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# 91999E1907

**WRITTEN QUESTION E-1907/99 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Action programme for AIDS prevention (1996-2000).** 
  
*Official Journal 203 E , 18/07/2000 P. 0085 - 0086*

  

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1907/99

by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 October 1999)

Subject: Action programme for AIDS prevention (1996-2000)

Will the Commission state what agencies (public or private), institutions, companies, cooperatives and individuals have been allocated funding (specifying whether payments have already been made) under the action programme for AIDS prevention (1996-2000) (Community funds available for the period as a whole: ECU 49,6 million, equal to approx. Lit. 96 billion) and how much each of them has been granted?

Has it checked how the amounts have actually been used and whether the proposed measures have been successfully implemented?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(23 November 1999)

In the context of the programme of action on the prevention of AIDS and other communicable diseases, adopted on 29 March 1996 by Parliament and the Council by means of Decision No 647/96/EC(1), projects which meet the objectives of the programme and provide Community added value may receive financial backing.

In accordance with the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission, a complete list of the funding applications received (including those which may receive funding) is forwarded to Parliament annually.

With regard to the years 1996, 1997 and 1998, files containing all essential information relating to funded projects are available to all interested persons and bodies. The documentation relating to 1999 will be finalised in the course of November 1999.

Moreover, general information concerning funded projects may also be consulted on the Internet(2).

All projects funded under the programme are assessed by the Commission from both a scientific and a financial point of view.

With regard to evaluation of the programme, the Commission presented an interim report(3) to Parliament and the Council, relating mainly to the implementation period from 1996 to 1997. In this report, the Commission underlines the degree of cohesion and complementarity achieved between this programme and related Community policies, programmes and initiatives. It also evaluates the measures undertaken in order to enhance the significance and impact of the programme. To this end, the Commission drew on the opinions of a group of external experts and on those of the representatives from the Member States who are involved in the management committee.

(1) OJ L 95, 16.4.1996.

(2) http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg05/phealth/aids/projects.htm.

(3) COM(1999) 463 final.

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