Translation of "Participation active de la demande " (French → English) :

28. Welcomes the strengthening of the legal framework guaranteeing women’s rights and gender equality through the constitutional package; is concerned about the falling rates of labour force participation even among highly educated women; urges the Government, business and civil society to take comprehensive measures – such as fighting female illiteracy, actively supporting girls’ access to secondary education and providing childcare facilities – to tackle poverty among women and increase women’s social inclusio ...[+++]n and participation in the labour market; furthermore, encourages the introduction of a system of reserved quotas in order to ensure a meaningful presence of women at all levels in business, the public sector and politics; calls, in particular, on the political parties to use the opportunity of the forthcoming elections to strengthen women’s active engagement in politics;

28. Welcomes the strengthening of the legal framework guaranteeing women's rights and gender equality through the constitutional package; is concerned about the falling rates of labour force participation even among highly educated women; urges the Government, business and civil society to take comprehensive measures – such as fighting female illiteracy, actively supporting girls‘ access to secondary education and providing childcare facilities – to tackle poverty among women and increase women's social inclusio ...[+++]n and participation in the labour market; furthermore, encourages the introduction of a system of reserved quotas in order to ensure a meaningful presence of women at all levels in business, the public sector and politics; calls, in particular, on the political parties to use the opportunity of the forthcoming elections to strengthen women's active engagement in politics;

21. Calls for increased emergency aid to address the immediate threat to the world's poorest people posed by higher food prices; recognises, however, that money is not enough and therefore calls on the Council, the Commission and the US Congress and Administration to address structural problems such as under-investment in agriculture; calls for a coordinated global approach by the EU, the United States and multilateral organisations, which should include fairer trade rules and increased investment in agriculture in developing countries, focused on small-scale producers and women; calls on the donors to provide support and help fund safety-nets for the most vulnerable people; calls on the leaders of the EU and the United States actively to su ...[+++]pport and participate in the High-Level Task Force on the Global Food Crisis, established under the leadership of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon;

To ensure the active involvement of the general public in the establishment, implementation and updating of marine strategies, provision should be made for proper public information on the different elements of marine strategies, or their related updates, as well as, upon request, relevant information used for the development of the marine strategies in accordance with Community legislation on public access to environmental information.

In terms of organisation, DEFRA has overall responsibility for implementing the programme plus the management and control arrangements; the company South West Pesca Ltd has the development role and was active in assisting with the local delivery of the FIFG programme; a Fisheries Priority Management Group continued to met regularly to review progress and approve applications.

27. Urges the Commission to increase Member States' awareness, not only of the need to improve the working lives of older people, but also of the need to promote their active involvement in social and cultural life, which represents a valuable contribution to society, both by setting up neighbourhood centres, facilities to provide social activities combined with the social security needed, services dedicated to the special needs of older people, facilities to promote active citizenship and participation, senior citizens" universities ...[+++]as well as leisure and hobby facilities, and also by supporting volunteer work and participation in associations by senior citizens, also with a view to demonstrating solidarity with those who are older than themselves; considers that particular attention should be paid to how involvement by older people in the social economy i.e. Third System, would help to strengthen and enhance the social cohesion of communities;