Calls on the Council and the Commission to examine the possibilities for a more appropriate organisational setting, such as a specialised unit within the European External Action Service, so as to ensure a more coherent and comprehensive approach to civilian crisis management, bridging institutional divides and thus allowing for better coordination of internal EU instruments as well as cooperation between the EU and external organisations and non-gover ...[+++]nmental organisations;

It seems to me that the General Affairs Council should be split up as a matter of urgency, particularly because the specialist councils have pulled far too much power towards themselves, and the General Affairs Council seems to have lost its coordinating task.

Steps that can be taken to meet these goals include addressing the current lack of coordination by establishing more effective coordination processes between first nations, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and Indian Affairs; consideration of first nation institutional development to support first nation policy developm ...[+++]ent on housing, to promote public education within first nations on home ownership, to generate options resulting in incentives and opportunities for home ownership, and to deliver federal programs in a seamless way that is accountable to first nations; building on the success of some communities by ensuring support for comprehensive community planning; encouraging partnerships among our communities to create purchasing power; developing and sharing models that improve access to financing, such as revolving loan funds and public and private partnerships; providing access to the Canada Infrastructure Program to build housing and community and economic development infrastructure; and sharing models that create first nation development companies or other institutions that build houses and create revenue and employment within our communities.

Model 2 consists of a combination of an "institutional" Presidency for the Council's co-ordinating chain (General Affairs and External Relations Council and Coreper), to be chaired for instance by the SG/HR or his representatives, with a system of either rotating Presidency or elected presidents for most of the other Council configurations and preparatory bodies.

You may be aware of the Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, which takes the lead in supporting us moving ahead, and there has been a clear division of labour of which agency will take the lead in coordinating which sector.

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