WRITTEN QUESTION E-1074/03 by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission. Use of funds from the Leonardo da Vinci programme by the municipality of Terni.
Date: 2003-03-31
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, Italy, action programme, local government, management, project evaluation, vocational training

7.11.2003

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Bearing in mind that some local authorities, such as the municipality of Siena, urgently need to use
European funds to enhance quality, promote innovation and support
the European dimension of
vocational training systems and practices, can the Commission state:

1. whether the municipality of Siena has submitted projects for the ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ programme?

2. whether the municipality of Siena has secured funding for these projects?

3. whether this funding has been used?

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-1074/03

by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission

(31 March 2003)

Subject: Use of funds from the ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ programme by the municipality of Terni

In September 2002, the monitoring committee of the Italian Ministry for Economic Affairs issued a report
on the spending of EU funds.

The report reveals the alarming slowness and inefficiency with which EU funds are allocated to projects by
some regional authorities.

The grave concerns about the inadequate use of European funds by local authorities have frequently been
echoed by the Commission.

Bearing in mind that some local authorities, such as the municipality of Terni, urgently need to use
European funds to enhance quality, promote innovation and support
the European dimension of
vocational training systems and practices, can the Commission state:

1. whether the municipality of Terni has submitted projects for the ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ programme?

2. whether the municipality of Terni has secured funding for these projects?

3. whether this funding has been used?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-0833/03, E-0890/03, E-1062/03, E-1063/03,
E-1064/03, E-1065/03, E-1066/03, E-1067/03, E-1068/03, E-1069/03,
E-1070/03, E-1071/03, E-1072/03, E-1073/03 and E-1074/03
given by Mrs Reding on behalf of the Commission

(8 May 2003)

Some of the funds awarded under the ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ programme are managed decentrally by national
agencies, in particular the transnational mobility projects, whose total budget takes up almost 40 % of the
total for the programme.

For these projects, please contact the national agency in Italy for further information:

ISFOL
Via G.B. Morgagni 30/e
I-00161 Roma
tel. (+39-06)44.59.01
fax (+39-06)44.59.04.75.

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With regard to the funds managed centrally by the Commission (pilot projects, thematic actions, language
skills, transnational networks, reference tools), the search check for the municipalities of Frosinone,
Fiumincino, Ancona, Carrara, Florence, Livorno, Macerata, Massa, Perugia, Pesaro, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato, Siena
and Terni showed that:

(cid:1) only Pesaro has submitted a proposal for a pilot project under the Leonardo programme. This project
‘Laboratori Tematici Virtuali: Metodologia di Supporto alla Formazione Nel Sel (Sistema
fostering training in local

thematic workshops: methodology for

(virtual

is entitled:
Economico Locale)’
economies);

(cid:1) it obtained funding of EUR 264 161 for this project, which began at the end of 2002.

The Honourable Member could contact the local authorities mentioned above for more information.

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WRITTEN QUESTION P-0836/03

by Mario Mauro (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(12 March 2003)

Subject: Alterations to the technical and administrative structure of Genoa airport

In 1980 there came into being in Italy a flight-handling authority which in 1981 was succeeded by a
flight-handling company organised as follows:

(cid:1) four regional flight-handling centres, each run by an executive director;

(cid:1) two main airports (Rome-Fiumicino and Milan-Linate), each run by an executive director;

(cid:1) all other airports, large or small, each run by non-executive staff.

When the technical and administrative structure of the Directorate-General was recently overhauled
(on 11 February 2003), airports were subdivided into different categories, even though they all had the
same role and tasks:

(cid:1) four ACCs (Rome, Milan, Padua and Brindisi regional control centres), each run by an executive

director;

(cid:1) three SAAVs (Rome-Fiumicino, Milan-Linate and Milan-Malpensa airports), each run by an executive

director;

(cid:1) eight CAAVs (Bari, Bologna, Catania, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Turin and Venice airports), each run by

an executive director;

(cid:1) fifteen UAAVs (all other airports which provide control-tower services, including Genoa), each run by

an official;

(cid:1) thirteen NAAVs (airports at which control-tower services are not provided, only an information

service).

The exclusion of Genoa from the CAAVs defies all logic:

(cid:1) Genoa is one of the few Italian airports at which comprehensive services (including a radar service)

have always been provided;

(cid:1) although the airport is not one of the busiest it should undoubtedly be regarded as one of the most
important on account of the fact that it provides comprehensive services, is conveniently situated and
enjoys a good weather record (which means that it has always been used when necessary as a
diversionary airport in northern Italy);