Traduction de «Division for Policy Coordination and Procedures » (Anglais → Français) :

whereas recent economic developments have shown clearly that economic policy coordination within the Union, and in particular in the euro area, has not worked sufficiently well and that, despite their obligations under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), Member States have failed to regard their economic policies as a matter of common concern and to coordinate them within the Council in accordance with the relevant Treaty provisions, while respecting the key role of the Commission in the sur ...[+++]veillance procedure,

the Commission and Member States shall seek regular and frequent exchanges of information, including with other donors and development banks, and promote better coordination of policies, harmonisation of procedures, complementarity and division of labour, thereby enhancing improved impact of policies and programming.

In 2004 the ad hoc group on harmonisation, when asked for suggestions on how the EU might strengthen coordination, harmonisation and alignment, stressed that joint multiannual programming should facilitate policy coordination, promote harmonisation of procedures and enable decisions to be taken concerning complementarity.

Prosperity: key actions envisaged for 2007 Lisbon Strategy Annual assessment of progress and identification of areas for further action Start of new programmes for 2007-2013: 7th Research Framework Programme; Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme; Galileo; Trans European Networks; Marco Polo; Lifelong Learning; Customs and Fiscalis Actions to boost investment in research and innovation by Member States and the private sector, in particular through supporting markets for innovative goods and services, to strive for an attractive single m ...[+++]arket for researchers, and to enhance university-based research Launch of the European Space Programme Employment Communication on “flexicurity”: aiming at a balance between flexibility and employment security Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) governance Enhanced monitoring of stability and convergence programmes and increase dialogue with the Member States likely to qualify for participation in the euro area Further development of the functioning of the euro area under the reformed Stability and Growth Pact and enhanced policy coordination Energy and Transport Preparing for the setting up of a European Observatory of energy markets Measures to support the completion of the internal market for electricity and gas Action Plan on intermodal transport logistics, aiming at alleviating traffic congestion and diminishing transport costs Measures foreseen by the NAIADES Action Plan to promote inland waterways transport and exploit its commercial potential Single Market Concessions (follow-up to the Green Paper on Public-Private Partnerships and EC public procurement and concessions) Payment services industry - to create a Single European Payment Area by 2010 Continued action to create a true internal market for financial services Proportionality of capital and control (one-share-one-vote) to enhance convergence between shareholders' financial contributions and their control rights in listed companies Promoting growth in wi ...

- 2 - Possible topics of research are : 1. the Community's internal market programme raises many issues of microeconomic analysis, including industrial organisation zand the economics of regulatory policies (e.g. standards) that deserve urgent attention; 2. European integration economics, including issues of intra-European regional North-South relations, raises a further set of issues not well covered by the research community; 3. the determinants of economic growth in Western Europe, including dynamic factors such as advanced technology and innovation, and constraints, such as environmental concerns; 4. so-called "systemic" issues in ...[+++] the monetary areas and macroeconomic and fiscal policy coordination have received increasing academic attention in recent years, but rarely dealing adequately with their intra-European as compared to their international aspects; 5. problems of trade policy and the role of Western Europe in the international division of labour; 6. employment and social policy issues, which have quite different characteristics in Western Europe, compared to the United States or Japan; 7. methodological and modelling problems relevant to the above mentioned subjects or otherwise of fundamental interest.

As far as policy coordination is concerned, the members of the euro area should deepen the analysis and discussion of economic developments (exchange of information, external representation, etc.) and improve the efficiency of coordination procedures in the area of structural reforms.