WRITTEN QUESTION No. 4095/97 by Peter TRUSCOTT to the Commission. Funding for Hertfordshire in 1994-1997 from PHARE and TACIS funds
22. 6. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 196/75 Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (26 February 1998) Mainstream European regional development fund (ERDF) funding is not available to Hertfordshire as the county has not been declared eligible under the structural fundsí regional objectives. However, Hertfordshire has received funding under the Konver Community initiative programmes. The ERDF and the European social fund (ESF) awards made to Hertfordshire under the Konver II programme (which covers the period 1994-1999) are as follows: Project Applicant Grant (UKL) MECU ERDF I. II. Herts, Beds 1 Luton Measure 1 Promotion of tourism III. Herts, Beds & Luton Measure 2 Hertfordshire County Council Herts training and enterprise Council (TEC) Herts. TEC ESF I. Winning out of Defence 1996 II. Winning out of Defence 1997 III. Skills shortage in the Manufacturing Sector Herts. TEC Herts. TEC Herts. TEC 107 000 1 151 000 265 000 1 523 000 310 770 444 600 104 850 860 220 0. 161 1. 732 0. 399 2. 292 0. 468 0. 667 0. 158 1. 293 It is not possible to provide a detailed breakdown of payments made to Hertfordshire on an annual basis. This information is held by the British government. Its office for the Eastern region administers the programme. (98/C 196/103) WRITTEN QUESTION E-4095/97 by Peter Truscott (PSE) to the Commission (16 January 1998) Subject: Funding for Hertfordshire in 1994-1997 from PHARE and TACIS funds Would the Commission please inform me of the amount of funding Hertfordshire has received from the PHARE and TACIS funds in 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997? Answer given by Mr Van den Broek on behalf of the Commission (5 February 1998) The purpose of Phare and Tacis funding is to assist the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and the Newly Independent States and Mongolia respectively. No funding is available from these programmes for assistance to areas within the Community. Public and private sector organisations within the Community are involved in the execution of Phare and Tacis programmes. The Commission does not keep regional statistics by country on this involvement