WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2632/98 by Wolfgang KREISSL-DÖRFLER to the Commission. Europe-Chile Business Foundation
Date: 1998-09-01
Institutions: European Parliament, KREISSL-DOERFLER
Subjects: Chile, EU aid, EU financing, European cooperation, economic relations, exchange of information, foundation













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2632/98 by Wolfgang KREISSL-DÖRFLER to the Commission. Europe-Chile Business Foundation  


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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2632/98by Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler (V) to the Commission(1 September 1998)Subject: Europe-Chile Business FoundationThe remarks on budget line B7-311 refer to a "Europe-Chile Business Foundation", its purpose being "to promote mutual economic relations".Can the Commission provide further information on:1. the objectives this foundations pursues,2. the members of its supervisory board,3. the resources that have actually been transferred to this foundation,4. the specific projects of the foundation that have been assisted?Answer given by Mr Marín on behalf of the Commission(6 October 1998)1. The Europe-Chile Business Foundation was set up in 1992 to promote contacts between Chilean and European businesses and foster the access of the latter to the Chilean market.Article 2 of its statutes states that the Foundation's purpose is to promote and strengthen economic and industrial cooperation and the transfer of technology between the European Community and the Republic of Chile. This is to be achieved by the establishment and management of budget headings and projects to build Chilean firms' capacities in the spheres of management, innovation, staff training, production and marketing.In particular, the Foundation's role is to establish mechanisms for increasing exchanges between public and private institutions or agencies and individuals in the Community's Member States and Chile, increase economic, technological, trade and social cooperation and provide back-up for third parties carrying out schemes pursuing the same or similar ends, with an overriding emphasis on SMEs in the manufacturing and service sectors.The Foundation also acts as Chile's Eurocentre for business cooperation.2. Last year the Foundation was restructured with a view to simplifying its administration, appointing a single executive director and drawing up an annual activity plan to ensure the consistency and continuity of the proposed activities. The board currently consists of a chairman and vice-chairman (both Chilean) plus twelve advisers drawn from business and financial circles in Chile and Europe. Their term of office is two years.3. The Foundation was set up with public-private funding of ECU 12 million, half of it provided by the Community. Drawn from budget heading B7-5073 for support to non-governmental organisations working in Chile, this sum was distributed in three equal instalments for the 1992, 1993 and 1994 budget years.4. Projects run by the Foundation and financed by the Community under budget heading B7-311 for economic cooperation with the Asian and Latin American countries include the Programa Biotecnólogico Chile/Europa, which received ECU 912 000 in 1995, and the Programa de formación en el sector túrismo (Formatur), for which ECU 409 000 was made available in 1996. In its role as a Eurocentre, the Foundation received ECU 36 000 in 1996 and ECU 30 000 this year.