7. Calls for shared management of environmental and prevention policies, in order to create a truly common water management policy implemented in all EU external policies, guided by the principles of the Water Framework Directive, which aims at the mid- and long-term conservation of the quality of water resources; in this regard, all EU financing of cooperation projects and bilateral endeavours with regard to water should comply with the general approach of EU environmental legislation ...[+++];

14. Calls for shared management of environmental and prevention policies in order to create a truly common water management policy implemented in all EU external policies, guided by the principles of the Water Framework Directive, which aims to achieve medium- and long-term conservation of the quality of water resources, and in this regard considers that all EU financing of cooperation projects and bilateral endeavours with regard to water should comply with the general approach of the EU's environmental ...[+++]legislation;

14. Calls for shared management of environmental and prevention policies in order to create a truly common water management policy implemented in all EU external policies, guided by the principles of the Water Framework Directive, which aims to achieve medium- and long-term conservation of the quality of water resources, and in this regard considers that all EU financing of cooperation projects and bilateral endeavours with regard to water should comply with the general approach of the EU's environmental ...[+++]legislation;

Recommendations on programme management refer in particular to scholarships, the reinforced role of national information sources, the promotion, dissemination and follow-up of projects, as well as the preparation of guidelines on good practice in order to ensure the quality of masters courses.

The cornerstone of this resolution is the setting-up of a self-assessment framework of total quality management in public services (so-called "Cadre d'Auto-évaluation des Fonctions publiques" or Common Assessment Framework, CAF).

Also part of the whole process are technological innovation, R D policy, cooperation with scientific institutes and research centres, ongoing improvement of human resources training and the search for new and improved ways of presenting the product (more environment-friendly packaging, labelling providing the consumer with information that is as extensive and as accurate as possible) - in short, we are talking about investment in quality, indeed in 'total quality'. The aim is not merely to ensure the quality of the products per se, but to integrate quality into all the proces ...[+++]ses, the technical and human resources, management and organization - into the enterprise as whole.