WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2103/97 by Concepció FERRER to the Commission. Cultural heritage project in the framework of the Euro- Mediterranean partnership
Date: 1997-06-19
Institutions: European Parliament, FERRER
Subjects: Mediterranean region (EU), census, cultural cooperation, cultural heritage, dissemination of information, institutional structure, professional experience, public awareness campaign, tourism, vocational training

25. 2. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 60/97

at  least  two  Member  States.  Although  the  ultimate  responsibility  for  dealing  with  crimes  related  to  child
pornography rests with the individual Member State, the EDU will play an important role also in this field.

(1)  OJ L 63, 4.3.1997.
(2)  COM(96) 487 final.
(3)  OJ L 342, 31.12.1996.

(98/C 60/139)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2102/97

by Luis Campoy Zueco (PPE) to the Commission

(19 June 1997)

Subject: ERDF actions in Navarra

Will  the  Commission  provide  a  breakdown  of  the  actions  funded  from  the  ERDF  (European  Regional
Development Fund) in the Community of Navarra in 1995 and 1996?

Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission

(11 September 1997)

In  view  of  the  length  of  its  answer,  the  Commission  is  sending  it  direct  to  the  Honourable  Member  and  to
Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat.

(98/C 60/140)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2103/97

by Concepcio· Ferrer (PPE) to the Commission

(19 June 1997)

Subject: Cultural heritage project in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership

In its communication to the Council and the European Parliament, Progress report on the Euro-Mediterranean
Partnership and preparations for the Second Conference of Foreign Affairs Ministers in Malta on 15 and 16 April
1997 (COM(97) 68 final), in the section of the report dealing with the measures taken under the third pillar of the
Barcelona  Declaration  (social,  cultural  and  human  partnership),  the  Commission  highlights  the  fact  that  an
agreement has been adopted on an initial list of 17 projects in the field of cultural heritage, on the basis of the
principles established at the ministerial meeting on the subject held in Bologna in April 1996.

Will  the  Commission  say  whtat  these  programmes  are,  what  the  objective  of  each  programme  is,  what
institutions or bodies they involve and how much has been allocated to each programme?

Will it also give details of the principles established at the ministerial meeting in Bologna and which served as the
basis for agreement on the initial list of programmes?

Answer given by Mr Mar(cid:14)·n on behalf of the Commission

(29 July 1997)

Cultural heritage was the subject of the first ministerial conference under the Euro-Mediterranean partnership
since the Barcelona Conference. The 27 ministers of culture of the Community and its Mediterranean partners
gathered in Bologna on 21 and 22 April last year to discuss the enhancement of Euro-Mediterranean cultural
heritage.

The  ministers  approved  a  declaration  setting  out  a  number  of  priority  areas  for  cooperation.  These  included
knowledge of cultural heritage through the dissemination of information and campaigns to heighten awareness
among the general public and decision-makers; an inventory of heritage, know-how and techniques; heritage
policy  building  on  exchange  of  experience,  support  and  institutional  strengthening;  training  in  professions
involved in heritage and cultural activities; and the enhancement of heritage through inventories and networks of
historic sites used as places of scenic interest and through the promotion of tourism.