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Mr President, first of all, allow me to congratulate the rapporteur, Mr Ojeda Sanz, on the excellent work that he has performed, together with all his colleagues.
This report is evidence of Parliament’s firm support for the Commission’s proposal to extend the Tempus programme to the MEDA partners and is in line with the policy of supporting closer cooperation with this region that was adopted in the conclusions of the Euro-Mediterranean ministerial conference held in Barcelona and the recent conference in Valencia. The extension of the Tempus programme to the MEDA partners also forms part of our ongoing cooperation in the field of higher education, between the Community and other regions of the world. This cooperation, which I undertook to strengthen, is all the more necessary since we are facing an increase in various forms of radicalism and intolerance, which points to a lack of dialogue and understanding between cultures. And as Mrs Prets stated so well, equal treatment for men and women is obviously part of such a dialogue. Article 5 of the decision on Tempus III also provides for equal opportunities. We have further strengthened this approach in the new text. The current proposal therefore aims to extend the programme to the following Mediterranean partners: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Syria and Lebanon.
As the rapporteur quite rightly said, the Commission has only amended the decision on Tempus where this was essential for technical reasons. The only amendments of substance that have been added are: a specific objective alluding to developing democratic civil societies, the possibility of including researchers in order to build bridges with research and the duration of the Tempus III programme has been extended to 31 December 2006, in order to bring it into line with that of programmes such as Socrates and Leonardo.
The Commission shares the desire of Parliament and the Council to adopt the decision in the shortest possible timeframe. This is why the Commission, although it supports the spirit of Parliament’s amendments, is unable to accept them: such a modification, Mr President, would delay the proposal’s adoption. I would, however, like to reassure the rapporteur that I will take into account Parliament’s wishes and amendments when the programme is implemented. I think that this is what is most important.
The programme will be implemented within the framework of existing actions according to the specific needs of each partner. We will therefore launch a dialogue with the appropriate authorities as soon as the decision is adopted. I know that the authorities of the MEDA partners are eagerly awaiting the Commission’s next steps. Do not make them wait any longer than is necessary and let us put into practice this policy that everyone wants. I would like to thank you for your support and I would ask Parliament, when it sends a parliamentary delegation to one of these new Tempus countries, to stress our new university cooperation policy. I am sure that the positive effects of this will be felt in both the short- and long-term."@en1
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