Translation of "Geringe teilnahme" in English

2 Obstacles and issues preventing further adult participation in lifelong learning and skills development

Lack of participation of MPs in Parliamentary meetings is causing deliberate delays in adoption of important legislation.

In this regard, NRW sees the low level of adult participation in further education and vocational training as a cause for concern: the figure is only 7%.

Apart from that there is little direct participation of employees in the selected projects.

Notable was the relatively poor attendance at the events, especially in Judea and Samaria.

The MB is strongly mobilising their constituencies so the low turnout displays their problems.

Firstly, uneven geographical participation and poor participation in projects by researchers from certain parts of the Union, especially those from the less developed regions and from the countries which joined the EU in 2004 or later.

The low take-up rate is most pronounced - and I greatly regret this - in areas where agriculture is most intensive.

The rapporteur stressed the difficult situation of older women on the labour market as well as the very low rate of participation of older workers in training.

Also, the low participation levels of high-ranking officials in SMSC meetings limited their potential as a tool for decision-making.

Mr Drucker nevertheless insisted on pointing out the low turnout of SMO members at this meeting away from headquarters despite the fact that the date scheduled for the meeting - 9 March - had been set with the agreement of the members and with their availability in mind.

The low participation in vocational training of less qualified and older workers remains a challenge.

Mrs Florio commented that one possible reason for low attendance was that meetings of the JCCs in the candidate countries were being held in locations outside the capital, adding considerable travelling time to an already tight schedule.

The Council conclusions on the mid-term evaluation of FP7 of March 2011 invited the Commission, in consultation with the member states, to analyse the reasons for low participation and report back to the Council.

On the labour market itself, adult workers should be given more opportunities to improve their skills, so that the generally low levels of participation of adult workers in training can be raised significantly, particularly for those with low to medium levels of educational attainment (of whom 6,1% took part in education or training in 2000 across the EU, compared to a 15,4% participation rate for those with high educational levels) (Annex II, pt.7).

A recent report listed the principal difficulties faced by Travellers, which include insufficient and inadequate accommodation, high infant mortality rates, extremely low education participation rates among Traveller children, high levels of illiteracy, and a very low rate of participation in the mainstream labour force with high levels of unemployment and reliance on social welfare payments.

The economic poverty of parents favours the cultural poverty of children, by reduced access to education, the political poverty, by low participation in or exclusion from decision-making, the social poverty, by low participation in civic activities and isolation.

The attached tables (Annex 1) show that participation by the citizens concerned varied between 2 and 35% depending on the Member State involved.

The low takeup rate is most pronounced - and 1 greatly regret this - in areas where agriculture is most in tensive.

Secondly, the shareholders' lack of participation is due to the structure of continental companies.

It is now ten years since the United Kingdom Government expressed anxiety about participation rates of its young people aged 16-18 years in post-compulsory training and education by comparing its own par ticipation rates with those of other European countries.

General appreciation Despite an improvement in the Belgian labour market, its long-standing challenges are only gradually being adjusted: high inflows into long-term unemployment, low labour martet participation of older persons, a large gender gap in employment, pronounced regional differences and the job creation potential in the service sector.

Low uptake of antenatal and postnatal care programmes suggested that the delivery of health promotion programmes and materials was insufficiently adapted to immigrant users.

Low participation lowers the probability that the articles are reviewed, developed and updated, and political polarisation of participants is likely to lead to biases in the articles.

For countries which follow a strategy of concentrating their funds on particular groups of enterprises, awareness of measures amongst SMEs in general will be low.