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The European Social Fund, created in 1957, is the European Union’s main financial instrument for investing in people. It supports employment and helps people enhance their education and skills. This improves their job prospects.
Member States and regions devise their own ESF Operational Programmes in order to respond to the real needs ‘on the ground’.
ESF around Europe
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Malta funds job initiatives
The government of Malta is using ESF funding to launch a range of employment initiatives
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Soros urges aid for Roma
Philanthropist George Soros urges more aid and a dedicated strategy for the EU Roma minority
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Back to business in Belfast
In Northern Ireland, a new on-line scheme aims to help women back into work
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Uppsala’s SME factory
An ESF-funded incubator project in Sweden is churning out new SMEs ahead of schedule
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From Slovenia to Slovakia
Slovakia adopts Slovenian model for supporting new SMEs on-line