Traduction de «Compétition entre écoles » (Français → Anglais) :

10. While the Council has followed the Commission in rejecting Parliament's first reading amendments providing for the organisation of a schools sports competition, the Council minutes will include a declaration that: the Council notes the Parliament's political will that Article 3 of the Decision should enable school and sports organisations to propose mounting major educational events, taking place in all participating countries and emphasising the value that Olympic ideals bring to education.

It is not that I do not think the idea of organising inter-school competitions, of encouraging partnerships between academic organisations and sporting organisations, of benefiting from the symbolic and media impact of the flame is not both excellent and feasible – very much the opposite in fact – but the Commission itself has no authority to organise projects of this type.

I stress that the sharing of good practices and the sharing of information between the different schools in Europe should not develop into a competitive practice.

The programme has six subprogrammes : - the manufacturing industry subprogramme, which covers both support to make existing firms more competitive and incentives for the setting-up of new factories; - the tourism programme, which is intended to stimulate demand for, and diversify the supply of, tourist amenities through the protection and development of the natural and cultural heritage; - the basic drainage and sanitation infrastructure programma, which aims to enhance exploitation of water resources, to improve sanitary conditions and to harness and develop endogenous resources; - 2 - - the subprogramme for improving communications ...[+++]within the area and with other areas, which focuses on links between the main centres in the area and with those outside the area and aims to make a significant contribution to the development of the local transport network and reduce dependence on Lisbon; - the subprogramme for strategically important social infrastructure, which includes the establishment of vocational training schools to prepare young people for working lif and to provide them with skills better suited to the needs and changes expected in the area; - the natural resources, environment and land-reorganization subprogramme, which is designed to ensure efficient exploitation of the natural resources of the area, to reduce pollution levels, to safaguard development of the natural heritage and the countryside and to improve the environment.