WRITTEN QUESTION E-1562/01 by Stephen Hughes (PSE) to the Commission. Information for project planning and evaluation.
Date: 2001-05-28
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: access to EU information, database, project evaluation

C 364 E/148

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

20.12.2001

(2001/C 364 E/163)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1562/01

by Stephen Hughes (PSE) to the Commission

(28 May 2001)

Subject: Information for project planning and evaluation

The EU funds a wide range of programmes involving the financing of projects in a number of policy areas.
Is there a central information resource for companies specialising in project planning and evaluation or is
the information dispersed across the range of directorates administering the programmes/projects?

If such a central resource is not available, will the Commission consider setting one up?

Answer given by Mrs Schreyer on behalf of the Commission

(31 July 2001)

Project financing awarded by the Commission is generally done as part of a programme which has its own
legal framework and which is managed by an operational Directorate General in charge of the policy
area in question. Management or databases for project planning or evaluation are decentralised tasks,
where project appraisals are carried out by the responsible Directorates-General. The Commission
publishes an annual evaluation report, which is accessible on the europa website (http://europa.eu.int/
comm/budget/evaluation/en.index.htm).

To help organisations that are interested in applying for project financing (grants) from the Commission,
the Commission manages a database covering information on all grants awarded by the different
departments. This database can also be of use for firms offering services for project planning and
evaluation.

As for the question of the Honourable Member regarding plans for putting up a database, the (cid:145)grant
management(cid:146) web site already provides co-ordinated information to the public on all Commission
subsidies (which in most cases take the form of (cid:145)project financing(cid:146)); as in any similar organisation the
planning and appraisal of projects for selection for financing is part of
the Commission(cid:146)s internal
management task, sometimes with the help of executive committees, made up of representatives of
Member States.

The Official Journal is the main source for firms (or any member of the public) to find about what services
the Commission is intending to buy for project planning or evaluation, through calls for tender and calls
for expressions of interest. The Commission has also published an open call for expressions of interest for
companies that are interested in offering services for evaluation. The list of companies established on this
basis can be used by all Commission services. Information concerning this open call is available on the
above mentioned web site.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-1568/01

by Hiltrud Breyer (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(29 May 2001)

Subject: Application and amendment of Directives 96/82/EC and 96/61/EC

Investigations into the explosion at the fireworks factory in Enschede on 13 May 2000 led to the
conclusion that:

(cid:129) Annex I to Directive 96/82/EC (1) does not make it clear that figure 4 also covers fireworks materials,

(cid:129) the (cid:145)special risks(cid:146) section in Directive 67/548/EEC (2) is not by itself adequate for the assessment of the

hazards arising from fireworks materials,

(cid:129) the requirements for the establishment, operation and monitoring of fireworks factories vary from one

Member State to another.