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EU Environment DG's task is to ensure integration of the environment into the fields of regional policy via the Structural Funds (including Community initiatives), the Cohesion Fund as well as TENs or the EIB.

This section gives an overview of the most common EU funding programmes. It must be noted that from 2007, a modified scheme and new programmes replace the previous EU funding structure and several Community programmes. The new funding scheme consists of five Budgetary Headings representing the EU’s main objectives:

The EU as a global partner;
Cohesion for growth and employment (i.e. for the environment: Cohesion fund, ERDF and ESF);
Preservation and management of Natural Resources (i.e. for environment: LIFE+, EAFRD);
Citizen, Freedom, Security and Justice;
Competitiveness for growth and employment (i.e. for the environment: FP7).

To see a list of approved activities for the second quarter of FY07 click here. (PDF, 27KB)

A.  The Geographic Focus of the 16 activities approved is summarized in Table 1. The largest share of activities was in Africa due to a high number of large size activities approved in the period under review. (Middle East and North Africa)

Table 1: 

B.  The Sectoral Focus of the 16 activities approved is summarized in Table 2. Multi-sector activities were the most dominant over the quarter representing 49% of total approvals valued at $2 million. (Water and Sanitation)

Table 2: