Cooperation shall help strengthen policies and programmes that improve, ensure and broaden the equal participation of men and women in all spheres of political, economic, social and cultural life.

The participation of young people in voluntary service activities is a type of informal education leading to the acquisition of additional knowledge, whose quality should be largely based on appropriate preparatory measures, including those of a linguistic and cultural nature.

RECALLING, moreover, the customs conventions concluded under the auspices of the Customs Cooperation Council, in consultation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, concerning the temporary importation of educational, scientific and cultural materials,

The pursuit of other aims such as the conservation of the cultural heritage, and the promotion of scientific research, education, participation, collaboration, is highly desirable in SPAMIs and constitutes a factor in favour of a site being included on the list, to the extent in which it remains compatible with the aims of conservation.

considering that it constitutes a form of cooperation between the Member States and between them and the European Communities while fully acknowledging the Member States' responsibility for the content of teaching and the organization of their educational system, and for their cultural and linguistic diversity;

promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy, good governance and the rule of law; promote cultural and religious tolerance, and develop cooperation with civil society, including NGOs.

The Parties call upon interested Parties to consult each other on the procedure for promoting such cooperation and, in this context, to take measures, in line with their respective policies and their specific situation in the region, which will permit initiatives in the economic field, including the development of trade, as well as in the social and cultural fields.

population and culture - the objective is to respect, preserve and promote the cultural and social independence of the indigenous population and to guarantee the basis for their living standards, in particular environmentally sound settlement and economic development, and promote mutual understanding and cooperation between Alpine and extra-Alpine populations;

WHEREAS A COMMITTEE MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO ORGANIZE CLOSE AND EFFECTIVE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION IN THIS FIELD SHOULD THEREFORE BE SET UP TO REPLACE THE COMMITTEE ON DUTY-FREE ARRANGEMENTS SET UP BY COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) NO 1798/75 OF 10 JULY 1975 ON THE IMPORTATION FREE OF COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES OF EDUCATIONAL , SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL MATERIALS (3) ,

to promote an active contribution by young people to the building of Europe through their participation in transnational exchanges within the Community or with third countries so as to develop understanding of the cultural diversity of Europe and its fundamental common values, thus helping to promote respect for human rights and to combat racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia;

Those activities, based on transnational partnerships between groups of young people are to involve their active participation and be designed to make it possible for them to discover and become aware of different social and cultural realities and to encourage them to participate in, or initiate, other activities at European level.

Those activities, based on transnational partnerships between groups of young people, are to involve their active participation and be designed to make it possible for them to discover and become aware of different social and cultural realities and to encourage them to participate in, or initiate, other activities at European level.

ASSERTING their resolve to make, through their cooperation, a significant contribution to the economic, social and cultural development of the ACP States and to the greater well-being of their population, helping them facing the challenges of globalisation and strengthening the ACP-EU Partnership in the effort to give the process of globalisation a stronger social dimension;

It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement to include the prolongation of the programme of support, including translation, in the field of books and reading (Ariane programme) established by Decision No 2085/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) and that of the programme to support artistic and cultural activities having a European dimension (Kaleidoscope programme) established by Decision No 719/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(3).

The mechanism is intended to help ensure better protection, primarily of people but also of the environment and property, including cultural heritage, in the event of major emergencies, i.e. natural, technological, radiological or environmental accidents occurring inside or outside the Community, including accidental marine pollution, as provided for in Decision No 2850/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2000 setting up a Community framework for cooperation in the field of accidental or deliberate marine pollution(9).

local (including municipal) authorities, non-governmental organisations, organisations of indigenous peoples, local traders' associations and local citizens' groups, cooperatives, trade unions, economic and social actors organisations, local organisations (including networks) which are active in the area of regional decentralised cooperation and integration, consumer organisations, women's and youth organisations, teaching, cultural, research and scientific organisations, universities, churches and religious associations or communities, media and any non-governmental associations and independent foundations likely to contribute to development.

on cooperation in cultural affairs

Joint Declaration on cooperation in cultural affairs;

DESIROUS of creating favourable conditions for a substantial development and diversification of trade and industry between the Community and Sri Lanka, which will further investment flows, commercial and economic cooperation in areas of mutual interest including science and technology, and foster cultural cooperation;

Such cooperation shall include the preservation of historic and cultural objects.

promote economic, social, cultural and financial cooperation.

on cooperation against illegal traffic in cultural goods

Joint Declaration on cooperation against illegal traffic in cultural goods;

to provide a basis for economic, financial, cultural and social cooperation, as well as for the Community's assistance to Bulgaria,

The Contracting Parties declare their willingness to establish cooperation arrangements and procedures against illegal traffic in cultural goods as well as arrangements concerning the management of the regime for regular traffic in cultural goods.

reinforcing mutual understanding of their respective economic, social and cultural environment as a basis for effective cooperation.

the strengthening of cooperation in the political, commercial, economic and financial, scientific, technological, social, cultural and cooperation fields, as well as other areas of mutual interest;

In view of Chile's very close cultural ties with the Member States of the European Community, the Parties have decided to intensify cooperation in this area and on communication and information.

Where appropriate, the Community's cultural cooperation programmes or those of one or more Member States may be extended to Bulgaria and further activities of interest to both sides developed.

The Parties agree to cooperate on intellectual property matters in order to promote trade in goods and services, investment, technology transfer, dissemination of information, cultural and creative activities and related economic activities.