32. Stresses that the digitalisation of the public sector should be at the forefront of the next steps in the Digital Agenda, given that, in addition to the cost reductions for public administrations and the provision of more efficient services to citizens, the digital leverage effect in all sectors of the economy would be extremely beneficial;

Service-based administrative data can include, as far as possible, data on how victims are using services provided by government agencies and public and private support organisations, such as the number of referrals by police to victim support services, the number of victims that request, receive or do not receive support or restorative justice.

4. Acknowledges that interinstitutional cooperation can be beneficial in terms of economies of scale and in terms of efficiency but can also undermine an institution's independence or identity; considers that the correct balance should be sought among all the institutions for the above elements; asks the Secretaries-General to report on their mutual collaboration; expects to receive, by 1 July 2007, information on the quality, efficiency and financial aspects, as well as the possible advantages and disadvantages of the interinstitutional cooperation among the institutions, including the quality and the efficiency of the services provided by the off ...[+++]ices and bodies set up within the framework of the cooperation;

4. Acknowledges that interinstitutional cooperation can be beneficial in terms of economies of scale and in terms of efficiency but can also undermine an institution's independence or identity; considers that the correct balance should be sought among all the institutions for the above elements; asks the Secretaries-General to report on their mutual collaboration; expects to receive, by 1 July 2007, information on the quality, efficiency and financial aspects, as well as the possible advantages and disadvantages of the interinstitutional cooperation among the institutions, including the quality and the efficiency of the services provided by the off ...[+++]ices and bodies set up within the framework of the cooperation;

46. Reiterates the importance of interinstitutional cooperation which, undoubtedly, can bring about benefits to the institutions involved; in this respect, considers that the joint administrative service of the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions is an effective and dynamic way of avoiding duplication, reducing costs and developing team spirit without reducing the quality and efficiency of the service provided; invites the two Committees to examine - by not later than July 2007 - this co-operation in the light of the co-sharing principle and with a view to taking the necessary ...[+++]measures to ensure that the needs of both institutions are met and that a more equitable governance of the joint service is guaranteed; recommends that an exercise relating to the evaluation of the functions and activities of the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions should be carried out by not later than the end of June 2007;

In promoting a more effective single passport, a distinction should be drawn between services provided to professional counterparties and those provided to retail investors.