WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3980/98 by Mihail PAPAYANNAKIS Greek National Action Plan
C 320/100 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 6. 11. 1999 (1999/C 320/133) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3979/98 by Nikitas Kaklamanis (UPE) to the Commission (4 January 1999) Subject: Take-up in Greece of ‘Delors package’ resources In her answer of 4 December 1997 to my Written Question No E-3209/97 (1), Commissioner Wulf-Mathies informs me that 37,87 % of the appropriations committed to Greece under the Community Support Framework for 1994-1999 (the ‘Delors II package’) have been taken up. Can the Commission say what the current total take-up of appropriations under the ‘Delors package’ is and what the take-up rates are by region and sector (education, health, energy, infrastructure, etc. ) in Greece? (1) OJ C 187, 16. 6. 1998, p. 3. Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (28 January 1999) As at 1 December 1998 take-up of Structural Fund resources allocated to the Greek Community support framework was very satisfactory, for commitments being 80 % and for payments 56,6 % of the amounts set for the whole period 1994-1999. Member States have 1999 for entering into commitments and 1999, 2000 and 2001 for proceeding to payment. A table showing the state of execution of all operational programmes in the CSF is being sent direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat. (1999/C 320/134) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3980/98 by Mihail Papayannakis (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (4 January 1999) Subject: Greek National Action Plan Has the Greek Government made any specific commitments = and what are they = to take appropriate measures in 1999 to adopt a preventive approach to unemployment, to define precise objectives for employment policy and statistical indicators for employment, three points which constitute the main shortcomings of the Greek Action Plan for 1998? Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (23 February 1999) The 1998 Greek national action plan (NAP) for employment reflects a willingness of the Greek government to address key employment problems. An effort has been made to move towards a more preventive and activating labour market approach. There is a general undertaking of the Greek government to comply with the prevention of youth and adult long-term unemployment guidelines and a number of measures have been presented. However, in the absence of an appropriate system that would identify, report and monitor the flows into and out of unemployment, most of the measures tend still to focus mainly on the stocks of the unemployed. A particular effort has been made for young people and the programme ‘Young into active life’ targets young beneficiaries before they reach six months in unemployment. Up to 200 000 people are expected to be covered by the year 2000. The 1998 Greek NAP aims to give priority to unemployed adults, in the first year of unemployment, and a target of 60 000 people has been set for the year 2000