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EU BUDGET: EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS
Below are a few projects, big and small, showing how the EU budget works for the EU citizens. The EU budget finances many more projects in the EU and beyond.
Project Consumer Credit Campaign
Country Austria, Czech Republic and Greece
Policy area Consumer protection
Year 2015-2016
Money from EU budget €964,000
Project description The purpose of the campaign is to raise the awareness of 18 to 35 year-
old consumers of their rights when taking out a credit. It promotes in particular: i) the right to be provided with “pre-contractual information” in a standardised format; ii) the right to change your mind and
withdraw from the contract within 14 days without giving any
explanation; and iii) the right to repay the credit earlier than foreseen in the contract. The campaign will be conducted in 2015-2016 in three EU countries - Austria, the Czech Republic and Greece. It builds on the
experience gained during the first part of the campaign in 2013-2014 in Cyprus, Malta, Ireland and Spain.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/citizen/my_rights/consumer-credit/index_en.htm
Project Research centre supports the aeronautical industry
Country Belgium
Policy area Regional development
Year 2002-2008
Money from EU budget €4.13 million
Project description Set up in 2002 in Charleroi, the Cenaero research centre provides digital simulation software to the aeronautical industry. The centre has become a reference point at the European level and has signed partnership
agreements with major international groups. Employing more than 75 people, it is expected to create 50 more jobs by 2015 as well as two start-up companies.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index.cfm/en/projects/belgium/bringing-sophisticated-solutions-to-aeronautical-research
Project ARDAFORECAST - a reliable flood warning system, developed for the cross-border Arda River
Country Bulgaria and Greece
Policy area Environment
Year 2012-2014
Money from EU budget €69.97 million
Project description The EU budget helps avoid flood disasters in Bulgaria and Greece. The two countries have come together to create a cross-border early
warning system on the Arda river in order to ensure the safety of those living along one of the most flood-prone rivers in the southeast Balkans. The project reduces the adverse consequences of floods for human
health, environment, cultural heritage and economic activity in the region.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index.cfm/en/projects/bulgaria/ard
aforecast-a-reliable-flood-warning-system-developed-for-the-cross-border-arda-river
Project Refurbished fort to attract more visitors to an ancient coastal city
Country Croatia
Policy area Tourism and regional development
Year 2007-2013
Money from EU budget €1.0 million
More information http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index.cfm/en/projects/croatia/refurbished-fort-will-help-to-bring-more-visitors-to-ancient-coastal-city
http://www.sibenik.hr/projekti/sveti-mihovil---idejno-rjesenje-ljetne-pozornice
Project description An imposing but crumbling castle overlooking the mediaeval city of Šibenik on the Croatian coast has been restored to its former glory,
thanks to an EU-funded project. Thanks to the EU budget, its visitors can now safely enjoy St Mihovil Fortress and visit various exhibitions about the region’s history in a newly-established tourist information centre. In addition to helping preserve Europe’s cultural heritage, the
project is expected to attract more tourists to the area.
Project EU budget gives a new look to the centre of Limassol
Country Cyprus
Policy area Regional development
Year 2010-2013
Money from EU budget €15.64 million
Project description Thanks to the EU budget, Cyprus’s second largest city – Limassol – has undergone a major urban regeneration that has spruced up the city’s
historic centre. Streets, buildings, squares and other public spaces in the city centre have been restored. The restored city centre will be popular with tourists, as well as the city’s residents, and will boost the
local economy.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index.cfm/en/projects/cyprus/regeneration-project-boosts-limassol-town-centre-for-residents-visitors-and-
businesses
Project Building a trans-European gas network
Country Czech Republic, Poland
Policy area Energy
Year 2009-2012
Money from EU budget € 14 million
Project description The first natural gas pipeline interconnection between Poland and the Czech Republic was launched in April 2012, strengthening the security
of supplies, particularly in emergency situations and the integration of the energy markets in the region. The pipeline, which allows gas flows of 0.5 billion cubic meters in both directions, also enables the diversification of supply routes.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/energy/eepr/projects/files/gas-interconnections-and-reverse-flow/reverse-flow-cz-pl_en.pdf
Project Encouraging the entrepreneur spirit among students of Aarhus University
Country Denmark, Germany
Policy area Education and culture
Year 2007-2013
Money from EU budget €435,900
More information http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index.cfm/en/projects/denmark/energising-the-entrepreneurial-spirit-at-aarhus-university
Project description The EU budget supports the Student Incubator at Aarhus University, designed to encourage more students to consider entrepreneurship as a career path. The project helps students develop a business idea, set up their own business and meet other students with whom they could
develop it further. It provides personal and business coaching as well as office space.
Project State-of-the-art medical centre in Tallinn
Country Estonia
Policy area Regional development
Year 2007-2013
Money from EU budget €66.8 million
Project description The EU budget supported the renovation and enlargement of North Estonia Medical Centre, a key hospital in Estonia, making it possible for
the hospital to better service its patients.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index.cfm/en/projects/estonia/medi
cal-facelift-for-tallinn
Project Delivering cost-effective health care services in rural Finland
Country Finland
Policy area Healthcare
Year Until 2015
Money from EU budget €48,000
Project description The EU Budget supports mobile healthcare in Finland. The ‘Mallu does
the rounds’ project provides easily accessible medical services to the population in Finland’s rural areas via the Mallu bus. The bus is a medical centre on wheels that has an on-board computer and
broadband equipment. It contributes to the health and wellbeing of the people in rural areas while providing the local authorities with
information about their needs.
