The
European Commission
has given agreement in principle to a draft single programming document
(SPD) for the Spanish Balearic Islands region for 2000-06. The SPD comes
under
Objective
2 of the Structural Funds (regions undergoing economic and social restructuring).
It covers an area with a population of 369 000 and will provide the region
with Community assistance worth EUR 90 million. In total, the Community
funding will help to mobilise almost EUR 550 million, including EUR 96
million from the Spanish public authorities and EUR 350 million from the
private sector. This new SPD should see the creation of some 5 000 new
jobs and help to safeguard around 23 000 existing ones.
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INFOREGIO, created at the initiative
of the European Commission and provides specific information on the activities
of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Cohesion Fund and
the Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession (ISPA).