WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3134/97 by Giuseppe RAUTI to the Commission. Funding of 'Brianza per il Cuore'
Date: 1997-10-13
Institutions: European Parliament, RAUTI
Subjects: EU programme, Lombardy, associative movement, cardiovascular disease, exchange of information, health policy, medical institution, petition, project evaluation, voluntary work

30. 4. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 134/93

Financial  assistance  has  been  granted  to  socio-professionals  in  the  remotest  regions  (including  the  French
overseas departments) to determine and quantify the additional costs to productive sectors caused by remoteness
and to define common interregional cooperation measures to overcome these handicaps (to facilitate access by
these regions to the internal market by means of coordinated product promotion measures).

However, it should be specified that the financing of this project is not an additional financial allocation by the
Commission, since the appropriations have been allocated under the single programming documents (SPDs) for
the French overseas departments adopted in 1994.

This review of the studies and pilot projects relating to the islands of the Community shows that, even if it has not
been possible to adopt all the proposals transmitted by the islands, some of them have been financed. Proposals
are obviously not being systematically rejected, but the Commission follows rules on the grant of financing,
which must benefit the best projects.

(1)  OJ L 193, 31.7.1993.

(98/C 134/119)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3134/97

by Giuseppe Rauti (NI) to the Commission

(13 October 1997)

Subject: Funding of (cid:145)Brianza per il Cuore(cid:146)

Is the Commission aware of the (cid:145)Brianza per il Cuore(cid:146) project, promoted by a non-profit making organization,
based  in  Monza,  whose  aim  is  to  coordinate  all  cardiology  activities  in  Brianza.  This  initiative  has  attracted
considerable interest over a very large area and has obtained the written support of over 5000 people and the
active backing of the major local newspaper ((cid:145)Il Cittadino(cid:146)), the Rotary Club, banks and businesses. Support is
aimed at the (cid:145)San Gerardo(cid:146) Hospital in Monza, more specifically the hard work of Dr Palmiro Boni and Mr Della
Torre.

In view of the above and the fact that on 3 October a Conference will be held in Monza, with the participation of
representatives  of  the  relevant  bodies  (local  and  regional)  and  the  hospital,  to  prepare  the  actual  (cid:145)executive
project(cid:146), is the Commission prepared to provide financial aid or some other form of encouragement to show, in
practical terms and convincingly, that the Community is willing to give real support to local communities which
engage in major projects having a considerable social impact?

Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission

(1 December 1997)

Despite investigations among European and Italian organisations active in the field of cardiovascular disease, it
has been impossible to obtain any information on the (cid:145)Brianza per il cuore(cid:146) project.

Each year, a work programme indicating the priorities of the health promotion programme for the year ahead is
published in the Official Journal. The project applications received are evaluated in the light of these priorities
and  the  broad  lines  of  the  action  programme.  The  evaluation  process  includes  obtaining  the  opinion  of  the
programme committee and terminates with a Commission decision as to the projects to be supported. Priority is
given to large-scale projects offering a real added-value at European level.

In  the  most  recent  exercise  to  evaluate  projects  for  funding  under  this  programme  (15  September  1997),  no
project  had  been  submitted  relating  to  a  seminar  planned  for  3  October  1997,  so  it  was  not  possible  to  give
consideration to any such project.