Guide to the Community initiatives 1994-99

Directorate-General For Regional Policy European Commission

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Community structural Funds
European Regional Development Fund
Community finance
Agricultural regulations
European Social Fund

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• Publié par: DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-REGIONAL-POLICY-EUROPEAN-COMMISSION
• Nombre de lectures: 34
• Langue: English
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European Commission Community Structural Funds
Guide to the
Community
Initiatives
1994-99
First edition
European Commission Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication
Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1994
ISBN 92-826-8437-7
© ECSC-EC-EAEC, Brussels · Luxembourg, 1994
Reproduction Is authorized, except for commercial purposes, provided the source is acknowledged
Printed in Germany Contents
Preface 5
Introduction 7
The Community Initiatives
The Commission's Green Paper
Seven subjects and 13 Initiatives 8
Favourable opinions and final adoption 9
Implementation of the Community Initiatives
The Objectives of the Structural Funds 11
Useful addresses ,3
Detailed descriptions5
Interreg II 16
Leader II 20
Regis II
Employment and the development of human resources 22
Adapt4
Recharll
Resider II
Konver7
Retex8
Textiles and clothing in Portugal9
SMEs 3
Urban1
Pesca2
Commission guidelines3
Interreg II5
Leader II 44
Regis II 56
Employment and the development of human resources 60
Adapt 69
Recharll 7
Resider II
Konver 8
Retex :7
Textiles and clothing in Portugal8
SMEs 91
Urban6
Pesca 100 PREFACE
The Commission of the European Communities recently adopted guidelines on the Community
Initiatives financed by the Structural Funds(1) for the period 1994-99.
This ¡s a practical guide to enable all potential beneficiaries to understand better how the
Initiatives operate. It Includes:
an introduction explaining what the Community Initiatives are;
- thirteen sections setting out the background to and purpose of each Initiative, describing the
measures and, where appropriate, the areas eligible and the funds available and explaining
the method of implementation;
- the full text of the Commission's guidelines concerning these Initiatives.
(1) The Community's Structural Funds are the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund),
whose aim is to reduce differences in levels of development between regions in the
Community; the ESF (European Social Fund), which is responsible for improving employment
prospects in the Community, and the EAGGF Guidance Section (European Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund, which part-finances national aid schemes for agriculture and
helps develop and diversify rural areas of the Community. There is also the FIFG (Financial
Instrument for Fisheries Guidance), which assists in the restructuring of the fisheries sector. INTRODUCTION
The Community Initiatives
The Community Initiatives are the special financial instruments of structural policy which the
Commission proposes to the Member States on Its own initiative, to support measures which will
help solve problems having a particular impact at European level.
The Community Initiatives have three features which give them added value as compared with the
other measures financed by the Structural Funds:
- support for the development of trans-national, cross-border and inter-regional cooperation,
- a "bottom-up" method of implementation,
- and the high profile on the spot which they give to Community measures.
The Commission's Green Paper
In June 1993 the Commission presented Its thinking on the future of the Community Initiatives In
a Green Paper and proposed regrouping them around five major priorities:
- cross-border, trans-national and Inter-regional cooperation and networks;
- rural development;
- the most remote regions;
- employment and the development of human resources;
- the management of Industrial change.
This document was discussed at the Informal Council of ministers responsible for regional policy
and planning which met at Liège In November 1993 and was sent to the European Parliament for
Its opinion. The Economic and Social Committee, the Consultative Council of Regional and Local
Authorities and the economic and social partners were also consulted. Seven subjects and 13 Initiatives
Following its consultations on the Green Paper, the Commission decided to add to the five
original subjects, the development of crisis-hit urban areas and the restructuring of the fishing
Industry. This extension reflected the concerns of the various parties consulted, and In particular
the European Parliament.
On 16 February 1994 the Commission presented its overall approach to the Community Initiatives
for the period 1994-99.
There were 13 Initiatives, some of which were entirely new (Employment-Youthstart, Adapt,
Textiles and clothing In Portugal, Urban and Pesca) while the others extended, expanded or
embraced measures which had already begun.
FEBRUARY 1994 PROPOSAL
ECU billion (at 1994 prices) TOTAL OBJ. 1
INTERREG/REGEN 2.9 2.3
REGIS 0.6 0.6
0.8 EMPLOYMENT (NOW, HORIZON, YOUTHS! 1.4
INDUSTRIAL CHANGE — .
]_
ADAPT 1.4 ,' °·4
0.4 RECHAR °·1 I
RESIDER 0.5 °·1 I
0.2 KONVER 0.5
I
RETEX 0.5 0.4
I
TEXTILES AND CLOTHING IN PORTUGAL 0.4
I ι °·4
SMEs 1.0 . 0.8
I
0.8 RESERVE 1.60
8.3 TOTAL
ι 13·45 ι