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Notiziario Marketpress di
Lunedì 30 Maggio 2005
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EU COHESION POLICY COULD CREATE 2.5 MILLION JOBS BETWEEN 2007 AND 2013 |
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Brussels, 30 May 2005 - Danuta Hübner, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, sets out how she expects a reformed cohesion policy to contribute to raising employment rates in the European Union. Eu-funded programmes affect job creation in two main ways: they create job opportunities through additional investments, and they help to improve the working of the labour market, for example through training or measures to smooth restructuring. Independent evaluations of current and past regional policy suggest that the impact has already been substantial. The clearer focus on jobs and growth – a hallmark of Mrs Hübner’s term as Commissioner so far – suggests an even greater impact on job creation in future. Mrs Hübner said “Cohesion policy is helping to create more and better jobs in Europe. Investments in infrastructure, innovative enterprises and a well-trained workforce are at the heart of Eu-funded programmes today. My aim is to sharpen the focus on competitiveness and employment still further, and to make even better use of the funds, so that by 2010 we shall be able to say that cohesion policy has made a visible contribution to regaining full employment in the Eu.” The employment rate in the Eu as a whole, at 63% in 2003, remains far short of the 70% target for 2010 set by Eu leaders in 2000. Only in four Member States – Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and the Uk – does the employment rate exceed 70%, while it falls as low as 51.2% in Poland. Some 22 million additional jobs are needed to meet the 70% target. In the new Member States, employment would have to increase by one quarter to reach 70%, equating to 7 million extra jobs. At the regional level, the picture is still more diverse. Only one quarter of the Eu25 population resides in regions where the 70% employment rate target has already been achieved. Almost 15% of the population lives in regions where the rate is below 55%. These are predominantly in the new Member States, and in southern parts of Spain and Italy. Progress in these regions will be essential if the Eu as a whole is to meet its target. The Eu Structural Funds have helped the Member States reduce regional unemployment markedly and have contributed to the extension and modernisation of training systems throughout Europe. Independent evaluations show that, in the 1994-99 programming period, the Structural Funds supported the creation of 800,000 jobs (gross) and the training of 8.15 million people in the poorest Eu regions in recent years. In areas facing structural difficulties, 3.6 million people received training, while 700,000 jobs were created (500,000 net of displacement effects) and 300,000 Smes were assisted. The stock of human capital (as measured by the number of trained personnel) is estimated to have increased by 4% more in Spain than it would have done without the Structural Funds, by 4.8% in Greece, by 7.6 in Ireland and by 20.5% in Portugal. The mid-term review of the current programming period (2000-2006) suggests that Eu-funded projects continue to be a major influence on job creation. In North Rhine Westphalia (Germany), for example, 20,000 new jobs are estimated to have been created and 46,000 saved. In Portugal, 38,000 jobs have been created in Smes. In Finland, 47,000 jobs have been created so far. In Sweden – where the employment rate is already above 70% – the programmes in the sparsely populated northernmost regions have created 1,390 jobs and supported the training of over 18,000 people, while the ‘Objective 2’ programmes further south supported the creation of 2,400 jobs. For the 2007-2013 period, the Commission proposal for a reformed cohesion policy amounts to Eur 336.1 billion. Of this, 79% (Eur 264 billion) is designated for the poorest regions and Member States, 17% (Eur 57.9 billion) for strengthening competitiveness and employment in regions outside the very poorest, and 4% (Eur 13.2 billion) for cooperation between regions in different Member States. Simulations undertaken by Commission services (using the Hermin macroeconomic model) indicate that Eu-funded programmes could lead to as many as 2.5 million additional jobs during the seven years from 2007 to 2013. Http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/index_en.htm
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