Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, female work, gender equality

24.1.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 21/23

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the
EC Treaty to training aid

(2002/C 21/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT/10/2001

Member State: Ireland

Region: All regions (cid:151) Borders, Midlands and western region
(BMW) and southern and eastern region (S & E)

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Equality for women measure

subprogramme

Legal basis: The measure is located in the social inclusion and
operational
of
childcare
programmes of the National Development Plan 2000-2006.
The funding is provided at subhead S 1 of vote 19 (Department
of Justice, Equality and Law Reform) of government financial
estimates

regional

the

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The total
allocation for the measure over the period 2000-2006 is
EUR 29,5 million of which EUR 21,7 million has been
allocated to the S & E region and EUR 7,8 million to the
BMW region. It is proposed to support project applications
by way of grant aid

equivalent

In the S & E region it is estimated that less than EUR 5 million
will be allocated to initiatives involving grant aid to individual
companies,
of
annual
EUR 800 000.
In the BMW region it is estimated that less
than EUR 2 million will be allocated to initiatives involving
grant aid to individual companies, equivalent to an annual
expenditure of EUR 300 000

expenditure

an

to

Maximum aid intensity: Specific training will not be provided
under the measure. Training funded under the measure will be
of a general nature and will be certified within the national
qualifications framework

The following aid rates will apply:

(cid:151) S & E (cid:151) a maximum of 55 % for large firms and a

maximum of 75 % for SMEs

(cid:151) BMW (cid:151) a maximum of 60 % for large firms and a

maximum of 80 % for SMEs

Date of implementation: Aid may be granted from 1 April
2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Aid may be
granted up to 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: The equality for women measure is designed
to provide greater equality for women, including in the labour
market. The following initiatives will be funded under the
measure:

(cid:151) gender proofing of personnel policies

(cid:151) developing of employment family friendly policies

(cid:151) up-skilling and retraining of women employees, and

(cid:151) encouraging career development

and entrepreneurship

among women

The focus will be on tackling vertical and horizontal sex segre-
through raising gender awareness,
gation in employment
labour market skills and
equipping women with relevant
designing gender sensitive policies

sectors. Funding is
Economic sector(s) concerned: All
interested in working for
available
equality for women. Projects will be selected following a call
for proposals

to all organisations

Name and address of the granting authority:

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
43-49 Mespil Road
Dublin 4
Ireland

Other information: It is anticipated that most of the activity
funded under the measure will not impact on State aid rules
including the following initiatives:

(cid:151) innovative projects for disadvantaged women and women

over 50 years of age

(cid:151) promoting

gender

balance

in

decision-making

(i.e.

non-employment sphere)

(cid:151) research, training and retraining of unemployed women