Traduction de «Rendement des études » (Français → Anglais) :

31. Notes that there are still gender disparities in European education systems even though almost all countries have now implemented policies to combat them, and that such disparities influence both performance at school and study and career choices, and have a negative effect on economic growth and on the welfare state;

In addition, the Commission has in accordance with Article 10a(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC analysed for all sectors for which a product benchmark is provided for in Annex I, on the basis of additional information received from several sources and on the basis of a dedicated study analysing most efficient techniques and reduction potentials at European and international level, whether these starting points sufficiently reflect the most efficient techniques, substitutes, alternative production processes, high efficiency cogeneration, efficient energy recovery of waste gases, use of biomass and capture and storage of carbon dioxide, where su ...[+++]ch facilities are available.

PIRLS: ‘Progress in International Reading Literacy Study’, a study carried out by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA); PISA: ‘Programme for International Student Assessment’, a study coordinated by the OECD.

These targets include a substantial reduction in the unemployment rate, a continuous increase in the employment rate, the improvement of educational achievement, a doubling of expenditure on active labour market policies as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product and reducing by half the number of people at risk of poverty.

* The Commission will propose that research into the benefits, costs and returns of investing in learning, building on current research [45], be supported under the 6th Research Framework Programme [46].

32. Awaits the results of the external study on Parliament's working methods and staff profiles (EP-ROME); expects this study to provide Parliament's Administration with a useful tool for optimising the allocation of resources and defining a modern training policy and adoption of performance and target focused management methods; takes the view that the conclusions of the ongoing evaluation of workload in the various sectors of Parliament's Administration should provide, also in the context of benchmarking of best practices, some scope for redeployment ; considers that degree of specialisation and workload should be taken into account ...[+++] in the yearly staff evaluation reports and in promotions; invites the Bureau to examine the possibility of establishing weightings for these two criteria; considers that Parliament's promotion policy needs further refinement and improvement;