Partnership with the third countries concerned was designated as a key element for the success of such a policy, recalls the Council Conclusions on the Communication of the Commission on Integrating migration issues into the European Union’s relations with third countries of May 2003, which emphasise that migration policy is a strategic priority for the European Union and invites the Commission, inter alia, to develop concrete proposals to make additional funding available for assistance for refugees in the region and for reducing poverty in host communities, recalls the European Council Conclusions of Thessaloniki of 19/20 June 2003 which invited the Commission to explore all parameters in order to ensure more orderly and managed entry in ...[+++]the EU of persons in need of international protection, and to examine ways and means to enhance the protection capacity of regions of origin with a view to presenting to the Council, before June 2004, a comprehensive report suggesting measures to be taken, including legal implications, recalls the Council Conclusions On the managed entry in the EU of persons in need of international protection and enhancement of the protection capacity of regions of origin 'improving access to durable solutions', of 2 November 2004, in which the Council invited the Commission to present an action plan for one or more Regional Protection Programmes to the Council by July 2005 which should be situation specific, protection oriented and complementary to the further development of a Common European Asylum System, recalls the Hague Programme of 4 and 5 November 2004, which welcomed the Commission's Communication on "improving access to durable solutions" and invited the Commission to develop EU Regional Protection Programmes in partnership with third countries concerned and in close consultation and co-operation with the UNHCR and that these programmes should be built on the experience gained in pilot protection programmes to be launched before the end ...

Partnership with the third countries concerned was designated as a key element for the success of such a policy, recalls the Council Conclusions on the Communication of the Commission on Integrating migration issues into the European Union’s relations with third countries of May 2003, which emphasise that migration policy is a strategic priority for the European Union and invites the Commission, inter alia, to develop concrete proposals to make additional funding available for assistance for refugees in the region and for reducing poverty in host communities, recalls the European Council Conclusions of Thessaloniki of 19/20 June 2003 which invited the Commission to explore all parameters in order to ensure more orderly and managed entry in ...[+++]the EU of persons in need of international protection, and to examine ways and means to enhance the protection capacity of regions of origin with a view to presenting to the Council, before June 2004, a comprehensive report suggesting measures to be taken, including legal implications, recalls the Council Conclusions On the managed entry in the EU of persons in need of international protection and enhancement of the protection capacity of regions of origin 'improving access to durable solutions', of 2 November 2004, in which the Council invited the Commission to present an action plan for one or more Regional Protection Programmes to the Council by July 2005 which should be situation specific, protection oriented and complementary to the further development of a Common European Asylum System, recalls the Hague Programme of 4 and 5 November 2004, which welcomed the Commission's Communication on "improving access to durable solutions" and invited the Commission to develop EU Regional Protection Programmes in partnership with third countries concerned and in close consultation and co-operation with the UNHCR and that these programmes should be built on the experience gained in pilot protection programmes to be launched before the end ...

The European Commission and the Commissioner, who is present here, are experienced in drawing up and applying this sort of programme in the Member States and candidate countries and we believe that this experience will stand them in good stead when it comes to drawing up the regional Mediterranean programme.

The debate enabled guidelines to be agreed on the following aspects: - inclusion in the concept of ecological quality of qualitative criteria for the assessment of water quality; - elaboration by the Member States of overall water-management and water-protection programmes enabling the Directive to be implemented; - information of the public and closer involvement of interested groups in the preparation of the integrated programmes.

These "demonstration projects" are of mutual interest to the two sides, covering a very wide range of subject areas (e.g. the environment and microbiology, international marketing for small and medium-sized businesses, compilation of a programme of higher education studies, etc.). The practical outcome has been a range of activities, focusing on student mobility (including work placement schemes), mobility of teaching staff, the production of common study programmes and the development of course unit transfer schemes.

- 3 - 2.- Treatment and rehabilitation A critical and comprehensive assessment must be made of all existing treatment and rehabilitation programmes with a view to improving and perfecting procedures for treating, rehabilitating and reintegrating drug addicts and finalizing effective and lasting methods.