Extending reference periods is having the positive effect of increasing the flexibility enjoyed by companies in the organisation of working time, which ultimately is restricted only by the daily rest period of 11 hours provided for in Article 3 and the 24-hour weekly rest period provided for in Article 5.

Research will focus on: development of the necessary tools for integrated management of coastal zones (ICZM); evaluation of positive and negative externalities under different production systems for agriculture and forestry; development of strategies for sustainable forest management considering regional specificity; strategies/concepts for sustainable management and multipurpose utilisation of forest and agriculture resources; cost-efficiency of new environmental-friendly processes and recycling technologies within the integrated ...[+++] forestry/wood chain.

Research will focus on: development of the necessary tools for integrated management of coastal zones (ICZM); evaluation of positive and negative externalities under different production systems for agriculture and forestry; development of strategies for sustainable forest management considering regional specificity; strategies/concepts for sustainable management and multipurpose utilisation of forest and agriculture resources; cost-efficiency of new environmental-friendly processes and recycling technologies within the integrated ...[+++] forestry/wood chain.

However, despite this positive assessment, the region of Andalusia still suffers from substantial shortcomings, mainly in the productive sector (deficiencies in the local and sectoral productive systems, industrial concentration in low technology sectors, etc.), human and technological capital (high unemployment rate, low innovation capacity, etc.) and regional planning (territorial disparities in facilities and infrastructure, inadequate connections to the trans-European high capacity network etc).

In the light of that knowledge, the following development priorities were decided on for this programme (percentage in brackets = EU contribution): - Integration of the PAMINA area (13%) - Promotion of economic development (30%) - Land-use and demographic structure (15%) - Natural resources and the environment (15%) - Social cohesion, culture and education (25%) - Technical assistance (2%) Within this framework, the emphasis is both on increasing the region's economic strength, for example through tourism, support for SMEs and training and education, and on the protection of nature and the environment, and the associated rational plannin ...[+++]g of land use.

The main items in the project are the drilling of 600 productive boreholes equipped with handpumps, the fitting out of 30 perennial springs, and the organization of villagers to enable them to take on the financial responsibility for installation maintenance as a means of provinding the project with long-term viability. MALI 13. 000.000 ECU Support for the creation 7th EDF of small and medium-sized firms The programme involves consolidating a previous enterprise creation support and graduate employment project.