WRITTEN QUESTION E-2386/03 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Funding of health promotion projects.
Date: 2003-07-18
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, action programme, public health

6.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 33 E/259

(2004/C 33 E/267)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2386/03

by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(18 July 2003)

Subject: Funding of health promotion projects

Under the European Community Health Promotion Programme, the Commission has funded 20 projects
dedicated solely to health promotion, to a total in excess of EUR 9,5 m. Can the Commission provide a
breakdown by project of both total costs and its own contribution? Have arrangements been made to
monitor the results of individual projects? Can the Commission supply a full and properly documented
analysis, rather than just an Internet reference?

(2004/C 33 E/268)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2389/03

by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Health Promotion Programme 1997-2002

(18 July 2003)

Can the Commission provide a list of the professional associations, NGOs, national administrations and
public or private bodies which have received payments or contributions (indicating the amounts
concerned, whether already paid or not) under the individual actions of the European Community Health
Promotion Programme for 1997-2002?

Can the Commission also state whether checks have been made as to whether the sums have in fact
reached the intended recipients and whether the initiatives have been properly carried out?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-2386/03 and E-2389/03
given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(18 August 2003)

The five year programme of Community Action on Health Promotion,
Information, Education and
Training was adopted by the Parliament and the Council by decision No 645/96/EC (1) on 16 April 1996
with a total budget of 35 million ECU. On 17 March 2001, the Parliament and the Council adopted an
extension of this programme to 31 December 2002 with an increased budget of EUR 14,54 million for the
last two years.

to Article 7 paragraph 2 of Decision No 645/96/ECan interim evaluation on the Health
Pursuant
Promotion Programme has been carried out. The report is published in full on the Commission website
http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/index_en.html. A final evaluation of this programme together with the
other public health programmes is currently being carried out. The report of this evaluation will be
published in 2004.

Each funded project of the Health Promotion Programme has been monitored through the evaluation of an
interim report depending on the amount of the budget and of the final report. When the technical report
or financial statement have raised questions, further control measures such as site visits have been carried
out with a view to undertaking a precise audit and to clarifying all queries and questions. In addition,
based on a small sample exercise or in cases where funding has been agreed for several years some audit
visits have been carried out.

The attached list shows all projects funded under the Health Promotion Programme since 1996, with a
detailed breakdown of the budgets attributed to these projects.

(1) Decision No 645/96/EC of the Parliament and of the Council of 29 March 1996 adopting a programme of
Community action on health promotion, information, education and training within the framework for action in
the field of public health, OJ L 95, 16.4.1996.