Contents

A – ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COHESION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Chapter 1 The European Union
1.1. An Introduction to the EU
1.2. The Community Institutions
 1.2.1.  The Commission
 1.2.2.  The Council of the European Union
 1.2.3.  The European Parliament
 1.2.4.  The Other Institutions and Related Bodies
1.3. The Legislative Process
1.4. Community Documentation
1.5. The EU Budget 
1.6. European Economic Area
1.7. Enlargement and Agenda 2000

Chapter 2 The Structural Funds and Regional Aid
2.1. The Structural Funds
 2.1.1.  Objective 1
 2.1.2.  Objective 2
 2.1.3.  Objective 3
2.2. European Regional Development Fund
2.3. European Social Fund
2.4. Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance
2.5. European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
2.6. Cohesion Fund
2.7. Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession (ISPA)
2.8. Pre-Accession Measures for Agricultural and
 Rural Development (SARPAD)
2.9. Community Initiatives
 2.9.1. Interreg III
 2.9.2. Leader+
 2.9.3. Urban II
 2.9.4. Equal
2.10. Territorial Employment Pacts
 

B – LOANS, GUARANTEES, BUSINESS
SUPPORT MEASURES

Chapter 1 European Investment Bank Group
1.1. European Investment Bank
 1.1.1.  Structured Finance Facility
 1.1.2.  Pre-Accession Facility
1.2. European Investment Fund
 1.2.1.  SME Guarantees
   1.2.1.1. Growth and Environment Scheme
   1.2.1.2. SME Guarantee Facility
1.2.2 Venture Capital Activities
 1.2.2.1 European Technology Activity
 1.2.2.2 .I-TEC
1.3 EIB Group Activities
1.3.1 Innovation 2000
1.3.2 Audiovisual i2i

Chapter 2 Joint Venturesg
2.1.Joint European Ventures

Chapter 3 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
3.1. Multiannual Programme for Entreprise and Entrepreuneurship

Chapter 4 Euratom Loans
4.1. Euratom Loans
 

C – SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATIONS
Chapter 1 Research and Development
1.1. An Introduction to Research and Development
1.2. Fifth Framework Programme
 1.2.1.  Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources
 1.2.2.  Information Society Technologies
 1.2.3.  Competitive and Sustainable Growth
 1.2.4.  Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development
 1.2.5.  Confirming the International Role of Community Research
 1.2.6.  Promotion of Innovation and Encouragement of SME Participation
 1.2.7.  Improving Human Research Potential and the Socio-Economic Knowledge Base
 1.2.8.  Nuclear Energy Research
1.3. Coal and Steel Research
 1.3.1.  Steel Research and Demonstration
 1.3.2.  Coal Research

Chapter 2 Energy
2.1. Energy Framework Programme
 2.1.1.  ALTENER II 
 2.1.2.  SAVE II
 2.1.3.  Synergy
 2.1.4.  Carnot 
 2.1.5.  SURE
 2.1.6.  ETAP

Chapter 3 Nature and Environment
3.1. LIFE III
3.2. Marine Pollution
3.3. Civil Protection
3.4. Environmental Protection

Chapter 4 Transport and Trans-European Networks
4.1. Trans-European Networks
 4.1.1. Marco Polo/PACT
4.2. Transport Safety and Sustainable Mobility

Chapter 5 The Information Society
5.1. eContent
5.2. PROMISE
5.3. Netdays Europe
5.4. IDA
5.5. Safer Internet Action Plan

D – SOCIAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 1 Education, Training and Youth
1.1. Socrates II
1.2. Leonardo da Vinci II
1.3. Youth Programme
1.4. Higher Education and Training Exchange
 Programmes

1.4.1.  EU/US Co-operation
 1.4.2.  EU/Canada Co-operation
1.5. Traineeships
 1.5.1.  European Parliament Traineeships
 1.5.2.  Paul Finet Foundation
 1.5.3.  European Commission Traineeships
1.6. Jean Monnet Project
1.7. Support for International Youth NGOs 
1.8. Co-operation with Japan
 1.8.1. Executive Training Programme
 1.8.2. Management Training Programme 

Chapter 2 Culture and Audiovisual Policy
2.1. Media
2.1.1 Media Plus
2.1.2 Media Training
2.2. Culture 2000
2.3. Regional and Minority Languages

Chapter 3 Justice and Home Affairs
3.1. Daphne
3.2. Oisin
 3.3. Combating Discrimination
3.4. STOP
3.5. Falcone
3.6. Gender Equality
3.7. Consumer Protection
3.8. Grotius
3.9. IRIS (Demonstration Projects on Vocational Training for Women)
3.10.European Refugee Fund
3.11. Odysseus
3.12. Nazi Concentration Camps
3.13. Combating Child Sex Tourism
3.1.4 Hippocrates

Chapter 4 Community Affairs
4.1. Customs 2002
4.2. Fiscalis
4.3. Promotion of European Integration

Chapter 5 Town Twinning and Urban Development
5.1. Town Twinning
5.2 Sustainable Urban Development

Chapter 6 Public Health
6.1. Community Framework Programme in the field of 
 Public Health
6.2. Community Fund for Tobacco Research and
 Information

Chapter 7 Employees Protection
7.1. Health and Safety at Work
7.2. Transnational Meetings between Employees’
 Representatives

E – DEVELOPMENT AID
Chapter 1 Central and Eastern Europe
1.1. An Introduction to the CEECs
1.2. Phare
 1.2.1.  Cross-border Co-operation
 1.2.2.  Credo Programme
 1.2.3.  Phare ACE
 1.2.4.  Phare Partnership
1.3. Tacis
 1.3.1. Tacis Small Projects Programme
 1.3.1.1.  Tacis Institution Building Group
1.3.1.2 Tacis Investment Support Group
1.3.1.3 Tacis Human Resources Development Group
1.4. TEMPUS III
1.5. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
1.5.1 EBRD-EU Regional Finance Facility for SMEs
1.6. European Investment Bank Loans

Chapter 2 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)
  States
2.1. ACP-EU Co-operation
 2.1.1.  European Development Fund 
2.2. Overseas Countries and Territories

Chapter 3 Mediterranean Countries
3.1. MEDA Programme
 3.1.1.  Euromed Heritage
 3.1.2. Euromed Audiovisual
 3.1.3. SMAP
 3.1.4. People to People
3.2. European Investment Bank Loans

Chapter 4 South Africa, Latin America and Asia
4.1. South Africa
4.2. Latin America
 4.2.1.  ALURE
 4.2.2.  Urb-AL
 4.2.3.  ALFA
 4.2.4.  AL-Invest
4.3. Asia
 4.3.1.  Asia-Urbs
 4.3.2.  Asia-Invest
 4.3.3.  EU/India Economic Cross-Cultural Programme
4.3.4. Asia IT&C Programme
4.3.5. Asia-EcoBest
4.4. European Investment Bank Loans

 Chapter 5 Development Policy Initiatives
5.1. Co-financing of NGOs
5.2. Aid for Population Policies and Programmes
5.3. Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights
5.4. Environmental Measures
 

Multilingual Abbreviations
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Index