Allocation of the reserve for Community initiatives Employment-inclusion and Adapt until the end of 1999

In adopting the report by Mr Bartho PRONK (PPE), the European Parliament endorsed unreservedly the Commission's approach whereby measures to combat unemployment were to be considered a priority when allocating the reserve for Community Initiatives. It therefore supported the increase in the appropriations for the Initiatives "Employment" and "ADAPT". With regard to the development of human resources, the EP felt that the amounts allocated to each strand should be as follows: Employment-NOW - ECU 493 million; Employment-HORIZON - ECU 509 million; Employment YOUTHSTART - ECU 449 million; and Employment-INCLUSION, which was renamed Employment-INTEGRA - ECU 376 million. As regards "ADAPTBIS", the EP stressed the importance of developing more user-friendly technologies and software and promoting the "rapprochement" of the Information Society to potential users. Finally, Parliament called on the Member States and the leaders thereof to ensure that projects were formulated and implemented in strict respect of the principles for wide, participatory and democratic consultation of women's organisations as to the content and implementation of measures under the Initiative. �