Our union has negotiated long and hard to establish decent wages and pensions, safe workplaces through joint health and safety initiatives, and environmental measures to protect surrounding communities.

Since the establishment of the SESAR Joint Undertaking (Joint Undertaking), Council Regulation (EC) No 71/2008 of 20 December 2007 has set up the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking , Council Regulation (EC) No 72/2008 of 20 December 2007 set up the ENIAC Joint Undertaking , Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2008 of 20 December 2007 set up the Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiative on Innovative Medicines , and Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 of 20 December 2007 set up the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embe ...[+++]dded Computing Systems .

agrees on the necessity to regularly update the selected information topics and the underpinning communication strategies in line with the information needs of citizens as identified, inter alia, in opinion polls and surveys; underlines, in the context of the “Future of Europe” priority topic, the need for Member States and Institutions to deploy major efforts to ensure that European citizens are well-informed about the future Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe; invites Member States and the Commission to implement special communication actions aimed at addressing the information needs of all schools students; considers that the objectives and content of campaigns on ”Enlargement” should be redefined and adapted in the light o ...[+++]f the accession of the ten new Member States; stresses the need to put greater emphasis on the ”Area of Freedom, Security and Justice” by increasing budgetary allocations and by undertaking joint information initiatives on aspects of particular relevance to citizens like the fight against crime and terrorism; attaches great importance to the “Role of Europe in the World”, including the need to inform citizens on ESDP, especially in connection with the missions being carried out under that policy; calls for interested Member States and Institutions to consider co-ordinated activities in this regard in the forthcoming years; urges strongly that budgetary allocations and personnel resources for priority topics under the PRINCE programme should be consistent with the communication challenges ahead, at both institutional and local level; underlines the need to facilitate effective co-operation between Member States and the Commission's Representations in the Member States; recommends the future regrouping of the PRINCE budget in a single budget line in order to make the best use of available funds; shares the Commission's view that PRINCE should continue to be based on partnership between Commission and Member States; consider ...

Various Member States have already established joint procurement and research initiatives such as OCCAr, the LoI and WEAO.

For example: training modules for journalists on the representation of children in the media; European Charter for operators of child helplines and a scheme for the identification of their competencies; training of teachers and professionals on the evaluation of the programmes in the educational field to prevent child sexual abuse particularly in vulnerable groups; a drama workshop for self-empowerment of girls and a training programme for teachers and social workers in the prevention of violence and sexual abuse against young women; training resource pack for the workplace to increase awareness of domestic violence, targeting both t ...[+++]rade union members and employers; domestic violence intervention, best practice intervention model, manuals and training materials to work with perpetrators of domestic violence and their (ex) partners; a website for training health professionals on how to deal with domestic violence; animated video and written materials addressing the problems of gender and violence in schools.

The Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research at the University of New Brunswick was established in 1992 following the approval of UNB's and the foundation's proposal for federal funding through the federal family violence initiative.