Translation of "Pays de nouvelle industrialisation " (French → English) :

4. The EU is facing four interrelated socio-economic challenges: globalisation , and the emergence of newly industrialised and highly competitive countries; demography , in the form of Europe’s ageing population and migration flows; rapid change in the nature of the labour market; and the technology-driven ICT revolution .

Strengthening the integration component of admission procedures, e.g. through pre-departure measures such as information packages and language and civic orientation courses in the country of origin Organising introduction programmes and activities for newly arrived third-country nationals to acquire basic knowledge about language, history, institutions, socio-economic features, cultural life and fundamental values Offering courses at several levels taking into account different educational backgrounds and previous knowledge of the country Reinforcing the capacity of introduction programmes and activities for dependants of persons subject ...[+++] to admission procedures, women, children, elderly, illiterate persons and people with disabilities Increasing the flexibility of introduction programmes through part-time and evening courses, fast track modules, distance and e-learning systems Targeting introduction activities at young third-country nationals with specific social and cultural problems related to identity issues, including mentoring and role-model programmes Pooling resources enabling adjacent municipalities to offer different types of courses | Stimulating trans-national actions, e.g. adaptation of good practices to different contexts, exchange of personnel, joint development of programmes, common dissemination of results Supporting innovative integration programmes or models incorporating language and communication training, and the cultural, political and social characteristics of the host country |

- 2 - These three horizontal principles should be combined with criteria of a vertical nature, i.e., linked to the characteristics and geographical situation of the third countries, so as to enable the Community action to be geared to the three main categories of country: neighbouring Community countries (with two subcategories having highly specific needs and prospects, namely the EFTA countries and the Central and East European countries), developed countries outside the Community (e.g., USA, Japan, Canada) and the newly industrialized or developing countries.

Finally, the Community recognizes the special situation which exists with regard to developing countries other than the newly industrialized countries.

Together with the newly industrialized countries and the new democracies in the Far East we can form the backbone of the structure which is needed to enable the Soviet Union and Latin America to integrate into the world economy, and which is needed if we ever wish to pull the poorest developing countries out of their hopelessness and of their absurd political systems".

Naturally, much of the decline in activity at the Community's shipyards can be attributed to objective factors: - the sharp worldwide decline in seaborne shipping since the late 1970s, including a 25% drop between 1979 and 1984; - the establishment of production plant in the newly industrializing countries; - the emergence of heavy industries close to raw material sources in developing countries; - energy savings and the growing share taken by nuclear energy, at the expense of oil and fossil fuel shipments; - greater self-sufficiency in food crops, which has reduced cereal exports, particularly to certain regions; - the shift away f ...[+++]rom physical commodities throughout the economy: new, electronically-based technologies obviate the need for a wide range of manufactured goods.