- Measures to strengthen social protection and invest in social and health infrastructure: investments in housing, hospitals, primary care, long-term care infrastructure and schools, and actions to help pension funds meet their long term liabilities.

Energy saving is the EU's most immediate and cost-effective way of addressing the key energy challenges of sustainability, security of supply and competitiveness as set out in the strategic objectives of the 'Energy Policy for Europe'.[1] EU leaders have stressed the need to increase energy efficiency as part of the '20-20-20' goals for 2020: saving 20% of the EU's primary energy consumption[2], a binding target of 20% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and 20% renewable energies by 2020.

It will support provinces and territories in their efforts, over the next four years, to improve the delivery of primary health care by supporting transitional costs of large scale, primary health care initiatives.

At the request of provincial health care ministers, we also put additional dollars on the table to target particular needs, such as renewal of medical equipment and assistance for them in terms of pilot projects and building on work they'd already begun in the area of primary health care renewal.

11. Expresses its particular disappointment at the lack of any specific targets for renewable energy, either on the lines of those proposed by the EU or the even more ambitious target mooted by Brazil; believes that the EU must, in spite of the failure in Johannesburg, adopt an ambitious goal for renewable energy and continue to promote actively the White Paper goal of at least 12% renewable energy in the EU primary energy mix by 2010; welcomes the initiative taken in Johannesburg by the Commission and the Member States to launch a like-minded countries' renewables initiati ...[+++]ve and asks for a regular reporting to Parliament on the follow-up given to this initiative;

You talked about primary care renewal initiatives.