opfordrer medlemsstaterne til kraftigt at støtte fremtidsorienterede investeringen ved at fremme investering og konkurrencelyst inden for forskning - herunder også grundforskning - og udvikling, højteknologi, miljøvenlige teknologier, transeuropæiske infrastrukturer og netværk samt livslang læring; anbefaler at øge de offentlige midler til videnskab og forskning; understreger betydningen af et frugtbart miljø for forskning og udvikling og bedre integration af produktmarkederne samt en mere positiv holdning fra finansmarkedernes side til mere risikobetonede investeringer; mener, at investering i sociale serviceydelser og især i børnepasning er en væsentlig forudsætning for reel lighed mellem mænd og kvinder og for øget beskæftigelse blandt kvinder; henleder Kommissionens opmærksomhed på den manglende udnyttelse af mange skjulte faglærte job inden for servicesektoren – som er så meget desto mere værdifulde, fordi de primært er lokale – både i den private og offentlige sektor; understreger behovet for investeringer og fremme af job inden for servicesektoren, især inden for undervisning, lokale sociale serviceydelser, børnepasning, ældrepleje og hjemmehjælp; mener, at der bør tages hensyn til befolkningens aldring, da den uundgåeligt vil medføre, at den arbejdende del af befolkningen bliver ældre; konstaterer, at ældre arbejdere ofte har problemer med karriereudvikling og somme tider anses for at være for gamle og for dyre til at blive forfremmet eller uddannet; mener derfor, at det er af afgørende betydning at råde over skræddersyede initiativer inden for rådgivning og vejledning og særlige uddannelsessystemer til sådanne personer;
Calls on the Member States firmly to support forward-looking investments, by promoting investment and emulation in research, including basic research, and development, high technology, environmentally-friendly technologies and trans-European infrastructures and networks and education and lifelong learning; recommends increasing public funding for science and research; highlights the importance of a climate which is conducive to the promotion of research and development and of a better integration of product markets and a more positive attitude of the financial markets towards riskier forms of investment; takes the view that investment in social services, in particular in childcare, is essential if there is to be genuine equality between men and women and if female employment is to increase; draws the Commission's attention to the under-exploitation of many latent skilled jobs in the services sector - which are all the more valuable because they are essentially local - in both the private sector and the public sector; stresses the need to invest in and promote jobs in services, in particular educational services, local social services, childcare, care for the elderly and help in the home; believes that account should be taken of the ageing of the population, since this will necessarily lead to the working population itself ageing; notes that older workers often have career problems and are sometimes regarded as too old and too expensive to be promoted or trained; considers accordingly that it is essential to provide them with tailor-made initiatives such as counselling, advice and specific training systems;