However, further steps are needed to realise cross-thematic integrated intelligence for environmental management, using standard harmonisation processes in order to facilitate information requirements at all levels of governance i.e. local, national, and EU.
In certain cases, precisely because we are a Union, we need a degree of harmonisation or more legislation, sometimes in order to harmonise or simplify the existing legislation.
The low level of comparability of syndromic information in Europe in terms of case definitions, data formats and diagnostic coding does not speak for implementing standardised syndromic surveillance systems at European level or for aiming at a harmonisation of existing systems in order to support cross-border surveillance.
An important element in a Publish-Find-Bind model (Service producer/Registry/Service consumer) is to achieve interoperability between services by supporting various services, data harmonisation and transformation, and encoding standards in order to facilitate information flow between different services.
The different approaches of regulating herbal products have been also recognised as an important issue by the FP7 GP-TCM Consortium, which compiled a more comprehensive global comparison of herbal regulation practices in order to promote harmonisation in the future [ 61].
O'Cuiv also argued against tax harmonisation and proposed the ECB be reformed in order to act as a normal central bank with the ability to buy bonds from the sovereign directly.
In order to further the harmonisation process, five core indicators have been proposed that are common to all populations.
In a statement, the Vatican's secretariat of state said the idea for the commission had emerged from "the desire of the Holy Father to better understand the judicial position and activities of the Institute in order to allow for greater harmonisation with the mission of the universal church … in a wider context of reform".
These multi-spectrum challenges necessitate cross-thematic data harmonisation, integration and coordination between various departmental boundaries in order to monitor and model future smart cities.
In order to ensure continuity and harmonisation of the program activities, we propose having teams of two persons (health promotion and counsellor) "specialised" in pediatric counselling activities, to be responsible for the development or adaptation of strategies and material.
