4 Amendments of Johannes LEBECH related to 2008/2149(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the vital role that regional organisations, and in particular the Regional Cooperation Council, can play in facilitating economic and trade cooperation in the region; calls on the Commission to continue to support their activities; underlines the need to enhance bilateral and regional cooperation in the region in order to ensure self-sustaining progress;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on all authorities of the region to continue to make the necessary efforts to create a business-friendly environment which increases transparency in business administration and tax law; underlines in that respect the need to step up the fight against corruption at all levels and to improve transparencyhe rule of law;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the vital role of education and training in today's knowledge-based economies; in this context, stresses the need to strengthen and stimulate entrepreneurial and innovative skills at educational levels; calls for increased cooperation and improved possibilities for cross-border exchanges for students, teachers and researchers from the Western Balkan states and the EU in order to familiarise the people and institutions of the Western Balkan states with the EU agenda and to strengthen educational skills;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Welcomes the inclusion of the Western Balkan countries in the Erasmus Mundus and Tempus programmes; calls on those countries to intensify the preparatory administrative measures necessary in order to meet the entry criteria of the Leonardo da Vinci Programme; calls on the Commission to use the IPA funds to waive the full fee paid by the Western Balkan states to participate in the Leonardo da Vinci Programme, as is already the case with Erasmus Mundus and Tempus.