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EU publishes list of regions and areas eligible for ERDF funding

21-11-2006

The Commission decision of 31 October 2006, which draws up the list of regions and areas eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the cross-border and transnational strands of the European territorial cooperation objective for the 2007-2013 period, has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The list does not only include regions, but cities and urban areas as well.

European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is a fund allocated by the European Union. As part of its task to promote regional development, the ERDF contributes towards financing the following measures:

Productive investment to create and safeguard sustainable jobs.
Investment in infrastructure which contributes, in regions covered by Objective 1, to development, structural adjustment and creation and maintenance of sustainable jobs, or, in all eligible regions, to diversification, revitalisation, improved access and regeneration of economic sites and industrial areas suffering from decline, depressed urban areas, rural areas and areas dependent on fisheries. Such investment may also target the development of trans-European networks in the areas of transport, telecommunications and energy in the regions covered by Objective 1.
Development of the endogenous potential by measures which support local development and employment initiatives and the activities of small and medium-sized enterprises; such assistance is aimed at services for enterprises, transfer of technology, development of financing instruments, direct aid to investment, provision of local infrastructure, and aid for structures providing neighbourhood services.
Investment in education and health (only in the context of Objective 1).
The areas in which these measures provide support include development of the productive environment, research and technological development, development of the information society, protection and improvement of the environment, equality between men and women in the field of employment, and cross-border transnational and inter-regional cooperation.

Objective one regions are regions most at need of the regional policy. To qualify for objective one status the GDP per capita for the region must be below 75% of the EU average; areas with very low populations such as much of Sweden and Finland also qualify for objective one status.

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Download the list of eligible regions (PDF, Eng, 70 KB)

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