91999E1908

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1908/99

by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 October 1999)

Subject: Fourth medium-term action programme on equal opportunities for men and women (1996-2000)

Will the Commission state what agencies (public or private), institutions, businesses, cooperatives and individuals have been allocated funding (specifying whether payments have already been made) under the fourth medium-term action programme on equal opportunities for men and women (1996-2000) (funds available for the period from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 2000: ECU 30 million, equal to LIT 58 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 Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(9 December 1999)

The Commission would inform the Honourable Member that the information requested can be found in the lists of projects funded in 1996, 1997 and 1998, and on the recapitulative list for 1999. The Commission will send copies directly to the Honourable Member, and to the Secretariat-General of the Parliament.

As regards the amounts involved, the sum of 4 098 268 was granted for the funding of relevant projects in 1996; in 1997, the sum increased to 4 927 598, and to 5 290 358 in 1998. As for 1999, the sum of 6 468 272 has been earmarked for the funding of projects. The above-mentioned documents will provide the Honourable Member with details of the funding granted for projects year by year.

Apart from the projects, the Commission has also funded other activities under the fourth programme. Specifically, it has provided the following sums for the preparation of the annual report on equal opportunities for men and women: 614 232 in 1996; 558 197 in 1997; and598 788 in 1998. As regards the studies carried out, the Commission allocated 902 014 in 1996, 515 910 in 1997 and 196 419 in 1998.

The use of funding under the action programme on equal opportunities for men and women is continuously monitored by the Commission. Each project must submit an interim and a final report before any payments are made.