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Article: INTERVIEW WITH VLADIMIR SPIDLA, COMMISSIONER FOR EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS : THE GLOBALISATION FUND: FAST, EASY, EFFECTIVE AND INGENIOUS.(Interview)
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- European Social Policy
- Article date:
- January 17, 2007
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Is this fund more than just a gadget'? Don't we already have enough Community social instruments?
No, in fact, there are not enough instruments. Take the example of Volkswagen. To raise resources, we would have to change the projects already underway (as part of the European Social Fund). That is possible at the start of a programming period, as is the case now, but towards the middle or the end of a period, other important projects may have to be cut. So that is not really suited to unforeseeable and sudden situations, where we need to react effectively, quickly and with minimum bureaucracy. The different funds are also complementary. The Structural Funds serve ...