a strong, stable and equitable economic base, including economic recovery, the enhancement of education and training and of fundamental and applied knowledge in all disciplines from social sciences and humanities, through other domains such as biological and medical sciences and research for the civil security of citizens and infrastructures, to key technologies in order to boost the EU's economy and employment; Believes that the CSF should focus on addressing those societal challenges in a comprehensive way through a balanced set of ...[+++] instruments covering the whole spectrum of education and training, research and innovation activities;

§ a strong, stable and equitable economic base, including economic recovery, the enhancement of education and training and of fundamental and applied knowledge in all disciplines from social sciences and humanities, through other domains such as biological and medical sciences and research for the civil security of citizens and infrastructures, to key technologies in order to boost the EU's economy and employment;

There are also linkages between the policies developed for internal security within the European Union and their international dimensions. For example, the EU CBRN Action Plan has interrelations with the world-wide efforts to combat the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. There are also very close links between the Action Plan and the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Moreover, the functioning of the EU's export control regime for dual-use items significantly contributes to limiting the access of state and non-state actors to materials which could be used to make chemical, biological ...[+++] or nuclear weapons.

identification and mapping of special habitat types, especially those recognised or identified under Community legislation (the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive) or international conventions as being of special scientific or biodiversity interest,

The EU and its Member States should continue working with and further strengthen cooperation on bio-preparedness within various international fora such as UN structures, the Biological Toxins and Weapons Convention, Australia Group, G8, NATO, etc.

It stated that it was convinced of the need to develop international rules and a life sciences ethic at national and international levels.