WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3980/98 by Mihail PAPAYANNAKIS Greek National Action Plan
Date: 1999-01-04
Institutions: European Parliament, PAPAYANNAKIS
Subjects: EU employment policy, Greece, employment policy, fight against unemployment, labour market, long-term unemployment, national planning, youth unemployment

C 320/100

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

6.11.1999

(1999/C 320/133)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3979/98

by Nikitas Kaklamanis (UPE) to the Commission

(4 January 1999)

Subject: Take-up in Greece of ‘Delors package’ resources

In her answer of 4 December 1997 to my Written Question No E-3209/97 (1), Commissioner Wulf-Mathies
informs me that 37,87 % of the appropriations committed to Greece under the Community Support
Framework for 1994-1999 (the ‘Delors II package’) have been taken up.

Can the Commission say what the current total take-up of appropriations under the ‘Delors package’ is and
what the take-up rates are by region and sector (education, health, energy, infrastructure, etc.) in Greece?

(1) OJ C 187, 16.6.1998, p. 3.

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

(28 January 1999)

As at 1 December 1998 take-up of Structural Fund resources allocated to the Greek Community support
framework was very satisfactory, for commitments being 80 % and for payments 56,6 % of the amounts set for
the whole period 1994-1999.

Member States have 1999 for entering into commitments and 1999, 2000 and 2001 for proceeding to
payment.

A table showing the state of execution of all operational programmes in the CSF is being sent direct to the
Honourable Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat.

(1999/C 320/134)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3980/98

by Mihail Papayannakis (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(4 January 1999)

Subject: Greek National Action Plan

Has the Greek Government made any specific commitments = and what are they = to take appropriate
measures in 1999 to adopt a preventive approach to unemployment, to define precise objectives for
employment policy and statistical
indicators for employment, three points which constitute the main
shortcomings of the Greek Action Plan for 1998?

Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission

(23 February 1999)

The 1998 Greek national action plan (NAP) for employment reflects a willingness of the Greek government to
address key employment problems. An effort has been made to move towards a more preventive and
activating labour market approach.

There is a general undertaking of the Greek government to comply with the prevention of youth and adult
long-term unemployment guidelines and a number of measures have been presented. However, in the absence
of an appropriate system that would identify, report and monitor the flows into and out of unemployment,
most of the measures tend still to focus mainly on the stocks of the unemployed.

A particular effort has been made for young people and the programme ‘Young into active life’ targets young
beneficiaries before they reach six months in unemployment. Up to 200 000 people are expected to be
covered by the year 2000.

The 1998 Greek NAP aims to give priority to unemployed adults, in the first year of unemployment, and a
target of 60 000 people has been set for the year 2000.