Traduction de «Dimension measurement service » (Anglais → Français) :

79. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take into account the generational dimension when considering solidarity between the regions of Europe and the major territorial impacts of the differing demographic trends at work within the European Union; stresses that these impacts are important in terms of housing and infrastructure, particularly in urban areas which are likely to experience higher numbers of elderly people and higher concentrations of immigrant communities; stresses also the specific needs, at local level in regions with ageing populations, for investment in local services ...[+++] so as to take account of the needs of elderly people and enable them to lead an independent life for as long as possible; proposes that the allocation of structural funds and the opportunities offered by the European Social Fund in order to make local social capital available for services should take account of those investment needs; calls for these opportunities to be retained after 2013; points out that regions experiencing net outward migration need to take measures to maintain a natural population mix through investments to promote employment, training and access to public services;

78. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider the generation dimension when considering solidarity between the regions of Europe and to take into account the major territorial impacts of the differing demographic trends at work within the Union; stresses that these impacts are important in terms of housing and infrastructure, particularly in urban areas which are likely to experience higher numbers of elderly people and higher concentrations of immigrant communities; stresses also the specific needs, at local level in regions with ageing populations, for investment in local services ...[+++] so as to take account of the needs of elderly people and enable them to lead an independent life for as long as possible; proposes that the allocation of structural funds and the opportunities offered by the ESF in order to make local social capital available for services should take account of these investment needs; calls for these opportunities to be retained after 2013; points out that regions experiencing net outward migration need to take measures to maintain a natural population mix through investments to promote employment, training and access to public services;

Consumer satisfaction on a number of dimensions (access, price, quality, information available, terms and conditions, complaints) was measured individually for a fixed basket of services, composed of telephony, electricity, gas and water supply, postal services, urban transport and inter-city rail services.

–the assessment of the opportunities and barriers which disadvantaged social groups and peripheral and less-favoured regions may face in accessing and using Information Society products and services; the identification of appropriate measures to overcome these obstacles and to grasp the related benefits; –the analysis of current initiatives at European and national level regarding the provision of applications, based in particular on a permanent inventory of projects which facilitate the deployment of the Information Society; –the provision of transparency, based in part ...[+++]icular on a permanent inventory, concerning ongoing policies and programmes at European and national level; –the contribution, on the basis of identified best programmes and practices, to the European-wide take-up of successful examples in Information Society policies, projects and services; –the promotion of exchange of expertise and experiences between ongoing studies and activities at European and national level; –the identification and evaluation of the financing mechanisms needed to develop the Information Society, in particular those able to help stimulate public/private partnerships for the deployment of applications of public interest; –the identification of obstacles to the functioning of the Internal Market in the area of the Information Society and the consideration of measures to guarantee the full benefit of the area without frontiers for its development, taking into account the linguistic diversity; –the launching of actions to ascertain the priorities of SMEs and regarding the obstacles hampering the use by SMEs of information technologies, in close coordination with Commission efforts to mobilize different groups of ICT users; –the promotion of electronic literacy in the educational sector through the dissemination of relevant experience gained at national and European level; (c) measures to enhance Europe's role and visibility within the global dimension of the Inf ...

–adding value where necessary to local, national and crossborder initiatives promoting a better understanding, for instance through the dissemination of information, of the opportunities, benefits and possible risks of the Information Society, whether aimed at the general public or at specific target groups; –the gathering and dissemination of information on citizens' and users' needs with respect to Information Society services and applications; –the enhancement of the visibility to the general public and other interested parties on real projects being implemented to service their needs; –the monitoring of peoples' awareness and f ...[+++]amiliarization with the Information Society services and applications, in particular through the fostering of regular surveys and the integration of national surveys into a European picture; –the stimulation of the interest of industry, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in providing services and applications that meet the needs expressed by citizens and users, for instance, through presentations of Information Society activities, networks, applications and concrete opportunities to be exploited; –the demonstration of potential impacts of the Information Society at regional level, including within its crossborder dimension, the promotion of exchange of relevant information between cities and regions; –the support for the Information Society Forum consisting of experts representing a broad range of interests from industry, academia, media, trade unions, consumer and user groups, advising the Commission on the challenges to overcome for the development of the Information Society; (b) measures to optimize the socio-economic benefits of the Information Society in Europe:

PAEDOPHILIA AND THE INTERNET - COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS "On the initiative of the Belgian delegation, the Council - Held a broad exchange of views on the question of preventing the dissemination of illegal material and in particular material containing or likely to lead to violence against or sexual exploitation of children via Internet or similar networks; - Noted the transnational dimension of this problem and the consequent need to address it at national, European as well as international level; - Noted that the development of on line services which are an impor ...[+++]tant collective achievement for the international community, nevertheless may give way to intolerable violations against minors; - Noted that Justice and Home Affairs Ministers had discussed the same topic at their informal meeting on 26 September 1996; - Agreed to the extension of the working party established following the Bologna informal meeting of the Ministers of Telecommunications to representatives of the Ministers of Telecommunication as well as to access and service providers, content industries and users, with a view to presenting concrete proposals/possible measures taking account also of the UK measures to combat the illegal use of Internet or similar networks, in time for the Telecommunications Council of 28 November 1996".