Translation of "politiques institutionnelles directeur " (French → English) :

Witnesses: From the Human Resources Modernization Task Force: Ranald A. Quail, Deputy Minister and Head; Monique Boudrias, Assistant Deputy Minister and Senior Advisor; Yvette Aloisi, Director General, Institutional Reform, MC Development; Michel LeFrançois, General Counsel; Lois Pearce, Director General, Policy.

3. Welcomes the responsible role played by the Verkhovna Rada in filling the political and institutional vacuum; takes note of the measures adopted so far by the parliament with regard, in particular, to the return to the 2004 Constitution, the decision to hold presidential elections on 25 May 2014, the decision to withdraw police and security forces, the release from prison of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and the appointment of an acting President and interim heads of the internal affairs ministry and security services;

3. in light of the above, to simplify the command structure of the EEAS and enhance the role of its Executive Secretary General by establishing a clear chain of command to support effective decision-making as well as timely policy response, in this context, to rationalise the posts of Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director in charge of Administration, to reduce and simplify the hierarchical structure of the Managing Directorates, to clearly define the relevant competences within the management structure of the EEAS, and to review the current structure based on the Corporate Board, with a view to achieving efficiency, clarity and c ...[+++]oherence in decision-making; in the same spirit, to ensure that the HR/VP receives political advice, for instance through a Political Council, from all the relevant institutional actors, thus allowing him/her to assess the impact of actions to be undertaken by the EEAS;

Control is defined as the ability to determine the general (corporate) policy or programme of an institutional unit by appointing appropriate directors or managers, if necessary.

It is argued that all measures of Community enterprise policy should respect eight guiding principles, which are derived from basic considerations relating to public intervention in the market economy and the broad framework of Community reform: - action should be designed to stimulate enterprise by reinforcing the functioning of market forces, - financial support can only be justified to correct market deficiencies, - action at Community level should not duplicate national or regional measures, (*) COM(88) 241 - partnership should be encouraged between the private sector, public authorities, universities etc. and between different regions of the Community ; - existing structures should be used to implement Community ...[+++]policies ; - action should recognise the wide range of institutional and cultural structures in the Community ; - action should impose on business a minimum of constraints ; - in some policy areas, it may be appropriate to provide specific exemptions or special conditions for SMEs.

Following an opening address by the Director General for External Relations, Mr Horst G. Krenzler, the seminar includes, amongst others, special sessions on : the cooperation agreements between the EC and the NIS (Mr J. Maslen), the Maastricht Treaty and its implications for the institutional balance within the Community and for a new foreign policy performance and the Council Regulation on the TACIS programme 1993-1995 (Mrs van Gool).