Translation of "groupe de travail services météo " (French → English) :

33. Notes that decisive investment plans for sustainable growth and better and sustainable job creation, as well as measures taken by the ECB, can only be successful if they are coupled with national reforms that enhance quality labour participation, boost activity and productivity, develop human capital in all age groups, including the most vulnerable groups, and support strong social and social protection systems; points out that the decision of Parliament and of the Council to enhance cooperation in the network of Public Employment Services (PES) is a key elem ...[+++]ent in the effort to improve labour markets; believes that structural labour market reforms should introduce internal flexibility measures aimed at maintaining employment in times of economic disruption, ensure job quality and security in employment transitions, and provide unemployment benefit schemes that are based on realistic activation requirements, ensure adequate support for redundant workers and are linked to reintegration policies;

support the provision of EURES services for the recruitment and placing of workers in quality and sustainable employment through the clearance of job vacancies and applications; support for EURES services shall extend to various phases of placement, ranging from pre-recruitment preparation to post-placement assistance with a view to the applicant's successful integration into the labour market; such support services may include targeted mobility schemes to fill job vacancies in a certain sector, occupation, country or a group of countries or for ...[+++] particular groups of workers, such as young people, with a propensity to be mobile, where a clear economic need has been identified.

40. Welcomes the work of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on private military and security companies (PMSCs), which has a mandate to consider the possibility of an international regulatory framework; recognises the detailed attention given to the option of elaborating a legally binding instrument on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of PMSCs and expresses its support for such a legally binding regulatory framework; insists on a strong accountability component and invites PMSCs that have not yet signed the Code of Conduct for Private Security Service ...[+++] Providers (ICoC) to adhere to it; looks forward to the presentation of the working group’s report; calls for the continuation of this working group’s mandate;

6. Points out that the Fifth European Working Conditions Survey, published in April 2012, found that 18% of workers reported having a poor work-life balance, and that in the EU as a whole 19% of women and 7% of men work ‘short’ (fewer than 20 hours a week) part-time, only 3% of men aged between 35 and 49 are on ‘short’ part-time hours as compared with 18% of women in the same age-group; notes also that part-time jobs are found mostly in particular sectors, with more than 38% of part-time workers, both ‘short’ and ‘substantial’ (i.e. between 20 and 34 hours a week), being employed in education, health and social services, other services, or ...[+++]retail and wholesale; calls on the Member States, therefore, to adopt appropriate policies enabling the reconciliation of work and personal life, to apply also to part-time work, in order to encourage both parents to actively participate in conciliation measures and thus help rectify the existing gender imbalance in this regard;

10. Draws attention to the fact that part-time employment (19,2 % of total employment in the EU in 2010) is still a predominantly female domain; notes that in the EU in 2010 31,9 % of the female workforce was in part-time employment, compared with just 8,7 % of the male population, meaning that 78 % of part-time work is carried out by women; points out that in the EU as a whole 19 % of women and 7 % of men work ‘short’ part-time hours (fewer than 20 hours a week) and only 3 % of men aged between 35 and 49 are on ‘short’ part-time hours, compared with 18 % of women in the same age group; notes also that part-time jobs are found mostly ...[+++]in specific sectors, with more than 38 % of part-time workers, including those on both ‘short’ and ‘substantial’ hours (i.e. between 20 and 34 hours a week), being employed in education, health and social services, other services or retail and wholesale;

[26] The establishment in 2001 of a Commission working group/subgroup within the inter-service group on Human Rights specially devoted to indigenous issues, to facilitate research in the preparation of this report created the opportunity to enhance the flow of information between Commission services and for more coherence in the setting of priorities.