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EUROPE NEWS/RESOURCES
september 2004
Culture 2007 Proposals
The European Commission has adopted proposals for the new generation of programmes in the education, youth, culture and audiovisual fields. This includes proposals for the Culture 2007 programme (which will replace Culture 2000). There will be €408m available for the programme from 2007-2013, a cash increase of 39% on the budget for 2000-2006. The new proposals follow evaluation of the Culture 2000 programme, which revealed a number of shortcomings, including that EC funding for culture is too fragmented and that Culture 2000 pursued too many objectives, given the limited financial resources available to it.
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European Commission proposes new regulations for 2007-2013
On 14 July 2004, the European Commission adopted proposals for five new regulations governing the Structural and Cohesion Funds in 2007-13. The proposals include a draft regulation laying down a common set of rules for all Structural and Cohesion Funds, and draft regulations for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Cohesion Fund. In addition, the Commission has suggested a new regulation to establish a European grouping of cross-border co-operation (EGCC).
