Traduction de «Croissance locale de l'emploi » (Français → Anglais) :

in respect of the poverty target (reducing by 20 million the number of people in the European Union below the poverty line or at risk of poverty), believes that cohesion policy, given its focus on growth and jobs, has a contribution to make to fighting poverty in the European Union, in particular by supporting local and regional inclusion and employment projects the new programmes allocate some EUR 19 billion to assist in removing barriers to employment, in particular for women, young people and older and low-skilled workers;

The European Union institutions and the Member States need to define a communication strategy to improve understanding of the challenges and opportunities of the new partnership for growth and jobs at local, regional and national levels.

In this context, it is important for the key stakeholders at national, regional and local level to rally behind the reform agenda so that resources are genuinely concentrated on the growth and jobs agenda, and put in place the necessary partnership networks to that effect.

(1) The European Parliament adopted resolutions on 13 April 1983 on cooperatives in the European Community(4), on 9 July 1987 on the contribution of cooperatives to regional development(5), on 26 May 1989 on the role of women in cooperatives and local employment initiatives(6), on 11 February 1994 on the contribution of cooperatives to regional development(7) and on 18 September 1998 on the role of cooperatives in the growth of women's employment(8).

In those regions lagging behind, improving employment performance will be largely dependent on how well they will be able to maximise their potential labour resources and also in their ability to attract new human capital. In the low employment growth regions, the working age population contracted at about 0.2% a year over 1996-2000, whereas in the high growth regions the population increased at an annual rate of 0.5%. These dynamics are also reflected in an increase in the average skills which has been more rapid for those regions where employment and population growth have been comparatively higher. In 2000, more than half of the worki ...[+++]ng-age population in the low employment regions are low-skilled, compared to less than a quarter in the high employment regions.

The regional growth agreements will be implemented during year 2000 to reinforce the collaboration between different actors on a local and regional level and to find measures that will increase growth and employment.