More information http://bit.ly/1PxcoUi
Project A great start – in later life
Country France
Policy area Social
Year 2011
Money from EU budget €15,000
Project description The EU budget helps people at risk of exclusion find new jobs. The PLIE (Plan Lillois pour l’Insertion et l’Emploi) project trains such people and helps them get in touch with employment agencies who would seek jobs for them. More than half of those who take part in the project manage to find jobs.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/esf/main.jsp?catId=564&langId=en&portraitId=254
Project Innovation incubator
Country Germany
Policy area Education and social inclusion
Year until 2015
Money from EU budget €63.6 million
Project description The Lüneburg Innovation Incubator is a research-driven project for regional development. Based in German state of Lower Saxony, it brings
together scholars and businesses, making sure research solutions match the needs of industry.
More information http://europa.eu/workingforyou/en/content/business-incubator-
germany-bringing-industry-back-europe
Project Natural gas pipeline improved energy efficiency and cuts down CO2 emissions
Country Greece
Policy area Energy
Year 2007-2013
Money from EU budget €9.95 million
Project description The EU budget partly supported the construction of a new high-pressure natural gas pipeline in the Attica and Central Greece regions. The project will enable more households and companies to use natural gas,
thus improving the country’s energy efficiency, cutting down CO2 emissions, boosting competitiveness of local enterprises and creating
some 400 new jobs.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index.cfm/en/projects/greece/natural-gas-pipeline-to-improve-production-power-and-reduce-emissions
Project New opportunities for Hungarian researchers
Country Hungary
Policy area Health and research
Year 2008-2010
Money from EU budget €2.25 million
Project description The EU budget supports the development of the research industry in Hungary. The EU-funded Semmelweis Bridge Project was aimed to
enable some 200 people - young scientists, international partners and industry representatives - to carry out long-term cardiovascular research. This project would create new opportunities for Hungarian
researchers and make them consider a career in Hungary, to the benefit of the domestic research sector and industry.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/esf/main.jsp?catId=46&langId=en&projectId=259
Project CoLab: a centre for incubation, research and enterprise
Country Ireland
Policy area Growth and jobs
Year 2007-2013
Money from EU budget €1.27 million
Project description The EU budget supported the expansion of modern centre for incubation, research and enterprise CoLab. It provides campus-based
incubation facilities to start-up companies and has facilities to support industrial research. With a capacity to support a total of 23 companies with a staff of 58, CoLab helps improve the competitiveness of the European economy.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index.cfm/en/projects/ireland/colab-a-centre-for-incubation-research-and-enterprise
Project A state-of-the-art waste treatment plant in Salerno
Country Italy
Policy area Regional development
Year 2007-2013
Money from EU budget €12.5 million
Project description The EU budget has supported the construction of an environmentally-
friendly waste treatment plant in the Italian city of Salerno. It includes a
facility to treat the process up to 30,000 tonnes of organic waste a year
and generate electricity out of it.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/budget/mycountry/IT/index_en.cfm#projects
Project Latvian libraries become digital
Country Latvia
Policy area Social
Year 2007-2013
Money from EU budget €1.76 million
Project description The EU-budget project ‘National Unified Library Information System’ has allowed modernise Latvian libraries and help librarians improve their
skills and competences. The project made it possible to acquire some 750 new computers for the libraries throughout the country, improve internet connections and train librarians how to make best use of
technology to better service citizens.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index.cfm/en/projects/latvia/the-digital-face-of-latvian-libraries
Project Gas pipeline improves supply to homes and businesses
Country Lithuania
Policy area Regional development
Year Started in 2014
Money from EU budget €22.32 million
Project description The EU budget helps build a 138 km-long gas pipeline between Jurbarkas and Klaipėda in Lithuania which will secure the reliability and safety of natural gas supplies. It will connect 56,000 citizens to the gas
network and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index.cfm/en/projects/major/lithuania/gas-pipeline-improves-supply-to-homes-and-businesses
Project Environmentally-friendly cars on the European roads
Country Luxembourg
Policy area Environment
Year 2014-2018
Money from EU budget €3.43 million
Project description The EU budget helps scientists in Luxembourg make a large step towards clean road vehicles. The projects which they are working on, LIFE DI-CNG, aims to develop a technology that will allow Direct
Injection of Compressed Natural Gas (DI-CNG) into car engines. The expected effect is significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions due to transport, currently making for 23% of all greenhouse gas emissions.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.dspPage&n_proj_id=4982
Project Better and safer roads in Malta
Country Malta
Policy area Cohesion, Transport
Year Started in 2014
Money from EU budget €42.36 million
Project description The EU Budget invests in Malta's main road network to the benefit of its
people and economy. The upgrade will cut journey times, ensure more space for motor drivers and increase road safety. The investment will also attract more tourists and bring down costs of regular drivers and transport companies.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index.cfm/en/projects/major/malta/improving-sections-of-maltas-ten-t-road-network-benefits-the-islands-
people-and-economy
Project Renovating Eindhoven’s main square
Country Netherlands
Policy area Regional policy
Year 2007-2013
Money from EU budget €3.2 million
Project description The EU budget helped renovate Dutch Eindhoven’s main square ’18 Septemberplein’. The square, designed by Italian architect Massimiliano
Fuksas, includes a special bicycle shed with a capacity to host up to 1
500 bikes (for free). The square renovation is part of an overall plan to make the city a more attractive place to live and visit.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/projects/netherlands/eindhoven-square-heads-into-the-future
Project Green trolley buses improve quality of urban life in Poland’s Gdynia
Country Poland
Policy area Regional development
Year 2010-2013
Money from EU budget €13.43 million
About the project The EU-budget funded project enhanced the power supply system of the trolleybus network and enabled the purchase of 28 new trolleybuses. This made the public transport in the Polish city of Gdynia greener and more attractive. More people started using the public transport, which
brought cleaner air and better quality of life to everybody living or working in the area.
