5. Reiterates its conviction that interinstitutional cooperation is essential in order to exchange best practices and explore further the scope for improving effectiveness and efficiency and, where possible and appropriate, identifying savings and sharing resources better; believes that useful gains could also be made by extending this concept to other areas which have not so far been considered in this context, such as EMAS, non-discrimination policies and teleworking; suggests that possibilities for using open software with sufficient safety guarantees be explored further, with clearly defined feasibility criteria and taking into acc ...[+++]ount both direct and indirect costs and benefits; points out that efforts should continue in areas already under consideration, such as translation capacity and recruitment (EPSO), on the basis of actual or justifiable needs;

5. Reiterates its conviction that interinstitutional cooperation is essential in order to exchange best practices and explore further the scope for improving effectiveness and efficiency and, where possible and appropriate, identifying savings and sharing resources better; believes that useful gains could also be made by extending this concept to other areas which have not so far been considered in this context, such as EMAS, non-discrimination policies and teleworking; suggests that possibilities for using open software with sufficient safety guarantees be explored further, with clearly defined feasibility criteria and taking into acc ...[+++]ount both direct and indirect costs and benefits; points out that efforts should continue in areas already under consideration, such as translation capacity and recruitment (EPSO), on the basis of actual or justifiable needs;

5. Reiterates its conviction that interinstitutional cooperation is essential in order to exchange best practices and explore further the scope for improving effectiveness and efficiency and, where possible and appropriate, identifying savings and sharing resources better; believes that useful gains could also be made by extending this concept to other areas which have not so far been considered in this context, such as EMAS, non-discrimination policies and teleworking; suggests that possibilities for using open software with sufficient safety guarantees be explored further, with clearly defined feasibility criteria and taking into acc ...[+++]ount both direct and indirect costs and benefits; points out that efforts should continue in areas already under consideration, such as translation capacity and recruitment (EPSO), on the basis of actual or justifiable needs;

The member for Kitchener Centre has called on us to examine all aspects of the treatment of the disabled.

Mr Barrot mentioned the forthcoming initiatives which the Commission intends to take in this field, along with the proposals for directives on the safety of roads in the trans-European network, the cross-border prosecution of the most serious breaches of the highway code, and mirrors for existing HGVs designed to eliminate “blind spots”.

Would Senator Kinsella, in thinking about this nationally acceptable and appropriate version, consider having a look at the French language version of O Canada, particularly in terms of gender and religious sensitivity?