Traduction de «Strategic and Operational Policy Support Group » (Anglais → Français) :

1. The EFSI Agreement shall provide that the EFSI shall be governed by a Steering Board, which shall determine the strategic orientation, the strategic asset allocation and operating policies and procedures, including the investment policy of projects that EFSI can support and the risk profile of the EFSI, in conformity with the objectives under Art ...[+++]icle 5(2).

Notably, the EFSI shall have a Steering Board (Article 3) which determines the strategic orientation, the strategic asset allocation and operating policies and procedures, including the investment policy of projects that EFSI can support and the risk profile of the EFSI.

(d) Support for main actors, such as support for Member States when implementing Union law and policies; support for key European level networks whose activities are linked to the implementation of the objectives of the Programme; support with action grants and operating grants for NGOs or other organisations pursuing the objectives of the Programme, in particular those of combating violence against children and women; networking among specialised b ...[+++]odies and organisations, national, regional and local authorities at European level; funding of experts' networks; the establishment and implementation of support programmes for victims and groups at risk in the field of preventing and combating violence; funding of European level observatories.

3. Notes the progress made by the Member States and the Commission in the context of the EU policy cycle on organised and serious international crime with a view to implementing the general strategic objectives through actions based on intergovernmental cooperation at operational level; believes, however, that a clear division of tasks between EU and national levels is necessary, that Parliament needs to be part of the process as ...[+++]regards policy guidance, implementation and evaluation of results, and that an in-depth assessment of the European policy cycle should be undertaken in 2013; considers, moreover, that in the light of its nature the cycle should be renamed the ‘EU operational cycle’; calls on the Member States to regularly assess the complementarity of national plans for countering organised crime with plans which are to be developed at European level, and to analyse the results achieved and the future prospects from a European strategic and operational viewpoint involving the EU institutions, the relevant EU agencies and the national parliaments;

14. Invites the High Representative to assess the progress made, and any shortcomings, in the implementation of the ESS since 2003, including proposals for improving and supplementing the ESS; believes that respect for international law and the role of international institutions should become the guiding principles of the EU's external action; is of the opinion that such evaluation should form the basis for a wider public political debate; underlines that any future assessment of the ESS should be made in close consultation with all EU institutions including the European Parliament and national parliaments; is of the opinion that the ESS should be revised in such a way as to include an in-depth analysis of the present mission and future ...[+++] direction of NATO and NATO’s relationship with the European Union at strategic and operational levels, as well as an analysis of the security ramifications of further NATO enlargement; invites the European Council to formulate, for the first time, a coherent position on EU-NATO policy that will serve not only to revitalise transatlantic relations but also to provide support for the early development of EU security and defence policy as envisaged under the Treaty of Lisbon;

23. Calls for an intensified public-private partnership with particular support for SMEs, and the development of a coherent industrial policy; supports measures to establish and keep the RD centres of industry within the EU; encourages an increase of public financial support to business R calls for intensified co-operation between public research institutions and industry, with a special focus on SMEs, a stronger participation of ...[+++] industry in the determination of priorities for public research, but also a substantial increase of private sector financial contribution thereto; supports the promotion of technology transfer of publicly-funded or public-privately funded research to industry and spin-off creation; strongly welcomes networks of excellence, public-private RD partnerships, business incubators and clusters leading to knowledge transfer and commercialisation of RD results; calls on the EIB to develop new funding arrangements to foster the development and market introduction of new technologies, including grouped loans for specific research activities, technology platforms, and simplified lending procedures for midsized firms;