Translation of "Relation enseignement-industrie " (French → English) :

– (IT) Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the financial crisis is teaching us that we need to go back to the real economy and thus we need to help the European manufacturing industry to recover, particularly at a time when the US, led by Barack Obama, is preparing to change economic relations worldwide to some degree.

Regulating competition and consumer protection A strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment Competition rules - cabotage and tramp services Future of the Northern Dimension policy (exploratory opinion requested by the Finnish Presidency) The contribution of civil society to European neighbourhood policy (exploratory opinion) Fostering entrepreneurial mindsets through education and learning Social cohesion: fleshing out a European social model (own-initiative opinion) Thematic strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste (see press release n° 67/2006) EU-Andean Community relations (own-initiative) (see press rele ...[+++]ase n° 68/2006) White Paper on Financial Services 2005-2010 Risks and problems associated with the supply of raw materials to European industry (own-initiative opinion) The future of services of general interest (own-initiative opinion)

White Paper on a European communication policy Regulating competition and consumer protection A strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment Competition rules - cabotage and tramp services Future of the Northern Dimension policy (exploratory opinion requested by the Finnish Presidency) The contribution of civil society to European neighbourhood policy (exploratory opinion) Fostering entrepreneurial mindsets through education and learning Social cohesion: fleshing out a European social model (own-initiative opinion) Thematic strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste EU-Andean Community relations (own-initiative) Wh ...[+++]ite Paper on Financial Services 2005-2010 Risks and problems associated with the supply of raw materials to European industry (own-initiative opinion) The future of services of general interest (own-initiative opinion)

The Governments of the Member States and the European Commission were represented as follows: Belgium: Mr Michel LEBRUN Minister for Higher Education, Scientific Research and International Relations (French-speaking Community) Mr Jean-Maurice DEHOUSSE Minister for Science Policy and Infrastructure Denmark: Mr Frank JENSEN Minister for Research Mr Knud LARSEN State Secretary for Research Germany: Mr Bernd NEUMANN Parliamentary State Secretary for Research, Education, Science and Technology Mrs Cornelia YZER Parliamentary State Secretary for Research, Education, Science and Technology Greece: Mr Constantin SIMITIS Minister for Industry, En ...[+++]ergy and Technology Mr Nicos CHRISTODOULAKIS State Secretary for Research and Technology Spain: Mr Emilio OCTAVIO de TOLEDO State Secretary for Universities and Research France: Mr François FILLON Minister for Higher Education and Research Ireland: Mr John F. COGAN Deputy Permanent Representative Italy: Mr Giovanni MEO ZILIO State Secretary for Research Luxembourg: Mr Jean-Marc HOSCHEIT Deputy Permanent Representative Netherlands: Mr Lambert J. HANRATH Deputy Permanent Representative Portugal: Mr Luis VALENTE de OLIVEIRA Minister for Territorial Planning and Management Mr Manuel FERNANDES TOMAZ State Secretary for Science and Technology United Kingdom: Mr Robert HUGHES Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science and Technology Commission: Mr Antonio RUBERTI Member Mr Martin BANGEMANN Member * * * The acceding States were represented by the following: Austria: Mr Raoul KNEUCKER Director-General Finland: Mr Olli-Pekka HEINONEN Minister for Education and Science Sweden: Mr Carl THAM Minister for Education SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROGRAMMES After a detailed discussion and on the basis of a Presidency compromise the Council agreed on ten specific research programmes in implementation of the Community's Fourth Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration (RTD) for the period 1994-1998.

The IDO seeks to achieve eight inter-related economic development objectives for the Strathclyde economy, namely to : - Assist the development of industries which offer the most promissing opportunities for growth in the context of the post 1992 emergence of the Single Market in the Community. - Encourage the formation and subsequent growth of local enterprise, in particular small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), and especially in growth sectors. - Assist local industry to introduce new technology into its products and production processes, in particular through better links with the higher education and research organisations in the region. - Build on success ...[+++]es in attracting and expanding inward investment, particularly by overseas companies seeking a European manufacturing base, and by raising levels of research and product authority in existing international facilities in the Region/. - 2 - - Develop a vigorous tourist industry for the urban as well as rural parts of the area, attracting significantly larger numbers of international events and tourists. - Improve external communications to help industry meet the challenges and opportunities of the single market, and to reduce access costs to the market. - Create a modern "metropolitan heart", building on the established business, tourist and cultural centre of Glasgow as a source of growth for the whole region. - Reinforce efforts to change the region's image from that of a rundown, declining industrial region to that of a region with technologically progressive industries, strong cultural and environmental attractions, and a labour force equipped with the skills required for the 1990s.

The efforts should concentrate on developing an active cooperation between those involved in education with the objective of facilitating the transfer of information and experience on some specific issues of common concern : the training of teachers, the relationships between schools and industry, etc.