Dear colleagues,
The following items are taken from Info-Europa, a very useful weekly Spanish bulletin compiled
by Carmen Gimenez and Alfonso Moreira in Valencia.
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SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY
The European Commission today adopted a package of proposals on air traffic management
designed to create a single European sky by 31 December 2004. This package sets out the
objectives of the single European sky and its operating principles, based on six main lines of
action: joint management of airspace; establishment of a
strong Community regulator; gradual integration of civilian and military management;
institutional synergy between the EU and Eurocontrol; introduction of appropriate modern
technology; and better coordination of human resources policy in the air traffic control sector.
In order to speed up its creation, the Commission also adopted three proposals concerning the
first specific measures: provision of air navigation services, organisation and use of airspace
and interoperability of equipment.
(RAPID, IP/01/1398)
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/0
1/1398|0|RAPID&lg=EN
COMMUNITY STRATEGY ON POVERTY
The Commission took an important step forward in the fight against poverty and social exclusion
today when, for the first time ever, it adopted a report analysing governments' social inclusion
policies. The report shows that the Commission, in pursuing the Lisbon summit goals, is
committed to a socially cohesive Europe, both in its own right but also as a factor of
economic competitiveness. The report must now be agreed between Commission and Council,
and will go to the Laeken summit in December this year. It describes the present situation
and main challenges for poverty and social exclusion policies in the EU, using a common base
of social indicators and documenting a wide range of action being taken by Member States.
It provides a
launchpad for strengthening policies and programmes across the EU through co-operation between
Member States, in particular through the exchange of good practice. This co-operation will
now be stimulated by the new five-year, 75 million social exclusion programme agreed on
18 September between European Council, the Parliament and the Commission.
Social inclusion report :
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/soc-prot/soc-incl/index_en.htm
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E-inclusion report
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/soc-dial/info_soc/esdis/document
s.htm (RAPID, IP/01/1395)
USE OF INTERNET IN SCHOOLS
The European Commission today presented the findings of two Eurobarometer surveys on the
use of computers and the Internet in European Union schools. This survey was carried out
between February and May 2001 as part of the eEurope Action Plan benchmarking. The findings
indicate that new technologies have made significant inroads in schools in all member States,
and that teachers are overwhelmingly open towards the Internet. However, there are significant
discrepancies in the pace of take-up between different EU countries. (RAPID, IP/01/1392)
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/eeurope/news_library/documents/inde
x_en.htm
Tax policy in the EU - priorities for the years ahead
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/dat/2001/c_284/c_28420011010en00060019.pdf
COM(2001) 260
Green paper: Promoting a European framework for corporate social responsibility
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/gpr/2001/com2001_0366en01.pdf
COM(2001) 366
Detailed work programme…on the concrete objectives of education & training systems
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/cnc/2001/com2001_0501en01.pdf
(COM(2001) 501
Third report on citizenship of the Union
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/rpt/2001/com2001_0506en01.pdf
COM(2001) 506
Support for actions to promote town twinning OJ C283 9.10.2001
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/2001/c_28320011009en.html
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