26. Highlights the efforts made by the Commission to make the negotiations as transparent as possible; calls, however, for ongoing efforts to be pursued and stepped up, in line with the recommendations of the European Ombudsman on TTIP, in order to increase transparency in the negotiations through the publication of documents relevant to TiSA; calls for measures to be taken to reinforce continuous and transparent engagement with national parliaments and all relevant ministries at Member State level; stresses the importance of stakeholders, civil society organisations and the social partners and their expertise, and calls on the Commis ...[+++]sion and the Member States to involve them and closely cooperate with them throughout the negotiations on TiSA, especially regarding the possible effects which any trade agreement in services may have on the labour market; encourages all stakeholders to participate actively and to put forward initiatives, raise concerns and problematic issues and provide information relevant to the negotiations, and urges the Commission to take greater account of input from social partners and civil society;

But during negotiations many African but also European stakeholders got the impression that a number of ACP countries could stand to lose, rather than win with EPAs.

An impact assessment study and a round of consultations with stakeholders have been concluded.

An impact assessment study and a round of consultations with stakeholders have been concluded.

The online survey was completed by 83 stakeholders (34 MS authorities, 28 industry representatives, 16 users, 5 experts), the interviews were carried out with 56 stakeholders (23 MS authorities, 16 industry, 9 users, 8 experts), and 30 stakeholders were interviewed for the case studies (12 MS authorities, 8 industry, 8 users, 2 experts).

Quite apart from that, there must be no let-up in the efforts to make use of every opportunity for negotiations between the parties that presents itself.