WRITTEN QUESTION E-1206/03 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. European educational programmes including Turkey.
Date: 2003-04-02
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Türkiye, cooperation in the field of education, language teaching, linguistic group, minority language

C 65 E/62

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

13.3.2004

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(12 May 2003)

As established in Article 14.3:
‘Information and publicity’ of Council Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 of
16 May 1994 establishing a Cohesion Fund (1), amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1264/1999 of
21 June 1999 (2) and by Council Regulation (EC) No 1265/1999 of 21 June 1999 (2), the Commission
publishes yearly in the Official Journal of the European Union the main points of Decisions granting
financial assistance under the above mentioned Regulation.

The information is classified by country and by field of assistance. The fields dealing with ‘water supply
and water quality’ and with ‘waste-water disposal and treatment’ include the information regarding the
hydrological infrastructure schemes financed by the Cohesion Fund.

The information for Spain is published in the following Official Journals of the European Union:

(cid:1) Year 2000: OJ C 361, 17.12.2001;

(cid:1) Year 2001: OJ C 126, 28.5.2002.

The information corresponding to the year 2002, already sent for publication, is enclosed in the Annex I
of this reply, which is sent direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat.

Projects for which financing has been requested but which are still under consideration or have been
approved in 2003 are set out in Annex II of this reply, which is sent direct to the Honourable Member and
to Parliament’s Secretariat.

Regarding projects financed by the European Regional Development Fund under Council Regulation (EC)
No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds (2), the Member
State is only obliged to communicate to the Commission its requests for the co-financing of major
projects. Information on such projects is enclosed in Annex III of this reply, which is sent direct to the
Honourable Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat.

(1) OJ L 130, 25.5.1994.
(2) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999.

(2004/C 65 E/065)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1206/03

by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

Subject: European educational programmes including Turkey

(2 April 2003)

Turkey is participating in the Socrates, Leonardo da Vinci and Youth Programmes. For 2004, numerous
programmes have been agreed by the Turkish Government and the European Union involving universities,
educational
institutions and young people in general. Do they include programmes in Kurdish? Can
programmes in Kurdish be organised in European Union Member States with Kurdish immigrant
communities?

Answer given by Mrs Reding on behalf of the Commission

(5 May 2003)

Turkey is not yet participating in the Socrates, Leonardo da Vinci and Youth Programmes. Preparatory
measures are now being implemented with a view to its full participation in these programmes in 2004.
The terms and conditions for its participation will be the same as those applied to the other Candidate
Countries, and will follow the programmes’ rules.

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Decision No 451/2003/EC of the Parliament and of the Council of 27 February 2003 establishing the
second phase of the Socrates programme (1) provides that the eligible languages for the actions targeting
foreign languages learning within Lingua and Comenius are the official
languages of the Community,
together with Irish and Lëtzeburgesch, and with priority given to the less widely used or less widely taught
of these languages. Minority or regional languages are not eligible under these actions.

By extension, the same principle shall apply to Turkey’s participation in the said programmes.

Outside the framework of Lingua or Comenius language projects, it is important to notice, however, that
regional and minority languages may constitute the subject and collaboration theme of other Socrates or
Leonardo da Vinci projects.

(1) OJ L 69, 13.3.2003.

(2004/C 65 E/066)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1210/03

by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission

(2 April 2003)

Subject: Use of funds under the Framework for action on sustainable urban development in the European

Union by the municipality of Ancona

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 Ancona, urgently need to use
European funds to promote sustainable urban development,

can the Commission state:

1. whether the municipality of Ancona has submitted projects for the Framework for action on

sustainable urban development in the European Union?

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

3. whether this funding has been used?

(2004/C 65 E/067)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1211/03

by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission

(2 April 2003)

Subject: Use of funds under the Framework for action on sustainable urban development in the European

Union by the municipality of Carrara

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.