WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3999/98 by Alexandros ALAVANOS Operation of CEDEFOP
Date: 1999-01-05
Institutions: ALAVANOS, European Parliament
Subjects: Belgium, Cedefop, European official, Greece, administrative expenditure (EU), information centre, operating cost, operation of the Institutions, servant (EU)

C 325/46

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

12.11.1999

(1999/C 325/055)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3999/98

by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(5 January 1999)

Subject: Operation of Cedefop

Since the end of 1995, Cedefop has been operating in Greece. An ancillary unit has also been operating in
Brussels.

Will the Commission say:

1. how many permanent officials work at the Centre in Thessaloniki and how many in the ancillary unit in

Brussels, and

2. what the operating costs (pay, publications, maintenance of buildings etc.) are for the Centre in

Thessaloniki and for the ancillary unit?

Answer given by Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Commission

(8 March 1999)

The Commission can inform the Honourable Member that the European Centre for the Development of
Vocational Training (Cedefop) has had an information office in Brussels since 1991. This Brussels office is also
an important contact point with all the Community institutions and the Centre’s partners at European level
(e.g. social partners). The presence of an on-site expert allows the Centre to participate and be represented in a
multitude of European-level activities.

1.
The office in Brussels currently has three officials: one A5 (an expert responsible for representing the
Centre and producing monographs on the vocational training systems of the Member States), one B1 and one
C1. These three officials are rotated every three years and represent 3 % of the total staff (97) of the Centre
(officials (27), temporary staff, auxiliaries, local staff and seconded national experts).

2.
The annual cost of running the Brussels office is EUR 259 800. This breaks down as follows: salaries
(EUR 246 800), premises, heating, electricity and water (EUR 3 000) and telephone, fax, etc. (EUR 10 000).
The Centre’s total annual budget for 1998 is in the order of EUR 13,3 million. This breaks down as follows: (a)
personnel costs (EUR 6,5 million), (b) administration of buildings, infrastructure, etc. (EUR 1,4 million) and (c)
operational costs of documentation, dissemination, projects, etc. (EUR 5,4 million).

(1999/C 325/056)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-4005/98

by Jesús Cabezón Alonso (PSE) to the Commission

Subject: Investment in the city of Santander (Spain)

(5 January 1999)

What works, projects, initiatives, etc., have been financed since 1994 (or are due to be financed up to the end
of 1999) in the city of Santander = the capital of Cantabria (Spain) and an Objective 1 region = using money
from the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund?

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

(24 February 1999)

The city of Santander receives assistance from the Structural Funds under two operational programmes for the
region of Cantabria: the operational programme for Cantabria and the regional operational programme for
Cantabria, and under a national programme, the local environment operational programme.

It should be noted that the financial resources providing assistance under the Structural Funds are allocated at
programme level and that the projects to be part-financed under them are selected by the authorities
responsible for their implementation, apart from those of a certain size, which are dealt with on an individual
basis. The Commission is therefore unable to give a precise answer to the questions asked.