Traduction de «Programme d'action pour la viabilité des villes » (Français → Anglais) :

Sustainable Cities Program of Action

Agenda for Cooperation on Sustainable Cities

Energy planning schemes in certain cities in the European Community

Measures for urban areas will be fully incorporated into the regional programmes so that more towns and cities can receive support than did under the URBAN II Community Initiative. Under the future "Convergence" Objective, the Commission will set up a specific programme for the seven outermost regions (Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion, the Canary Islands, the Azores and Madeira).

Member States need to step up efforts to modernise higher education [18] in the areas of curricula, governance and funding , by implementing the priorities agreed in the context of the Bologna process, supporting a new agenda for cooperation and reform at EU level and focusing on the new challenges in the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy.

The general objectives of the Programme shall be to complement, support and add value to the policies of the Member States to improve the health of Union citizens and reduce health inequalities by promoting health, encouraging innovation in health, increasing the sustainability of health systems and protecting Union citizens from serious cross-border health threats.

73. Recognises the leverage effect of new financial instruments and their potential to mobilise investment, supports increased financing from credit in general, and calls for the use of revolving financial instruments to be extended to those areas eligible for funding which prove to be appropriate; calls for procedures to be simplified to that end and for a greater degree of legal certainty throughout the entire funding period, as well as for the establishment of an EU register showing which projects are provided with loans and which with subsidies; calls for the instruments to be adaptable, so as to ensure they are viable and feasible ...[+++] for all regions and cities; takes the view that at the end of a funding period, at the latest, responsibility for how the funds are spent should transfer to national level or project level; notes that during the current period not all Member States have adopted a decentralised approach to dealing with financial instruments such as JESSICA; emphasises the need for direct access for cities;