7. Calls on the Commission to respect and acknowledge actions taken by cultural services, not-for-profit organisations and private initiatives involved in the development of a creative inclusive economy; calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage and embed good practices designed to facilitate access for both young people (irrespective of their status as students, apprentices, trainees or job-seekers, etc.) and particularly vulnerable people to culture and creative content – for example, reduced prices, culture vouchers and free cultural activities;

14. Welcomes initiatives by Member States and the Commission to make maritime occupations more attractive to young EU citizens; emphasises the need to provide lifelong learning and retraining for seafarers at all levels, on shore and on board, with a view to strengthening the professional qualifications and skills of the workforce; advocates also that more information on the sector be provided at schools and that more traineeship ...[+++]s be made available;

14. Welcomes initiatives by Member States and the Commission to make maritime occupations more attractive to young EU citizens; emphasises the need to provide lifelong learning and retraining for seafarers at all levels, on shore and on board, with a view to strengthening the professional qualifications and skills of the workforce; advocates also that more information on the sector be provided at schools and that more traineeship ...[+++]s be made available;

[14] See own initiative European Parliament report by Ms E Turunen "Promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status", June 2010.

- encouraging mobility of young people by removing obstacles for trainees, volunteers and workers and for their families; for researchers, stepping up ongoing initiatives under the Marie Curie programme;

We funded a feasibility study conducted by the Conseil des arts de Hearst for a convention centre; we also funded a recording licence with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission for the Nuit sur l'étang concerts. Another project was the hiring of a young intern at Collège Boréal for an economic development promotional project. Other projects and initiatives include training and promotional tool development activities for the Association des Francophones du nord-ouest de l'Ontario; the hiring of a young intern by the City of Timmins to coordinate the Bonjour Timmins! initiative; the development of French-langua ...[+++]ge archives by the City of Greater Sudbury; and, finally, FedNor's participation at the Place de la Francophonie during the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.