WRITTEN QUESTION E-1936/00 by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Budget Item A-3024.
Date: 2000-06-16
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Movement, European association, European integration, budget, communications policy, credit, information policy, public awareness campaign

13.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 81 E/113

Answer given by Mrs Reding on behalf of the Commission

(7 September 2000)

The Jean Monnet House was bought and restored by Parliament in 1982 and given to the Jean Monnet
Association to manage.

The Jean Monnet Association chiefly organises visits to the house (16 000 visitors per year) and lectures
for visitors (20 per month) on Europe and the history of Europe(cid:146)s construction. Most of the visitors are
schoolchildren and university students. The nationalities of the visitors extend far beyond the boundaries of
the European Union.

The appropriation allocated by the budgetary authority under item A-3036 is (cid:145)to cover the activities and
programmes organised by the Jean Monnet House(cid:146), which, according to the plan submitted to the
Commission by the Jean Monnet Association for the year 2000, include: 250-350 lectures and seminars
for teachers, heads of establishments, documentalists, school classes, apprentices, etc.; numerous seminars
and lectures for university students, business schools, American summer schools (exchanges with the ESC
Angers business school on 10 July and with the HEC Paris business school on 20 July),
institutes of
political studies etc. for students from France, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Poland, etc., as well as
from America, Canada, Australia, South America and Asia; launching of a programme of seminars in the
new Conference Room for groups of adults (from companies, embassies, public authorities and associa-
tions);
the
information pack on the European Union; production of the (cid:145)Cahiers europØens d(cid:146)Houjarray(cid:146) (Houjarray
European Journal) for teachers in Europe; and a video project (cid:145)Europe yesterday, Europe today, Europe
tomorrow(cid:146).

Internet site; updating, development and dissemination of

the Association Jean Monnet

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-1936/00

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(16 June 2000)

Subject: Budget Item A-3024

Could the Commission identify the organisations that receive money from Item A-3024, (cid:145)Associations and
Federations of European interest(cid:146)?

In what projects are these organisations currently involved?

Answer given by Mrs Reding on behalf of the Commission

(13 September 2000)

The appropriation under title A-3024 is intended to support information and communication activities
connected with reflection at European level on the values and foundations of European integration carried
out by associations and federations of European interest. It cannot be used to cover the operating costs of
organisations.

Since the coming into force of the Commission(cid:146)s vademecum on grant management in 1999, the projects
receiving financial assistance under budget line A-3024 are selected by means of an annual call for
proposals, published in the Official
journal and on the Europa site. This year(cid:146)s call for proposals was
published on February 15th in the Official journal (1).

The kind of measures supported include conferences, seminars, radio and television programmes, films and
videos, creation of networks, publications, and information technology products.

The projects for the year 2000 were selected in May 2000, but the financial and administrative procedures
have not been completed yet. As soon as the contracts are sent out to the beneficiary organisations, the
final list will be made available.

(1) OJ C 42, 15.2.2000.