12. Doubts whether specific operational programmes for functional geographical entities such as groups of authorities including local areas, or sea or river basins will yield additional benefits, in particular in cases where there are no political authorities (including democratically elected authorities) with a sufficiently wide-ranging remit to implement them; calls instead for closer coordination of macroregional, metropolitan regional or environmental-geographic strategies at inter-governmental level and for appropriate consideration to be given to these functional geographical entities within national operational programmes in orde ...[+++]r to facilitate the use of EU funding for interregional development projects; considers that specific operational programmes should be an option for delivery in regions where sub-regional delivery provides added value vis-à-vis national and regional programmes and where partnerships have been formed by political bodies for implementation purposes; calls for cross-border groupings to be involved in devising the operational programmes for cross-border programmes, on the basis of the EGTC Regulation;

17. Stresses the important role that the MEDIA and MEDIA Mundus programmes have played in strengthening the competitiveness of the European audiovisual industry and increasing its worldwide audiences; notes, in particular, that since national support mechanisms apply mainly to the production phase, these programmes have demonstrated significant European added value by supporting cross-border (and indeed global) distribution of Eur ...[+++]opean audiovisual works; insists therefore that these programmes be maintained/renewed as individual programmes, thereby guaranteeing their added value and visibility;

27. Calls for a significant reinforcement of the European Territorial Cooperation Objective for the next programming period; is convinced of the added value to the European Union of that objective, not least because of the direct involvement of regional and local authorities in the planning and implementation of the relevant programmes of cross-border, trans-national and interregional cooperation; considers, however, that this should not be done to the detriment of the other two objectives; to that end, also stresses the importance ...[+++] of the integrated development of sea basins as well as the cross-border dimension and the relevant operational programmes of the European Neighbourhood Policy, which is particularly significant in view of future EU enlargements;

The second recommendation called for the federal government to develop a Canadian farm bill in which elements such as improving the position of producers in the value-added chain, fostering the use of biofuels and research and development, recognizing social and environmental goods associated with agriculture, encouraging value-added agriculture and adopting an aggressive trade strategy that benefits farmers through the WTO and bilateral agreements are better integrated and more focused toward farmers than is the current agricultural policy framework.

The Programme can provide significant added value to health promotion and to health systems in the Community through the support of structures and programmes which enhance the capabilities of individuals, institutions, associations, organisations and bodies in the health field by facilitating the exchange of experience and best practice and by providing a basis for a common analysis of the factors affecting public health.

The programme may provide a significant added value to health promotion in the Community through the support of structures and programmes which enhance the capabilities of individuals, institutions, associations, organisations and bodies in the health field by facilitating the exchange of best practice and training and by providing a basis for a common analysis of the factors affecting public health.