25. Welcomes the above-mentioned Commission Communication of 21 December 2007 which sets out clear objectives as to how the Europa website can be turned into a service-oriented web 2.0 site; urges the Commission to complete construction of the new site as early as 2009 and believes that the new website should provide a forum for citizens to share their opinions and participate in online polls, where all NGOs, public institutions and individuals may share their experiences of their EU communication projects; calls on the Commission t ...[+++]o collect and publish on this webpage the experiences of beneficiaries of the activities funded under Plan D;

25. Welcomes the above-mentioned Commission Communication of 21 December 2007 which sets out clear objectives as to how the Europa website can be turned into a service-oriented web 2.0 site; urges the Commission to complete construction of the new site as early as 2009 and believes that the new website should provide a forum for citizens to share their opinions and participate in online polls, where all NGOs, public institutions and individuals may share their experiences of their EU communication projects; calls on the Commission t ...[+++]o collect and publish on this webpage the experiences of beneficiaries of the activities funded under Plan D;

Action (EU and Member States) Explore the possibilities to improve policies and develop measures which address biodiversity loss and climate change in an integrated manner to fully exploit co-benefits and avoid ecosystem feedbacks that accelerate global warming Develop guidelines and a set of tools (guidance and exchange of best practices) by the end of 2009 to ensure that the River Basin Management Plans (RBMP) are climate-proofed Ensure that climate change is taken into account in the implementation of the Floods Directive. Assess the need for further measures to enhance water efficiency in agriculture, households and buildings Ex ...[+++]plore the potential for policies and measures to boost ecosystem storage capacity for water in Europe Draft guidelines by 2010 on dealing with the impact of climate change on the management of Natura 2000 sites |

It will provide guidance on how to reduce bureaucracy, improve transparency and information and ensure a level playing field for SMEs is further facilitating access to information on procurement opportunities by complementing the existing EU websites dedicated to public procurement with a series of initiatives such as optional publication of contract notices for below-threshold procurement, an online tool to find business partners, and increased transparency of public procurement requirements will publish a Vademecum on State Aid for ...[+++]SMEs to increase awareness of the existing support options the Member States are invited to: set up electronic portals to widen access to information on public procurement opportunities below the EU thresholds encourage their contracting authorities to subdivide contracts into lots where it is appropriate and to make sub-contracting opportunities more visible remind their contracting authorities of their obligation to avoid disproportionate qualification and financial requirements encourage constructive dialogue and mutual understanding between SMEs and large buyers through activities such as information, training, monitoring and exchange of good practice refocus State Aid policy to better address SMEs’ needs, including the design of better targeted measures.

In particular, electronic commerce in goods or services by a means accessible in another Member State constitutes an activity directed to that State where the on-line trading site is an active site in the sense that the trader purposefully directs his activity in a substantial way to that other State .

Other activities that have been carried out include needs assessment surveys, development of platforms for statistical data exchange and extranet/intranet sites, making specific information available on-line on the acquis and the preparation of tenders to other EU programmes.