Traduction de «travailleur du fond » (Français → Anglais) :

Following on some of Mr. MacIntosh's points, one of the reasons that a lot of smaller deals are being done in Quebec is that a whole network of regional funds has been set up by the National Solidarity Fund which is, by far, the dominant labour-sponsored fund.

A stable industry in the Canadian context constitutes the labour-sponsored funds, the private independent funds and the corporate funds.

These are, in particular, employers’ associations, or trade union organisations, or territorial organisations appointed by them and having not less than 50 000 members, or certain employers responsible for the collection of tax having not less than 50 000 employees, or workers’ associations which have established mutual protection institutions (‘istituti di patronato’) and have not less than 50 000 members.

1. Launch a major European employment support initiative a) The Commission is proposing to simplify criteria for European Social Fund (ESF) support and step up advance payments from early 2009, so that Member States have earlier access to up to € 1.8 bn in order to: Within flexicurity strategies, rapidly reinforce activation schemes, in particular for the low-skilled, involving personalised counselling, intensive (re-)training and up-skilling of workers, apprenticeships, subsidised employment as well as grants for self-employment, business start-up's and Refocus their programmes to concentrate support on the most vulnerable, and where ne ...[+++]cessary opt for full Community financing of projects during this period; Improve the monitoring and matching of skills development and upgrading with existing and anticipated job vacancies; this will be implemented in close cooperation with social partners, public employment services and universities; Working with Member States, the Commission proposes to re-programme ESF expenditure to ensure that immediate priorities are met. b) The Commission will also propose to revise the rules of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund so that it can intervene more rapidly in key sectors, either to co-finance training and job placements for those who are made redundant or to keep in the labour market skilled workers who will be needed once the economy starts to recover.

It also takes stock of the Commission's initiatives on employment and vocational training, general policy in favour of disabled people, the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights for Workers, the Structural Funds, exchange programmes for young disabled people and research projects with the aim of directing European policy in favour of the disabled.

Secondly, since the money comes from the workers, accumulated funds must be used to guarantee the best possible benefits and the best possible level of contributions.