Commission's assessment was based on the evaluation of the link between the redundancies and major structural changes in world trade patterns or the financial crisis, the unforeseen nature of the concerned redundancies, demonstration of number of redundancies and compliance with the criteria of Article 2 (a), explanation of the unforeseen nature of those redundancies, identification of dismissing enterprises and workers targeted for assistance, the territory concerned and its authorities and stakeholders, the impact for the redundancies as regards the local, regional or national employment, co-ordinated package of personalised services t ...[+++]o be funded, including its compatibility with actions funded by the Structural Funds, dates on which the personalised services to affected workers were started or planned to start, procedures for consulting the social partners, management and control systems.

Commission's assessment was based on the evaluation of the link between the redundancies and major structural changes in world trade patterns or the financial crisis, the unforeseen nature of the concerned redundancies, demonstration of number of redundancies and compliance with the criteria of Article 2 (b), explanation of the unforeseen nature of those redundancies, identification of dismissing enterprises and workers targeted for assistance, the territory concerned and its authorities and stakeholders, the impact for the redundancies as regards the local, regional or national employment, co-ordinated package of personalised services t ...[+++]o be funded, including its compatibility with actions funded by the Structural Funds, dates on which the personalised services to affected workers were started or planned to start, procedures for consulting the social partners, management and control systems.

Commission's assessment was based on the evaluation of the link between the redundancies and major structural changes in world trade patterns or the financial crisis, the unforeseen nature of the concerned redundancies, demonstration of number of redundancies and compliance with the criteria of Article 2 (a), explanation of the unforeseen nature of those redundancies, identification of dismissing enterprises and workers targeted for assistance, the territory concerned and its authorities and stakeholders, the impact for the redundancies as regards the local, regional or national employment, co-ordinated package of personalised services t ...[+++]o be funded, including its compatibility with actions funded by the Structural Funds, dates on which the personalised services to affected workers were started or planned to start, procedures for consulting the social partners, management and control systems.

Above this threshold, because of the greater potential to distort competition, the Commission will make a detailed assessment, and Member States will have to provide evidence of a market failure.

Improvements in the workings of EU labour markets have created more jobs across Europe, concludes a five-year evaluation of the European Employment Strategy (EES) adopted in summary form in a Commission Communication today.

develop a comprehensive strategy outlining how it intends to take forward the environmental aspects of development co-operation, based on the 2005 European Consensus for Development; review its internal financial reporting system to improve the recording of environment-related expenditure within the framework of projects which do not have environment as their primary objective; improve effective environmental mainstreaming, in particular through a better integration of the analysis and results in the Country Environmental Profiles into the Country Strategy Papers; mainstream environment into direct budget support; establish specific procedures for the appropriate environmental screening of all projects, and ensure the Environmental Impa ...[+++]ct Assessments (EIAs) are undertaken when appropriate, including major infrastructure projects, and that their recommendations are implemented; increase the effectiveness, impact and sustainability of environmental projects through improved appraisal and procurement procedures; greater involvement and support to local communities in sustainable management of natural resources; and by extending the implementation of projects over longer time periods and use a variety of other aid modalities, which could include sectoral programme-based approaches; ensure that adequate capacity is in place to allow effective implementation of the strategy; and that key staff, in particular in country delegations, are provided with training on environmental issues in development cooperation; ensure that a comprehensive performance assessment system is put in place, including monitoring and evaluation processes that allow for continual improvement of the systems in place and ensure that procedures are being adequately followed;