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Article 10 of the European
Regional Development Fund (ERDF - Regulations (EC) No.4254/88 and 2083/93
provides for a community contribution to the funding of pilot projects
to encourage experience sharing and co-operation on development between
regions of the European Community. On June 1995 the Commission laid down
the new guidelines for the second set of actions for the period 1995-
1999.
On April 24th. 1996, the European Commission
published in the Official Journal of the European Communities the call
for proposal No.96/c 119/08 of the TERRA Programme.
As a result of the selection phase, 15 projects
covering 13 member states were selected for funding during the period
1997 to 2000.
Each project forms a network of a small number
of local authorities and partnerships in the European Union who share
specific geographical and/or structural features which have been classified
in one of the 5 following thematic areas
- Coastal areas
- River basins
- Areas suffering from erosion or desertification
- Rural areas to which access is difficult
- Areas with endangered natural and cultural
assets
The Directorate General , Regional Policy,
Unit B.1, is in charge of managing the Programme.
Head of Unit : E.Poulsen
Co-ordinator of the programme : Mario Rodrigues
E-mail: Mario.Rodrigues@ec.europa.eu
This Website has been constructed
for the Directorate General for Regional Policy and Cohesion of the European
Commission by Lyst S.A (lysta@otenet.gr)
in charge of the technical assistance to the programme. The content of
this Website does not necessarily reflect the official position of the
European Commission.
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November 2001 |
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The final TERRA
report is available in 
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in [PDF format.]