18. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to propose a specific directive with minimum requirements for the vocational training of construction and maintenance workers, including managers and construction professionals working incidentally with asbestos, as well as of employees at landfills for the disposal of waste containing asbestos and at centres specialising in the treatment, safe removal and disposal of asbestos waste, and also to work with and support the social partners and other stakeholders to improve implementation of Article 14(2) of Directive 2009/148/EC through raising awareness of the need for app ...[+++]ropriate training and to develop information and materials to provide this; such training must be provided at regular intervals and at no cost to workers;

6. Notes the Commission‘s preliminary assessment on the EU environmental legal framework applicable to hydraulic fracturing; urges the Commission to use its powers regarding proper transposition and application of key EU environmental acts in all Member States, and issue without delay guidance on the establishment of baseline water monitoring data necessary for environmental impact assessment of shale gas exploration and extraction, as well as criteria to be used for assessing impacts of hydraulic fracturing on groundwater reservoirs in different geological formations, includin ...[+++]g potential leakage, and cumulative impacts;

Investment in training is also investment in innovation, since much technical change results from incremental innovations by skilled workers and engineers on the factory floor[67].

5. Underlines the need to protect and promote the European cultural heritage, including through the internet; takes the view that the internet plays a vital role in stimulating innovation and reducing the digital, social and cultural divide in Europe by comparison with other parts of the world; welcomes the fact that the Commission understands the importance of ’bridging the digital divide’ and the development issues involved in internet governance; considers, however, that the focus must also be on the many older citizens in both the developed and developing world who often feel left behind in this new online world; notes that the internet can be an effective tool of social inclusion and that our older citizens must be included; u ...[+++]rges that action be taken to promote education on the use of the resources offered by the internet and the selection of criteria on how to use those resources;

5. Underlines the need to protect and promote the European cultural heritage, including through the internet; akes the view that the internet plays a vital role in stimulating innovation and reducing the digital, social and cultural divide in Europe by comparison with other parts of the world; elcomes the fact that the Commission understands the importance of ‘bridging the digital divide’ and the development issues involved in internet governance; considers, however, that the focus must also be on the many older citizens in both the developed and developing world who often feel left behind in this new online world; notes that the internet can be an effective tool of social inclusion and that our older citizens must be included; ...[+++]rges that action be taken to promote education on the use of the resources offered by the internet and the selection of criteria on how to use those resources;

G. whereas lifelong learning concerns all socio-economic sectors, workers, employees, academics, management, researchers and others, and this diversity should be taken into account by the Union and the Member States when setting up training programmes and their funding,