WRITTEN QUESTION No. 912/96 by Hilde HAWLICEK to the Commission. Implementation of Council Decision 84/819/EC by the Commission
Date: 1996-04-23
Institutions: European Parliament, HAWLICEK
Subjects: action programme, administrative formalities, contract, project evaluation, vocational training













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 912/96 by Hilde HAWLICEK to the Commission. Implementation of Council Decision 84/819/EC by the Commission  


Official Journal C 297 , 08/10/1996 P. 0047 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-0912/96 by Hilde Hawlicek (PSE) to the Commission (23 April 1996)Subject: Implementation of Council Decision 84/819/EC by the CommissionCouncil Decision 94/819/EC ((OJ L 340, 29.12.1994, p.8 )) introduced an action programme for the implementation of a European Community vocational training policy and a call for tenders was published in the Official Journal of 24 May 1995 ((OJ C 128, 24.5.1995, p. 14 )). On 1 December 1995 a number of projects were selected by the Leonardo committee working within the Commission's DG XXII. In January 1996 the tenderers were informed by the Commission in writing that their tenders had been selected and that they could expect project contracts with retroactive effect from 1 December 1995 to be concluded.The Leonardo da Vinci technical support office led the project coordinators to expect that the German versions of the contracts would be forwarded by the end of March 1996.1. What reasons can be given for the delay in processing the contracts with the project coordinators and why are appropriations from the 1995 budget year being made available to recipients only as of mid- or late May 1996?2. Does the Commission intend to speed up the internal procedures with a view to processing contracts and paying appropriations in good time in the case of projects selected in the 1996 tendering round?3. What measures does the Commission intend to take to give further support to project coordinators whose projects are threatened with failure as a result of the delay (work which cannot be completed punctually, partners who withdraw from projects, etc.)?Answer given by Ms Cresson on behalf of the Commission (4 June 1996)1. Leonardo da Vinci is a new vocational training programme which required new types of contract with the tenderers to be prepared, taking into account the diversity of the different types of action to be carried out.The decision on the accepted projects was made in December 1995 after an evaluation over a number of stages of the more than 4,500 proposals submitted.All contracts were sent to the selected tenderers, who were informed in writing by the Commission in December 1995 that their projects had been accepted. This meant that their work could begin straight away. As soon as the Commission received the contracts duly signed by the tenderers, the first instalment of Community aid was paid.2. The contracts will be sent out more quickly to the tenderers selected from the 1996 call for tenders, as will the first instalments of Commission aid.3. Some tenderers had to revise the co-financing budget in the light of the difference between the amount requested and the amount granted by the Commission, and also of the date of dispatch of the contracts. In doing so, they had to take into account the basic criteria for accepting the project. Tenderers may therefore contact the Commission, or its technical support office for the implementation of the Leonardo da Vinci programme, for any information concerning contracts and the modifications that they may wish to make following a revision.