Translation of "Secteur d'hébergement et des soins à vie aux retraités " (French → English) :

However, this development package only supports the population and not public institutions (since the government of Sudan has not ratified the revised version of the Cotonou Agreement, which is the underlying basis of EU cooperation with the country.) EU aid targets the agriculture sector (through provision of technical assistance to help small scale farmers to make a living), the education sector (by training teachers and providing text material to reduce drop-out rates in primary schools) and the health sector (through training of n ...[+++]urses and midwives, the construction of health facilities, and introduction of basic health packages).

The overshoot of the previous 2006 target is explained by increased spending, including in the areas of health care, pensions and public wages, the correction of the classification of motorway construction (1.1% of GDP), military aircraft purchases, revenue shortfalls and, of course, the costs of the pension reforms.

increasing the efficiency of programmes to boost employment, with an emphasis on lifelong learning and on combating all forms of discrimination in all socio-economic sectors; finalising implementation of the reform of health services by eliminating discrepancies in territorial coverage and quality of medical services, modernising equipment in hospitals and clinics, improving collection mechanisms and redistribution of collected funds, strengthening the management, monitoring and evaluation of all the different types of care; intensifying measures to eliminate non-attendance in compulsory education, improve the adaptability of vocationa ...[+++]l and technical education to labour market demands and promote lifelong learning; covering the need for emergency and social housing and improving housing conditions in specific areas or for specific social categories; implementing the new national system of social assistance and social services, gradually improving the guaranteed minimum income, the support granted to families with children and the public pension system to ensure the elimination of severe poverty; finalising implementation of the Government strategy for the improvement of the Roma situation and in particular eliminating cases of people with no ID papers, supporting training and employment, education, health care, housing and infrastructure development programmes which promote the social inclusion of the Roma community and continue to fight against discrimination.

A number of transitions now need to be accounted for, including the transition between school and working life, between jobs, between different working status, between working life and retirement and between work and training, career breaks and care periods.

12. Ensure that adequate and high quality health and long-term care remains affordable and sustainable by promoting healthy and active life styles, good human resources for the care sector and a rational use of resources, notably through appropriate incentives for users and providers, good governance and coordination between care systems and institutions.

5. Part-time working is attractive for employees, because it can: - provide an opportunity to put into practice the more satisfactory combination of work and family which many employees desire, and in addition also to take account of individual leisure and personal growth aspirations; - make more time available for individually chosen education and further education ("lifelong learning") beyond mere in-service training; - especially for women, facilitate reintegration into working life after time spent on family responsibilities (e.g. raising children o ...[+++]r home care of family members); - offer young people who are unable to get a full-time job the possibility of improving their qualifications and employment prospects; - make possible a flexible transition from working life to retirement by reducing working time.