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# 92000E1938

**WRITTEN QUESTION E-1938/00 by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Budget Item A-3022.** 
  
*Official Journal 089 E , 20/03/2001 P. 0118 - 0118*

  

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1938/00

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(16 June 2000)

Subject: Budget Item A-3022

European study and research centres are allocated 1 500 000 from Item A-3022. Could the Commission indicate how these centres are selected and what study/research activities they carry out?

What specific targets does the Commission set for the centres in order for them to qualify for a Community grant?

Answer given by Mrs Reding on behalf of the Commission

(13 September 2000)

Item A-3022 of the Community's general budget provides for subsidies for European integration activities organised by university study and research centres with a view to raising public awareness.

To guarantee the quality of the result, every effort was made to take all aspects into account when developing the selection procedure. The text of the call for proposals was published in the Official Journal(1) and disseminated widely, primarily via the Internet. During the selection procedure, the projects were assessed by a group of independent experts made up of university teaching staff.

The Commission's objective is to support the European integration activities organised by academic institutions and study centres.

The call for projects also contains several more specific objectives, one of which is the multiplier effect sought by funding quality activities and activities involving reflection and debate which are organised by universities and are open to the public. The priority areas agreed on (enlargement, the euro, the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) and the Union and world trade) were chosen with effective budget expenditure in mind. Other objectives were the selection of applicants with the technical and financial capacity to manage projects and to develop and support networks of teachers, students and universities with the potential to reach a wide national or international audience.

(1) OJ C 61, 3.3.2000.

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