Translation of "consulting and educational services " (English → French) :

6. Recommends to the Member States, when they define social services of general interest, to take into consideration gender-specific services, mainly consulting and social services intended in particular for women, and important services that contribute to the quality of women's lives or to equality, such as health services and education;

However, if there is a lack of national responsibility and the funding of general European education programmes does not increase, then the Services Directive, by only confirming the responsibility of the national authorities, while neglecting education services, does not help to solve the problems surrounding the expansion of education in Europe, it simply perpetuates them.

Included are hardware and software consultancy and implementation services; maintenance and repair of computers and peripheral equipment; disaster recovery services, provision of advice and assistance on matters related to the management of computer resources; analysis, design and programming of systems ready to use (including web page development and design), and technical consultancy related to software; development, production, supply and documentation of customized software, including operating systems made on order for specific users; systems maintenance and other s ...[+++]upport services, such as training provided as part of consultancy; data-processing services, such as data entry, tabulation and processing on a time-sharing basis; web page hosting services (i.e., the provision of server space on the Internet to host clients" web pages); and computer facilities management.

I think there are tremendous opportunities around professional services in Canada engineering services, architecture, management consulting, and education services.

This sector is subdivided into five categories: primary education, secondary education, higher education, adult education and other education services.

23. Is convinced, however, that - with adequate accommodation of public sensitivities relating to sectors or services of public interest - other sectors should be included; insists that further liberalisation must not prejudice Member States' rights under the Treaty to determine the respective roles of the private and the public sectors in the provision of health and education services and their right to regulate the provision of such services; calls on the Commission to consult ...[+++] it before including further areas;