8. Strongly encourages the setting-up of a Shared Services Centre (SSC), together with an Integrated Resource Management System (IRMS), as a way to improve the speed of deployment and cost-efficiency of civilian missions; deplores the fact that to date this initiative has resulted in a stalemate; notes that a mission support platform is currently being considered, but calls on the Commission and the EEAS to take further steps towards establishing a genuine SSC;

9. Requests that the Commission and Member States pay particular attention to simplifying procedures, including those for beneficiaries, which can have benefits for both auditing and decreasing error rates, while in parallel increasing the effectiveness of the management and control systems; is of the opinion that both the Member States and the Commission should implement targeted and timely measures to strengthen administrative and institutional capacity, including effective guidance, training and exchange of good practices and by establishing schemes for retaining qualified and skilled staff, as well as by assisting with audit procedures; requests that the Commission report to Parliament on the concrete results achieved so far as a resu ...[+++]lt of the activities of the Competence Centre, the set up Common Expert Exchange System and the implementation of the Public Procurement initiative and action plan developed by the Competence Centre in collaboration with the competent Commission services; emphasises the importance of the quick and effective transposition of the public procurement directives in all Member States;

- access to appropriate accommodation: the accommodation should always include adequate sanitary conditions, accommodation in a ‘centre’ should never be in a closed centre and, during the initial days, should be in a specialised centre for the reception of unaccompanied minors; this first phase should be followed by more stable accommodation; unaccompanied minors should always be separated from adults; the centre should meet min ...[+++]ors’ needs and have suitable facilities; accommodation with host families and in ‘living units’ and the sharing of accommodation with related or close minors should be encouraged when it is appropriate and accords with the minor’s wishes;

access to appropriate accommodation: the accommodation should always include adequate sanitary conditions, accommodation in a ‘centre’ should never be in a closed centre and, during the initial days, should be in a specialised centre for the reception of unaccompanied minors; this first phase should be followed by more stable accommodation; unaccompanied minors should always be separated from adults; the centre should meet minor ...[+++]s’ needs and have suitable facilities; accommodation with host families and in ‘living units’ and the sharing of accommodation with related or close minors should be encouraged when it is appropriate and accords with the minor’s wishes;

32. Stresses that the EU needs to possess capable crisis response structures with 24/7 monitoring and response capacity, able to provide early warning and up-to-date situation awareness to all relevant actors; notes the existence of a multitude of EU-level monitoring centres, and that this raises questions of efficient coordination in the event of complex, multidimensional crises; notes the establishment of the Situation Room within the European External Action Service, ...[+++]as well as the existence of a number of sectoral monitoring centres within Commission departments and specialised EU bodies; draws attention, in particular, to the Monitoring and Information Centre of DG ECHO, the Strategic Analysis and Response Capability of DG HOME, the Health Emergency Operations Facility of DG SANCO, and the situation room of Frontex;

Participation in pre-school education Special needs education Early school leavers Literacy in reading, mathematics and science Language skills ICT skills Civic skills Learning to learn skills Upper secondary completion rates of young people School management Schools as multi-purpose local learning centres | Professional development of teachers and trainers Stratification of education and training systems Higher education graduates Cross-national mobility of students in higher education Participation of adults in lifelong learning Adu ...[+++]lts’ skills Educational attainment of the population Investment in education and training Returns to education and training |