WRITTEN QUESTION No. 89/99 by Christine ODDY to the Commission. Millennium Access Guide
21. 7. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 207/173 (1999/C 207/241) WRITTEN QUESTION P-0089/99 by Christine Oddy (PSE) to the Commission (20 January 1999) Subject: Millennium Access Guide Is the European Commission aware of the Millennium Access Guide published by the Disabled Peoples’ International European Union Committee? What steps does it propose to take in order that the publication may become more widely known to the organisers of Millennium events, thus enabling them to ensure that people with disabilities enjoy the widest possible access to celebrations marking the start of the next 1 000 years? Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (16 February 1999) The Commission is aware of the millennium access guide published by the Disabled peoples’ international European Union committee, and has helped fund this publication. Copies have been given to the members of the high level group of Member States’ representatives on disability with the request that they make it available to appropriate bodies involved in the organisation of millennium celebrations. (1999/C 207/242) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0118/99 by Cristiana Muscardini (NI) to the Commission (2 February 1999) Subject: Stakes study on elderly women in Europe It has been alleged in Belgian press reports that Mrs Hanna-Liisa Liikanen is the director of Stakes (a Finnish welfare and health research and development centre) and, in that capacity, was in overall charge of a study on elderly women in Europe, carried out for Commission DG V. Have other contracts financed by the Commission been awarded to Mrs Liikanen? If so, could the Commission supply a full list of the contracts in question, specifying: 1. 2. 3. 4. the names and addresses of the institutes which carried out the research; the activities financed; the total sums obtained; and the expenses reimbursed to Mrs Liikanen? Answer given by Mrs Gradin on behalf of the Commission (5 February 1999) 1. In the Commission’s reply to the Honourable Member’s Written Question E-3829/98 full details are given of Mrs Hanna-Liisa Liikanen’s employment status with the Finnish National research and development centre for welfare and health (STAKES) of Siltasaarenkatu 18, PO Box 220, Finland. Mrs Liikanen has not been a director, or a main responsible for STAKES. In relation to Community projects, her role as a civil servant employed by STAKES has been that of project leader on the ‘Situation of elderly women’ (SEW) project and one of the contact people on a project concerning best practice day care for the elderly