6. Considers that the measures proposed in the Commission communication will require strong policy coordination; therefore urges Member States, and particularly their relevant ministries, to become more closely involved in the process of early identification of skills needs, suggesting at least a 10-year time horizon; strongly believes that, when education and training programmes are being designed, effective communication and cooperation between employers, social partners, educational institutions and training bodies are necessary, using specific mechanisms to identify labour market needs; reiterates the need to ensure that the public have access to qualitative information in that regard; calls on Member States to incorporate into thei ...[+++]r education, training and lifelong learning programmes the teaching of cross-cutting skills relating to the use of ICTs, artistic expression, mobility, democratic participation and multiculturalism; stresses, with that aim in view, that it is essential that the competences and skills acquired by means of informal and non-formal education should be recognised and exploited;

In one state, where three holdings showed significant deficiencies, the Brazilian authorities took corrective action to de-list all the holdings concerned and to retrain the auditors responsible for their audits.

37. Emphasises the need to reform mental health services so that they are based on high-quality community care at home or in sheltered accommodation with access to proper health and social care; with regular monitoring and assessment; with respite care for people with mental health problems and their carers; with a one-stop-shop approach to accessing health, social, housing, training, transport, benefits and other services; stresses that this should be backed up by a range of in-patient services for acute, chronic or secure needs but always with independent monitoring of anyone who receives compulsory in-patient care;

37. Emphasises the need to reform mental health services so that they are based on high-quality community care at home or in sheltered accommodation with access to proper health and social care; with regular monitoring and assessment; with respite care for people with mental health problems and their carers; with a one-stop-shop approach to accessing health, social, housing, training, transport, benefits and other services; stresses that this should be backed up by a range of in-patient services for acute, chronic or secure needs but always with independent monitoring of anyone who receives compulsory in-patient care;

Core obstacles to the exchange of information between law enforcement authorities can only be effectively addressed on the basis of a firm commitment of Member States to take concrete measures towards the setting up of a European Criminal Intelligence Model (see paragraph 2.3).

Some 27% of the appropriations will go to rural development (diversification, quality products, renovation of villages, small rural infrastructure), 23% to the processing and marketing of agricultural products, 18% to the modernisation of agriculture (farm investments, the installation of young farmers), 13% to forestry measures, 13% to protection of the natural heritage and 6% to training (agricultural skills, vocational retraining, especially for services close to agriculture, activities concerning nature protection and the development of rural skills networks).