Funding sources: other funding

Other funding suitable for regional development

There are many other funding initiatives run by the Commission which should be of interest to Regional Development Agencies or organisations within their region.

DGs with programme funds (number of actions in brackets)

Agriculture (44)
Competition (1)
Economic and Financial Affairs (7)
Education and Culture (9)
Employment and Social Affairs (19)
Energy and Transport (12)
Enlargement (2)
Enterprise (14)
Environment (5)
Eurostat (1)
Trade (1)
External Relations (11)
Fisheries (2)
Health and Consumer Protection (6)
Humanitarian Aid Office (1)
Information Society (2)
Joint Interpreting and Conference Service (1)
Justice and Home Affairs (9)
Regional Policy (6)
Research (8)
Secretariat-General of the Commission (1)

The following is just a sample. For the full list see the Commission website.

It is also well worth visiting the EuroDesk website, which is slightly less formal and has an excellent search facility.

Grants from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

Organisations representing those active in farming and in rural areas play a vital role in informing their communities about the common agricultural policy and relaying to the Commission the opinions of the parties concerned. The primary aim of these funds is to remove the most common misunderstandings regarding the Common Agricultural Policy. Regional development agencies can access these funds themselves for dissemination activities, or advise local agencies on their availability. European contribution is typically 50 per cent of the action cost and in previous years has ranged from 5,000 Euro to 500,000 Euro. Information on the type of grants available and examples of previous grants can be found here on the Europa website.

Youth

This new Community Action Programme builds on previous programmes and offers young people opportunities for mobility and active participation in the construction of the Europe of the third millennium, based on non-formal education. It encourages the concept of lifelong learning and the development of skills and competencies which promote active citizenship.

Suitable for groups of young people, non-profit-making non-governmental organisations or associations, public authorities and others experienced in the field of youth and non-formal education It complements other actions aimed at young people, in particular Leonardo (see below). [Europa Website]

Leonardo da Vinci

This action aims to enhance the aptitudes and skills of people, especially young people, in initial vocational training; to improve the quality of continuing vocational training; and to promote the contribution of vocational training systems to the innovation process and thus improve competitiveness and entrepreneurship. The programme supports:

mobility grants: Euro 5,000 maximum per recipient
pilot projects: Euro 200,000 maximum per annum and no more than 75 per cent of the cost of the project
language skills: Euro 200,000 per annum and no more than 75 per cent of eligible expenditure
transnational networks: Euro 150,000 maximum per annum and no more than 50 per cent of eligible expenditure
reference tools: Euro 300,000 maximum per annum and between 50 per cent and 100 per cent of eligible expenditure.

[Europa Website]

E-CONTENT (2002-2005)

This Community Action programme aims at stimulating the development and use of European digital content on the Internet and to promote the linguistic diversity in the Information Society. This programme is to follow up the activities of the INFO2000 and MLIS programmes. The indicative budget for the call 2001-2002 was EUR 23 million. The programme is based on three action lines:

improving access to and expanding the use of Public Sector Information (PSI)
enhancing content production in a multilingual and multicultural environment
increasing dynamism of the digital content market

[Eurodesk Website]

RTD : Framework 6

(Source Cordis)

The Sixth framework programme is the primary vehicle for RTD activities over the next four years and will be structured around three targets:

Integrating Research: these activities will represent the bulk of the efforts deployed under the framework programme and are intended to integrate research efforts and activities on a European scale, and develop our knowledge and understanding.
Structuring the European Research Area: defining the various activities in such a way as to enable them to exert a more structuring effect on the research activities conducted in Europe thanks to a stronger link with national, regional and other European initiatives;
Strengthening the foundations of the European Research Area: simplifying and streamlining the implementation arrangements, on the basis of the intervention methods defined and the decentralised management procedures envisaged.

The most relevant programme for eWork is the Information Society Technology (IST) Programme. First calls for proposals under Framework 6 will be issued at the end of 2002. See the Cordis website.

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