95. Notes that the existing ICT infrastructure of Parliament is only partially open-source based and therefore limits Parliaments' use of hardware and software applications; calls for a gradual transition to an open-based ICT infrastructure leading to more cost efficiency and interoperability while allowing for the highest level of security; calls in this respect also for sufficient technical and administrative support that ensures an adequate maintenance;

3. Underlines the need for investment in effective educational and vocational guidance systems in order to guide young women towards choosing science, engineering or technical higher education, be it academic or non-academic; notes that particular attention must be paid to integrating ICT competences, digital literacy and communication skills into the vocational training and life-long learning policies of the Member States and to encouraging women to take advantage of them, and to broadening training opportunities for women so as to enable them to adapt to changes in the labour market during their careers, thus increasing their presence ...[+++] in strategic sectors for future development; considers it necessary to fight gender stereotypes in education;

Subject to privacy considerations, technically de-identified data could be loaded into an aggregated database in a format that allows analysis using various reporting tools.

Proposals to drive forward innovation in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) through public procurement were presented yesterday in Vienna by an ad-hoc group of ICT experts from all national administrations.

MES assessment is not a political statement. It is a technical analysis exclusively linked to trade defence investigations.

Measures include the development of flexible instruments for analysing individual training needs and formulating schemes for analysing and developing instruments in the field of skills certification (Erkenning van elders Verworven Competenties: EVC).