Translation of "Bureau des affaires économiques et scientifiques " (French → English) :

Bureau of Economic and Scientific Affairs

Bureau of Economic and Scientific Affairs

Office of Economic Affairs

United Nations Economic and Social Office in Beirut | UNESOB [Abbr.]

Office of the Chief Economist

Economic and Scientific Research Bureau

The information concerning industrial land prices was retrieved from the website of the Industrial Bureau of the Ministry of Economic affairs of Taiwan.

J. whereas, in its conclusions of 16 December 2013, the Foreign Affairs Council announced that the European Union would provide an unprecedented package of political, economic and security support to both parties in the context of a final status agreement, and that in the event of a final peace agreement, it would offer Israel and the future state of Palestine a Special Privileged Partnership including increased access to European markets, closer cultural and scientific links, fa ...[+++]cilitation of trade and investments, and the promotion of business-to-business relations, and that enhanced political dialogue and security cooperation would also be offered in this context;

75. Believes that in times of increasing financial difficulties for numerous Europeans and ongoing austerity policies, Parliament should show an example of restraint by reducing its travel costs; asks the Bureau to create conditions for making savings of 5% in all kind of travel expenditure including delegations of committees and interparliamentary delegations in full respect of the Statute for Members and its implementing measures; believes that a reduction in business flights by Members of Parliament would help to achieve such savings; requests that 15% of the travel appropriations be placed in reserve pending a report by the Secret ...[+++]ary General of Parliament to be delivered to the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets by 31 March 2012; calls for such a report to examine the feasibility of measures to ensure the utmost efficiency of Members' travel with a view to making recommendations for potential budgetary savings by considering all proposals and resolutions which Parliament has already adopted on this question, by presenting proposals to reduce its number of business class flights, encouraging the purchase of economy / flexi-economy class airfares, ensuring a proper treatment of the Frequent Flyer Points and revising the rules of the Members' Registry opening hours, in particular on Fridays; expects that the appropriations for the travels are reduced in 2012 and in the following years till the end of the legislature; suggests that savings in institutional visits have to take into account the primacy of pluralism over proportionality when defining the delegations' composition;

The meeting will be co chaired by Fernando Valenzuela, Deputy Director-General of the Commission's Directorate General for External Relations and by Shinichi Kitajima, Director-General of the Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs who will lead the Japanese delegation.