Translation of "direction régionale des relations extérieures " (French → English) :

58. Considers that, in order to implement the new common strategy, increased human resources will be needed in the Directorate for Latin America of the Commission's Directorate-General for External Relations and in related services;

V. whereas security awareness is not always well developed in the European institutions (with the exception of the European Central Bank, the Council Directorate-General for External Relations and the Commission Directorate-General for External Relations) and action is therefore necessary,

V. whereas security awareness is not always well developed in the European institutions (with the exception of the European Central Bank, the Council Directorate-General for External Relations and the Commission Directorate-General for External Relations) and action is therefore necessary,

Work programme: introduce a multi-annual plan, whereby all areas of the budget managed by the 29 Directorates-General are appraised over a five-year period; encourages the Court, as external auditor, to make use of work carried out by the Commission's central Internal Audit Service and the internal audit units of each Directorate-General; begin this exercise by auditing higher-risk areas such as external actions, i.e. those under the responsibility of the Enlargement, External Relations, Development, Humanitarian Office, Europe Aid and Trade Directorates-General; present its draft annual work programme to the Committee on Budgetary Co ...[+++]ntrol before its adoption; commission an external evaluation on how effectively the Court fulfils its mission;

Decisions on the modification of the lists are taken on the basis of a case-by-case assessment of non-EU countries to which are applied criteria such as, for example, illegal immigration, public policy and security, economic benefit (tourism and foreign trade), external relations including considerations of human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as regional coherence and reciprocity.

Training will be provided for Commission staff in the External Relations Directorate General (RELEX) in Brussels and for staff in Delegations and it will serve as a means to contemplate training on indigenous peoples' issues.