U. whereas education can play a pivotal role not only in environmental sustainability, health and economic growth, and in the achievement of the MDGs in general, but also in peace-building; whereas, perhaps more than any other sector, education can provide the highly visible early peace dividends on which the survival of peace agreements may depend if education systems are inclusive and geared towards fostering attitudes conducive to mutual understanding, tolerance and respect, thereby making societies ...[+++]less susceptible to violent conflict;

3. Underlines that spectrum is a key resource and important for the effective functioning of the internal market; agrees that the digital dividend is a unique opportunity to open up spectrum for broadcasters to develop and expand their services and to cover at the same time the fast growing demand for wireless communication services, especially in rural areas; underlines that greater investment should be made at national and European level to encourage the take up of innovative products and services; underlines that efforts to secure access to broadband services should not be focused on the digital dividend alone;

All existing wireless applications, for which there is rapidly increasing demand, such as wireless broadband communications or mobile television, are likely to benefit from the digital dividend.

Digital dividend management meets the objectives of the i2010 initiative, itself part of the renewed Lisbon strategy, which considers Information and Communications Technology (ICT) as essential for growth and employment.

The roll-out of innovative services by way of the dividend could significantly contribute to achieving the goals of competitiveness and economic growth under the Lisbon Strategy.

10. Considers it vital to encourage, foster and develop negotiations between the social partners and formulate agreements for modernising the way work is structured, to meet the productivity and competitiveness challenges which enterprises face, to raise the quality of work and increase its security and to ensure that the surplus from growth can be fairly distributed between profits, pay, innovation and a higher level of employment (both in quantitative and qualitative terms);