Traduction de «Ministry Culture and Recreation » (Anglais → Français) :

investing in health and social infrastructure which contributes to national, regional and local development, reducing inequalities in terms of health status, promoting social inclusion through improved access to social, cultural and recreational services and the transition from institutional to community-based services.

- Investing in health and social infrastructure which contribute to national, regional and local development, reducing inequalities in terms of health status, promoting social inclusion through improved access to social, cultural and recreational services and the transition from institutional to community-based services.

– Investing in health and social infrastructure which contribute to national, regional and local development, reducing inequalities in terms of health status, promoting social inclusion through improved access to social, cultural and recreational services and the transition from institutional to community based services.

10. Recalls that the existence of a fabric of dynamic SMEs is the basis for a diversified and high-quality cultural and recreational industry; calls for a more important future role for SMEs and private capital in the implementation of projects and measures in the cultural and creative sector, particularly through PPPs and through maximisation of the use of EIB and EIF financial instruments, loan guarantees and the promotion of participation of venture capital in innovative CCI start-ups; calls on the Commission to simplify the func ...[+++]tioning rules of these instruments, whose current complexity limits their use; invites Member States to further exploit them as a means to increase the quality of the projects and the participation of private actors, especially SMEs, in European projects;

Sport has a social function and plays a role as an integral part of the culture of the Community countries, as well as having educational, social, cultural and recreational aspects recognised in the Amsterdam Treaty. It is necessary to bear in mind the way sport is organised in Europe, its characteristics and recent developments. A distinction is made in the Member States between professional sport (organised by businesses) and ama ...[+++]teur sport (organised by non-profit-making organisations). Amateur sport, as practised in the Member States, must be recognised as such by the various national sports federations, in accordance with the standards drawn up by those organisations and in compliance with the directives drawn up by the various national Olympic committees in the Member States.

1. The communication presented by the Commission is the result, in the Commission's own words, of 'an extensive survey in order to gain a better knowledge of the sector and to identify issues to be addressed'. This survey, referred to in Annex I of the communication, aims to discover the role played by voluntary organizations and foundations in fields ranging from social services, education and research, development and housing, culture and recreation, international activities, civil rights, health, philanthropy and voluntarism and the environment to those of business and professional voluntary organizations. It follows that this is a gr ...[+++]owing sector from the point of view of its assets and employment opportunities and the geographical extent of its activities. The number of jobs created by the sector is far from negligible: one million jobs in Germany, 800 000 in France, 400 000 in Italy and 900 000 in the United Kingdom, representing approximately 10% of tertiary sector employment in the countries concerned.