents involved in forest fire prevention initiatives should be eligible for Community financing under LIFE+, except where they are eligible for funding under other Community financial instruments.

To allow SMEs and SME associations to use advances made in research to benefit their growth, their know-how and their innovation capacity, two special schemes are planned:

218. Notes the UN's apparent failure properly to apply the financing agreement signed between the Commission and it regarding the European Agency for Reconstruction, leaving the Court frequently unable to carry out adequate financial control of payments and underlying documents concerning contracts managed or overseen by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK); notes the statement by the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to grant full access to all files at the request of the Court; urges however the Commission to review the financing agreement with the UN; is of the opinion that a possi ...[+++]ble phasing out of the European Agency for Reconstruction should not be done according to a pre-set timetable but should depend on economic and political criteria and developments, making full use of the added value of the Agency in terms of expertise and know-how developed over the years, and asks the Commission to bring forward a proposal after a proper final evaluation to see whether the mandate of the reconstruction agency could be altered in such a way that that existing expertise and know-how could be used to provide reconstruction assistance wherever needed, for example in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and the countries affected by the Tsunami, as a second stage after immediate humanitarian needs have been addressed by the Humanitarian Aid Office;

The General Secretariat of the Council is currently responsible for keeping a list of these contact points and a register of special skills or know-how with regard to combating serious environmental crime.