As many honourable senators already know, Encounters with Canada is a one-week program with Canadian studies held at the Terry Fox Canadian Youth Centre in Ottawa from mid-September to early December and from late January to early May.

Your report has made a good start – also by so clearly rejecting some of the mis-conceptions and scare stories about the Constitution.

In the case where a Member State opts for the application of the various aid schemes for bovine animals, the proper identification and registration of bovine animals being an eligibility condition pursuant to Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, it should be ensured that Community aid is granted only for bovines properly identified and registered.

Member States and Commission Mandate Good start in building relationships Staff competence | Lack of vision, focus and flexibility Uneasy relationship between Management Board and Agency Location problem for recruitment and networking Lack of critical mass of the operational staff Early phase of learning curve |

EU relations with the countries of the region have made considerable progress since the Zagreb Summit: following the completion of negotiations last year the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with FYROM will be shortly signed and the trade provisions implemented in an interim agremeent; negotiations with Croatia on an SAA are progressing well; work with Albania in the new High Level Steering Group to prepare for future negotiations on an SAA has got off to a good start; there is intensive co-operation with the FRY on putting right the devastation of the Milosevic years and ensuring Belgrade can take full advantage of the S ...[+++]tabilisation and Association process.

As I've indicated, we expect to have a good assessment as we get toward the end of May into June, and we expect to have that into a very detailed plan as we get toward the end of the summer and into September.