Traduction de «Locaux du gouvernement » (Français → Anglais) :

Recommends that the Commission re-analyse the possibilities of implementing the pilot project initiated by the European Parliament entitled ‘Erasmus for elected local and regional representatives’ and, with a view to raising the standard of proposed projects and meet the objective of efficiency, calls on the Commission to implement, under the ERDF operational technical assistance budget line, a training and mobility scheme for local and regional actors involved in running cohesion policy programmes together with the partners specialised in implementing the concepts of integrated approach and multilevel ...[+++]governance; asks the Commission, therefore, to allocate funding for these initiatives effectively and to reinforce networking with regional and local authorities, including through the Committee of the Regions;

points out that the lack of any clear delimitation of responsibilities among local and central authorities is preventing the decentralisation process from moving forwards, and the overlapping responsibilities of different levels of public administration are having a negative effect on the quality of public services; hopes that the reforms in this area will ensure that resources are proportionate to the powers assigned; highlights that the delegation of powers to local authorities can only take place under conditions of equality between the parties, with full coverage of costs and legal protection of local autonomy; considers that the ...[+++]administrative oversight of the implementation of powers delegated to local authorities by the State should not degenerate into the surveillance of local authorities by the central government;

Areas where LA's could have a comparative advantage range from implementing local democracy (entailing the devolution of powers to elected local bodies enjoying relative autonomy) and local governance (involving a shift from an only vertical accountability dimension to a horizontal and downward accountability, connected with principles of participation, transparency and accountability, in which civil society plays a crucial role) to a new paradigm of local (economic) development (in which local governments play a catalytic role) and t ...[+++]erritorial (regional) planning which integrates local development into a broader spatial context and stimulates synergies between different actors from private and public sector.

The objective of EU humanitarian aid is to provide a needs-based emergency response aimed at preserving life, preventing and alleviating human suffering and maintaining human dignity wherever the need arises if governments and local actors are overwhelmed, unable or unwilling to act.

But national governments are often perceived as not adequately involving regional and local actors in preparing their positions on EU policies.

In the UK there is no specific monitoring of women in decision-making, but statistics exist on women in central and local government, the civil service, trade unions and the judiciary.