as outlined in the Commission's 2006 Annual Progress Report, the response to the Youth Pact in most Member States has been encouraging, but that urgent action is still required to facilitate the entry of young people into the labour market in line with the Pact;
the adoption of the European Pact for Youth has strengthened the involvement of ministries responsible for youth in the Lisbon process, leading to better internal coordination and reinforced mainstreaming of the youth dimension when developing policies on employment, social inclusion, education, training and mobility, in line with the mandate from the European Council; while ma
...[+++]ny Member States refer explicitly to the Pact in their national reform programmes and others include measures that are consistent with it, better implementation of the objectives of the Pact and improved visibility of the Pact in the national reform programmes and in the Commission's Annual Progress Report would lead to more coherence, greater effectiveness and clearer monitoring of measures for young people, and would help to develop knowledge and expertise on the different areas of the Pact and the links between them; while progress has been made, the European Commission and the Member States need to reinforce measures to implement the Pact by:20. hoewel vele lidstaten in hun nationale hervormingsprogramma's uit
drukkelijk naar het pact verwijzen en andere lidstaten in hun programma's maatregelen opnemen die in overeenstemming zijn met het pact, zou een betere implementatie van de doelstellingen van het pact en een grotere zichtbaarheid van het pact in de nationale hervormingsprogramma's e
n in het jaarlijkse voortgangsverslag van de Commissie tot meer samenhang, een grotere doeltreffendheid en een duidelijker toezicht op maatregelen voor jongeren leiden, en ertoe bijdragen d
...[+++]e kennis en expertise betreffende de verschillende onderdelen van het pact en de raakvlakken daartussen verder te ontwikkelen; 
