WRITTEN QUESTION E-2693/01 by Mario Mauro (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Funding from Employment and Social Affairs DG.
Date: 2001-10-03
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Italy, employment policy, principle of subsidiarity, project management, regional government, social policy

6.6.2002

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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indicators enabling a qualitative/quantitative assessment of the results are proposed. Dissemination partly
satisfactory:
target groups not identified, weak funding of dissemination activities, no coherent and
structured strategy is set forward.’

‘Technical soundness poor. The reliability of
For criterion No 3, the following arguments were given:
partnership is questionable. One of the partners has been previously involved in a LIFE project and its
performance has been rated as poor by the Commission. Partners’ contributions are very reduced whilst
they sustain significant personnel costs. Financial soundness average: some relevant data are missing about
one of
the partners has confirmed its financial
commitment for only half of the amount indicated in the budget.’

the partners. Funding plan partly sound: one of

A copy of the following volume is sent direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat
‘Guide for the evaluation of LIFE Environment proposals 2000-2001’. This includes the general instructions
and detailed criteria used by the Commission for the evaluation of projects. The instructions are sufficiently
detailed to render the evaluation as objective as possible. However, as the process is not automatic but
carried out by officials and experts, a margin of discretion exists.

In 2000 the Commission financed 113 LIFE Environment projects. The information requested by the
Honourable Member would require a document of several hundred pages. A list of financed projects is sent
direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat. However, the Commission is available to
give detailed information relating to specific projects, if necessary.

(2002/C 134 E/082)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2693/01

by Mario Mauro (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(3 October 2001)

Subject: Funding from Employment and Social Affairs DG

Will the Commission provide a list of the projects which, in 2000 and 2001, were submitted by the Italian
Regions of Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta for financing from the funds administered by
the Employment and Social Affairs Directorate-General, and the names of those which were subsequently
approved?

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(31 January 2002)

The Commission would inform the Honourable Member that, according to the principle of subsidiarity,
and in line with the relevant Community legislation, sole responsibility for project selection and follow-up
lies with the regional authorities.

The Commission is not aware of which projects have been chosen.

All the information requested can be provided by the authorities responsible for running the regional
operational programmes.

In this particular case, these authorities are as follows:

< Regione Lombardia

Assessorato Formazione Professionale
Via Soderini, 24
I-20146 Milano
Capo Servizio FSE: dott. ssa Silvana Ravasio

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< Regione Autonoma Val D’Aosta

Dipartimento Politiche del Lavoro < Agenzia del Lavoro
Via Garin, 1
I-11100 Aosta
Capo Servizio FSE: dott. ssa Nadia Savoini

< Regione Piemonte

Direzione Formazione professionale < Lavoro
Via Pisano, 6
I-10152 Torino
Capo Servizio FSE: dott. Giuseppe De Pascale

< Regione Liguria

Politiche Attive del Lavoro
Via D’Annunzio, 64
I-16121 Genova
Capo Servizio FSE: dott. ssa Antonella Berettieri

(2002/C 134 E/083)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2698/01

by Mario Mauro (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(3 October 2001)

Subject: Funding from Health and Consumer Protection DG

Will the Commission provide a list of the projects which, in 2000 and 2001, were submitted by the Italian
Regions of Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta for financing from the funds administered by
the Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, and the names of those which were subsequently
approved?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(31 January 2002)

Financial support from the Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection (DG SANCO) can be
obtained from the two activity areas health and consumer protection (in addition, DG SANCO also
manages credits which mainly relate to compensations for animal disease eradication in the veterinary and
phytosanitary area; Chapter B1-33 of the budget):

< first, financial support can be granted to organisations within the framework ofthe individual Public

Health Programmes;

< second, in accordance with Articles 2b) and 2c) of Decision No 283/1999/EC of the Parliament and of
the Council of 25 January 1999, establishing a general framework for Community activities in favour
of consumers (1), SANCO also supports the projects and activities of consumer organisations and other
appropriate bodies.

In both cases above, the financial support is only allocated in response to a call for proposals and
following official procedures for submission and selection. The financing criteria are laid down in the
individual
In selecting the projects to be funded, the Commission is assisted by several
Programme Committees with representatives of the Member States.

legal bases.