Translation of "Mitwirkungsmöglichkeiten" in English

It is with this in mind that my report calls secondly for opportunities for economic participation for employees.

Some attempt has been made to strengthen the opportunities SMEs might have to participate.

To achieve this, employees must be given a say.

The local youth councils provide a forum for participation by young people at local level.

Mr Sieglerschmidt, you are undermining the already limited powers which this Parliament has to contribute to legislation.

The Regional Administrative Bodies, that is, communities and districts, have only limited possibilities to impinge on the design of schools.

In the years that followed, the Commission provided ample proof that the powers granted it in this area were well capable of being extended.

Even fewer participation opportunities seem to be open to the trade unions than to the works councils.

Members now have a choice between the following (alternative) participation types:

Here, the citizens should be given background information and opportunities for citizens to participate.

We offer interested parties possibilities of collaboration and information about our Third-World-activities described above.

Hereby connected now above all co-operation possibilities are in the LJHA.

The Internet is associated with the promise of individual and collective empowerment.

The social partners' possibilities of influence also extend to the teacher training carried out at the federal academies preparing teachers for service in vocational education.

Information and consultation are "lightweight" tools of involvement.

The primary aim of the report is, however, to illustrate how discrimination and harassment can still destroy people's chances in life and prospects of empowerment.

We Social Democrats want rapid action. We want the programme to be adopted quickly, obviously with the participation of the European Parliament, which also has a greater say thanks mainly to the use of Article 129 as the legal basis.

But what we must avoid is that economic opportunities of participation be replaced by simple information and consultation rights as in the EWC directive or by an as yet inexistent community instrument to regulate information and consultation at the national level.

Consequently, in many cases, Parliament does not have any influence on the definition of significant aspects of the Convention itself and subsequently, above all, on its management.

Only an informed, qualified, committed and motivated employee who has the opportunity to influence matters can develop forms of organisation and technologies and so use them in such a way that all opportunities for sustainable development are fully utilised.

Unlike the Commission communication it distinguishes between pure information and consultation rights, as under the EWC, and the opportunities for economic participation, like those enjoyed by employees in the supervisory boards in Germany or the Netherlands or like those enjoyed in the Nordic countries of Finland and Sweden under collective agreement rights when company decisions are taken.

We also regret that with regard to the possibilities for national involvement, the Member States will not be allowed to select Objective 2 regions which do not meet the strict criteria, but will still be limited by criteria and the Commission's reserving the right to grant authorisation.