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| 3.4.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 84/609 |
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3.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 84/609

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(2004/C 84 E/0684)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0512/04

by Sérgio Marques (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(24 February 2004)

Subject:   Daphne programme

Subject:

The purpose of the Daphne programme — the 2000-2003 EU programme to combat violence against children, young persons and women — is to help provide a high level of both physical and psychological health protection by protecting children, young persons and women against violence (including in the form of sexual exploitation and abuse), by preventing violence and by providing aid to the victims of violence, with a particular view to preventing further exposure to violence.

Public and private organisations and public institutions can all take part in the programme. The Commission cooperates with the relevant institutions and organisations and encourages transnational cooperation between NGOs and local, regional and national authorities. Activities are intended to involve a significant number of Member States.

The programme represents the start of cooperation within Europe amongst NGOs and voluntary organisations which, according to the Commission, play an essential role in combating the violence perpetrated against children, young persons and women. The Commission also maintains that such organisations frequently provide services which the public authorities are unable to offer or for which they do not have the necessary skills.

In view of the above, would the Commission answer the following questions:

| 1. | How many projects involving Portuguese NGOs or public entities were supported by the Community during the 2000-2003 period? |
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How many projects involving Portuguese NGOs or public entities were supported by the Community during the 2000-2003 period?

| 2. | What areas did those projects cover? |
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What areas did those projects cover?

| 3. | How much did the projects cost and what was the percentage of Community co-funding? |
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How much did the projects cost and what was the percentage of Community co-funding?

| 4. | Do projects for which Community support is requested have to be partnerships between NGOs and public entities, or may such projects involve only NGOs? |
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Do projects for which Community support is requested have to be partnerships between NGOs and public entities, or may such projects involve only NGOs?

Answer given by Mr Vitorino on behalf of the Commission

(24 March 2004)

(24 March 2004)

During the period 2000-2003 the Daphne programme financed five projects where the coordinator was a Portuguese entity (three study centres/institutes and two NGOs), to the tune of EUR 440 506.

A total of 61 organisations and public authorities participated as partners in 32 Daphne projects during the same period.

As regards the areas covered by, and the funding for, those projects, the Honourable Member and Parliament's Secretariat will be receiving under separate cover full information on each of the five projects.

The only requirements regarding project partnerships are that (a) they must be set up by at least two organisations (public or private) in two different Member States and (b) they must play an active part in combating and preventing violence. The partnership may, therefore, consist either in a combination of public authorities and ONGs or in only one of those categories.

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