01/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - Further to the publication of the 4th Cohesion Report (see EUROPE 9435), BusinessEurope President Ernest-Antoine Seillière has called on the Commission to ensure that member states really use European funding for improving their competitiveness and for creating more jobs. “Europe still needs to boost its competitiveness and enhance growth and jobs. This objective has been embraced in the new cohesion policy as well as in the operational programmes provided by member states. Now all actors involved have to make the best of the available funds. European companies are ready to engage in public-private partnerships to find the best solutions for regional economic development”, a press release from Mr Seillière reads. (gb)