EUROVOC descriptor: India agreement (EU) Nepal trade cooperation economic cooperation economic cooperation cooperation agreement Pakistan aid policy development policy environmental protection ratification of an agreement cooperation policy cooperation policy Sri Lanka economic development economic development North-South relations Bangladesh European Community cooperation agreement (EU) cooperation agreement (EU) cooperation agreement (EU) cooperation agreement (EU) sustainable development trading operation

repeats its desire to promote cooperation between the Committee of the Regions and the European Commission on decentralised development cooperation policy; also underlines the need to continue working to ensure that Member States and all EU local and regional authorities use the decentralised cooperation atlas that brings together the activities in this field that are funded by EU LRAs; similarly, highlights the usefulness of the Internet portal for decentralised development cooperation that will facilitate networking between partners in this area, help to ensure aid is more effective and avoid duplication;

is disappointed that although the European Commission recognises the crucial role of local and regional authorities (LRAs) in the context of development aid and cooperation programmes, the Green Paper does not mention the increasingly prominent role played by LRAs in an EU cooperation policy that aims to be effective and have the support of society as a whole.

Considers that climate adaptation and mitigation must be mainstreamed into all existing EU policy frameworks as an explicit objective, including EU agricultural and rural development policies, policies aimed at avoiding deforestation, transport, biodiversity, water and waste management, and funding programmes in areas such as EU cohesion, industrial, agricultural policy and EU development cooperation policy;

From over 50 EESC opinions on the subject, the following in particular are of interest here: Communication on the open method of coordination for immigration and asylum policy, rapporteur: Ms zu Eulenburg (OJ C 221, 17.9.2002).Conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of studies, vocational training or voluntary service, rapporteur: Mr Pariza Castaños (OJ C 133, 6.6.2003).Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a programme for financial and technical assistance to third countries in the area of migration and asylum, rapporteur: Ms Cassina (OJ C 32, 5.2.2004).Communication on immigration, integration and employment, rapporteur: Mr Pariza Castaños (OJ C 80, 30.3. ...[+++]2004).Access to European Union citizenship (own-initiative opinion), rapporteur: Mr Pariza Castaños (OJ C 208, 3.9.2003).International Convention on Migrants (own-initiative opinion), rapporteur: Mr Pariza Castaños (OJ C 302, 7.12.2004.).Immigration in the EU and integration policies: cooperation between regional and local governments and civil society organisations, own-initiative opinion, rapporteur: Mr Pariza Castaños (OJ C 318, 23.12.2006).EU immigration and cooperation policy with countries of origin to foster development (own-initiative opinion), rapporteur: Mr Pariza Castaños (OJ C 44, 16.2.2008).Elements for the structure, organisation and functioning of a platform for the greater involvement of civil society in the EU-level promotion of policies for the integration of third-country nationals (exploratory opinion), rapporteur: Mr Pariza Castaños (OJ C 27 of 3.2.2009).Integration of minorities – Roma, rapporteur: Ms Sigmund, co-rapporteur: Ms Sharma (OJ C 27 of 3.2.2009).Common Immigration Policy for Europe: Principles, actions and tools, rapporteur: Mr Pariza Castaños, CESE 342/2009 of 25.2.2009 (Not yet published in the Official Journal).

EUROVOC descriptor: vocational training international cooperation cooperation policy cooperation policy self-employed person violence violence violence police cooperation police cooperation EU police cooperation sporting event sporting event sporting event sports body information transfer