confronted with, such as growth, employment and competitiveness, social cohesion, intercultural understanding and integration and sustainability, quality of life and global interdependence, in particular with the view of providing an improved knowledge base for policies in the fields concerned... ###>interculturelles, la durabilité, la qualité de vie et l'interpénétration mondiale, afin d'améliorer les connaissances mises en oeuvre dans le cadre de politiques relatives aux domaines concernés en particulier.