WRITTEN QUESTION No. 4097/97 by David MORRIS to the Commission. Human resource development and funding
C 196/76 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 6. 98 (98/C 196/104) WRITTEN QUESTION E-4096/97 by Peter Truscott (PSE) to the Commission (16 January 1998) Subject: Funding for Hertfordshire in 1994-1997 from the MEDIA II and town-twinning funds Would the Commission please inform me of the amount of funding Hertfordshire has received from the MEDIA II and town-twinning funds in 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997? Answer given by Mr Oreja on behalf of the Commission (13 March 1998) As the MEDIA II programme was not launched until 1 January 1996, no assistance was granted before that date. In 1996 no company located in Hertfordshire received any assistance under the MEDIA II programme. In 1997 Arrow Film Distributors Ltd, a company based in Radlett, received ECU 25 000 in assistance. Hertfordshire was awarded grants under the Commissionís town-twinning scheme (budget heading A 3021) in 1994 (ECU 5 898), in 1995 (ECU 5 427), in 1996 (ECU 14 201) and in 1997 (ECU 11 036). (98/C 196/105) WRITTEN QUESTION E-4097/97 by David Morris (PSE) to the Commission (16 January 1998) Subject: Human resource development and funding The Commission proposes four strands of human resource development under Objective 3. Will these be duplicated under Objectives 1 and 2? Further, will the proposed ESF regulation specify the financial allocation between these strands and if so, what will that allocation be? Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (2 February 1998) The Commission is currently preparing its proposals for the regulations governing the structural funds for 2000-2006 and plans to adopt its proposals before Easter 1998. The basis for these proposals is given in Agenda 2000 (1). It is proposed that the new objective 3, which addresses the four areas mentioned in Agenda 2000, should have two main functions: › › to provide the common framework for all European social fund (ESF) interventions (i. e. in objectives 1, 2 and 3), providing consistency of approach across European and national human resources development strategies on the one hand and regional interventions on the other; to operate as a self-contained objective, financing human resources development measures outside the objective 1 and 2 regions, thus ensuring a coherent Community-wide human resources development strategy. The details regarding the implementation of objective 3, including the question of programming and financial priorities, remain under consideration and the Commissionís proposals will be given in the draft regulations presented in 1998. (1) COM(97) 2000 final