More information http://europa.eu/!Kj88qJ
Project Portugal’s innovative chair-makers gain a global reputation
Country Portugal
Policy area Innovation, Regional development
Year 2010-2013
Money from EU budget €931,000
Project description Thanks to the EU budget, the cooperation between designers and the local companies made it possible to start producing top quality designer
chairs and export them throughout Europe, which created new jobs and boosted growth.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/videos/video-details.cfm?vid=1427&LAN=EN
Project Freshly baked bread creates jobs in Romania
Country Romania
Policy area Agriculture
Year 2008-2011
Money from EU budget €500,000
Project description The EU budget backed the modernisation and expansion of a small
bakery chain in the areas of Cluj and Bistrita, northwestern Romania. Thanks to the EU funding, the owner managed to upgrade its factory, increase its production capacity, hire more people and deliver bread to some 85,000 people in the area.
More information http://enrd.ec.europa.eu/en/policy-in-action/rdp_view/baking-traditional-bread-local-community
Project Cleaner water for the region of Trenčín
Country Slovakia
Policy area Environment
Year 2007-2013
Money from EU budget €48.3 million
Project description The EU budget improves the wastewater treatment facilities of the cities Trenčín, Nové Mesto, Trenčianska Teplá, Trenčianske Teplice,
Trenčianske Stankovce and Chocholná Velčice and their surroundings. The project foresees the construction of one new wastewater treatment plant and the upgrade of four more, as well as the upgrade of the
sewage system. Thanks to the project, some 100,000 people enjoy cleaner water.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index.cfm/en/projects/slovakia/tren
cin-region-to-gain-improved-wastewater-treatment-facilities
Project New skills for people at the risk of exclusion
Country Slovenia
Policy area Social
Year 2010-2014
Money from EU budget €850,000
Project description The EU budget fosters social enterprise in Slovenia. An innovative project based in Pomurje organised qualification programmes aimed to
provide long-term unemployed and socially excluded people with know-how and skills in specific fields, including ecological agriculture and food processing; weaving and the production of goods using natural materials; ecological tourism.
More information http://www.korenika.si/en http://ec.europa.eu/esf/main.jsp?catId=46&langId=en&projectId=1544
Project Supporting a short supply-chain of local food in Spain's Aragon region
Country Spain
Policy area Agriculture
Year Project completed in 2015
Money from EU budget €2.75 million
Project description The EU budget help food producers and providers in Spain’s Aragon region promote local food through short supply chains. The project makes it easier for local and online stores easily access and sell local food. At the same time, it raises a awareness about the availability,
quality and diversity of Aragon’s local food among consumers and merchants. This encourages both sides to buy and sell local products.
More information www.ponaragonentumesa.com
Project Mobilising older people to help older people
Country Sweden, Finland, Greenland, Northern Ireland and Scotland
Policy area Social inclusion
Year 2007-2013
Money from EU budget €2.1 million
Project description The EU-budget funded 'Older people for Older people' project has developed alternative ways to support and provide services to the older people living in northern Europe's rural areas. For this, it mobilised the
elderly to help their peers. In Sundom, for instance, elderly people were offered training in paying their bills over Internet, communicating via social network sites, using Skype, reading newspapers online and using
other relevant services.
More information http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index.cfm/en/projects/finland/mobilising-older-people-to-help-older-people
Project EU budget contributes to West Coast Main Line upgrade
Country United Kingdom
Policy area Transport
Year 2007-2013
Money from EU budget €78.6 million
Project description The EU contributed GBP 66 million (EUR 78.6 million) to the modernisation of the west coast mainline. The route connects London,
Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Thanks to the project, the line now connects with the Channel Tunnel rail link and thus with mainland Europe. As a result, passenger and freight journey
times have been cut (journey times from London to Manchester reduced to 2 hours), helping to shift traffic from the roads.
More information http://inea.ec.europa.eu/en/ten-t/ten-
t_projects/30_priority_projects/priority_project_14/priority_project_14.htm