Regional Trust Fund for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment and Coastal Area of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [ Trust Fund of Kuwait Action Plan ]

Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region

Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region

Workshop on Sustainable and Environmentally Sound Development of Water Resources

44. Stresses that in order for the EU to continue leading in the area of green technology, the Commission should focus on an ambitious policy in the areas of renewable energy and energy efficiency; calls on the Commission to step up the development of an integrated European energy network by coming forward with proposals highlighted in its Energy Infrastructure Package; stresses the need to speed up the implementation of the Eco-Design Directive and of the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) by proposing separate budget lines and providing the funding required for the latter; calls on the Commission to propose ambitious propos ...[+++]als in the area of Green Public Procurement to stimulate sustainable and energy efficient products and services markets across Europe;

5. Is convinced that the EU budget should support the provision of public goods that are unlikely to be sufficiently delivered by the market; environmental public goods include the preservation of biodiversity and ecosystems, wilderness, climate stability and carbon absorption capacity, water provision and quality, air and soil quality, resilience to fire and floods, as well as the maintenance of valued cultural and historic landscapes; believes, therefore, that the Common Agricultural Policy should reward farme ...[+++]rs and land managers for the delivery of public goods, such as an attractive countryside rich in biodiversity, and that the Structural and Cohesion Funds should foster ecological sustainable development and the transition to a low energy-consumption and resource-efficient society;

This Regulation should cover the following aid: aid for permanent and temporary cessation of fishing activities, aid for the financing of socioeconomic measures, aid for productive investments in aquaculture, aid for aqua-environmental measures, aid for public health and animal health measures, aid for inland fishing, aid for processing and marketing of fisheries and aquaculture products, aid for measures of common interest which are implemented with the active support of operators themselves or by organisations acting on behalf of producers or other organisation recognised by the Member States, aid for measures of common interest intended to protect and develop aquatic fauna and flora while enhancing the aquatic environment, aid for invest ...[+++]ments in public or private fishing ports, landing sites and fishing shelters, aid for measures of common interest intended to implement a policy of quality and value enhancement, development of new markets or promotional campaigns for fisheries and aquaculture products, aid for pilot projects, aid for modification for reassignment of fishing vessels, and aid for technical assistance.

10. Calls on the European Union institutions, the Member States and the regional and local authorities to support projects to promote – and business start-up advice for – the creation of innovative primary agricultural production enterprises in rural areas that are apt to provide new jobs taken up predominantly by women, with the main spheres of action being unused or under-utilised products, adding value to agricultural products and seeking sales outlets for these, the use of new technologies and contributing to the economic diversification of the area and the provision of services enabling the reconciliation of working a ...[+++]nd family life;