Domestic control of the national economic environment [ Gray Report | Gray Report on the Domestic control of the national economic environment ]

HACCP system | hazard analysis and critical control point | hazard analysis critical control point system | hazard analysis of critical control points | HACCP [Abbr.]

Master of Arts [ M.A.,MA | Master of Arts degree | MA degree ]

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Agency for the Environment and Energy Management

There appears to be a need to promote active learning in both work and school-based VET and give individuals the opportunity to control and develop their own learning, also through the use of innovative, creative and tailored made ICT tools, including e-learning, to improve the access to and flexibility of training.

Stresses that school-parent communication strategies, character education and other personal development programmes implemented in learning settings in cooperation with families and other relevant social partners can contribute to upward social convergence, promotion of active citizenship and European values as enshrined in the Treaties, and the prevention of radicalisation; underlines that a supportive home environment is crucial in shaping children’s proficiency in basic skills, and points to the value of courses for parents which can prove effective in countering educational poverty.

The rapporteur can confirm, on the basis of conversations, the impression that the importance of practical vocational training based on cooperation between schools and industry (e.g. the dual system in Germany) is not sufficiently well-known in countries where education is, typically, based solely in schools, nor is the considerable investment in terms of expertise, time and cost which is entailed in gaining a quality professional higher education qualification such as a master craftsman’s diploma or recognition as a ‘Fachwirt’ (a non-academic professional qualification).

Given this situation, rather than continuing with the same policy of capacity reduction based on tonnage and power, which has yielded such scant results, it might be preferable to explore other ways of containing fishing effort such as strict fisheries control by geographical area, management geared to the characteristics of the various areas where fishing activity is carried out, taking account of the marine environment, the conservation of natural resources and habitats and the economic and social circumstances of the industry, as well as effort management schemes based more on the selectivity of the fishing gear used than on the reduc ...[+++]tion of capacity and power.