The necessary staff identified in 5.2. will be regular staff employed by the Court of Justice.

7. Notes that some SOLVIT centres are understaffed, and that in 2008 the number of cases resolved decreased, while the average number of days needed for their resolution increased; calls on all SOLVIT centres to recruit staff who are appropriately qualified and experienced for the positions they will hold; takes the view that there should be more training for staff employed by SOLVIT; commends the work done by SOLVIT, in particular its case resolution rate, which has remained high (83%) even though its workload increased in 2008 (r ...[+++]ising by 22% to 1000 cases) and despite the fact that some SOLVIT centres are faced with staffing problems;

adopt appropriate anti-corruption measures (e.g. provisions on staff remuneration; cooperation in the selection of staff members employed on the task; two-man-rule; rotation principle).

84. Stresses that high priority must be given to full implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders; calls on the Council to take initiatives to protect human rights defenders; calls on the Commission and on the Member States to organise training of their staff in delegations, embassies and consulates on the application of those guidelines; asks the Commission to consider making funds available to cover the expenses of such training; welcomes the fact that a handbook has been drawn up by the EU Dutch Presidency for the implementation of the guidelines; regrets, however, that Parliament has been denied accurate inform ...[+++]ation concerning its content; calls on the Council and the Commission to raise the situation of human rights defenders systematically in all political dialogues; calls on the Commission to organise, on the level of its Delegations, information seminars on the guidelines with all relevant local NGOs; once again calls on the Council to inform Parliament about the implementation of those guidelines on the ground and to involve it fully in the process of evaluating them;

83. Stresses that high priority must be given to the full implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders; calls on the Council to take initiatives to protect human rights defenders; calls on the Commission and on the Member States to organise training of their staff in Delegations, Embassies and Consulates on the application of these guidelines; asks the Commission to consider making funds available to cover the expenses of such training; welcomes the elaboration of a handbook by the EU Netherlands Presidency for the implementation of the guidelines; regrets, however, that the Parliament has been denied accurate infor ...[+++]mation of its content; calls on the Council and the Commission to raise the situation of human rights defenders systematically in all political dialogues; calls on the Commission to organise on the level of EC Delegations information seminars on the guidelines with all relevant local NGOs; calls once more on the Council to inform the European Parliament about the implementation of these guidelines on the ground and to involve it fully in the process of evaluating them;

84. Stresses that high priority must be given to full implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders; calls on the Council to take initiatives to protect human rights defenders; calls on the Commission and on the Member States to organise training of their staff in delegations, embassies and consulates on the application of those guidelines; asks the Commission to consider making funds available to cover the expenses of such training; welcomes the fact that a handbook has been drawn up by the EU Dutch Presidency for the implementation of the guidelines; regrets, however, that Parliament has been denied accurate inform ...[+++]ation concerning its content; calls on the Council and the Commission to raise the situation of human rights defenders systematically in all political dialogues; calls on the Commission to organise, on the level of its Delegations, information seminars on the guidelines with all relevant local NGOs; once again calls on the Council to inform Parliament about the implementation of those guidelines on the ground and to involve it fully in the process of evaluating them;