Such a distinction is purely artificial, since many of the difficulties which the ESF is intended to overcome (such as deficient education systems, a lack of high-level skills and qualifications, unsatisfactory public administration, and so on) are ones encountered not only in the convergence-objective Member States but also throughout the EU.
Such a distinction is purely artificial, since many of the difficulties which the ESF is intended to overcome (such as deficient education systems, a lack of high-level skills and qualifications, unsatisfactory public administration, and so on) are ones encountered not only in the convergence-objective Member States but also throughout the EU.