European Agency for Safety and Health at Work European Environment Agency European Training Foundation European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions European Maritime Safety Agency Eurojust European Food Safety Authority European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union European Medicines Agency European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drugs Addiction European Aviation Safety Authority Europea ...[+++]n Agency for Reconstruction Follow-up to the discharge for 2003 - Council conclusions

The tripartite governance of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, the Centre and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions by representatives of governments, employers’ organisations and employees’ organisations, is fundamental to the success of those bodies.

A Joint Opinion concerning the future governance and functioning of the Boards of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, of the Centre and of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions has been submitted to the Commission by their respective management or administrative Boards.

European Central Bank, European Investment Bank, Europol, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, European Environment Agency, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug addiction, Community Plant Variety Office, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, European Training Foundation, European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products, Translation Centre for Bodies of the European Union, European Centre for the Development of Vocational ...[+++] Training

1 On 29 October 1993 the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States decided that a Translation Centre would be established alongside the Commission's translation departments located in Luxembourg to provide translation services for the operation of the following agencies and departments: - the European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network; - the European Training Foundation; - the Office for Veterinary and Plant-Health Inspection and Control; - the European Monitoring Cent ...[+++]re for Drugs and Drug Addiction; - the European Medicines Evaluation Agency; - the Agency for Health and Safety at Work; - the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (trade marks, designs and models; - Europol and the Europol Drugs Unit. Concentrating the capacity required to meet the multilingual communication needs of a number of agencies spread across the territory of the Union in a single autonomous and specialized centre should ensure the most efficient use of resources, reduce downtime and avoid the duplication of logistic support services such as terminology, documentation, libraries, and information and telecommunication services. On a proposal from Mr Van Miert, the Commission is proposing that the Council adopt a Regulation setting up the Translation Centre as an interagency body with budgetary and organizational ties with the agencies concerned and the Commission and having its own legal personality, managerial autonomy and budget. * * * 1 COM(94) 22/2

- Economic integration (open employment) Gold award : Ireland - Kare, Newbridge, for the Challenge Newbridge project, a transnational scheme giving people with multiple disabilities access to the world of work; Silver award : Denmark - Asgaard laser vision, Skive, a computer company that designs computer programmes and competes on normal terms in the open market, set up and run by a disabled person with cerebral palsy; Bronze award : Holland - Pameijer stichting, Rotterdam, for its supported employment project, Kapelburg, which supports disabled people in progression to work in the open labour market.