European Development Fund
- European Development Fund
The European Development Fund (EDF) is the main instrument for European Community aid for development cooperation in the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT).
Articles 131 and 136 of the 1957 Treaty of Rome provided for its creation with a view to granting technical and financial assistance to African countries that were still colonised at that time and with which certain countries had historical links.
Usually lasting 6 years, each EDF lays out EC assistance to both individual countries and regions as a whole. The EU is currently on its 10th EDF.
ee also
* ACP-EU Development Cooperation
* ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
* EuropeAid Co-Operation Office
External links
* [http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/r12102.htm European Development Fund]
* [http://www.acp-programming.eu/wcm/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=11&Itemid=150 What is 10th EDF programming?] EC aid programming for ACP countries
* [http://practicalaction.org/?id=ecaid EC Aid to Africa] African Voices in Europe
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
European Development Fund — Europos vystymo fondas statusas Aprobuotas sritis bendradarbiavimo politika apibrėžtis Pagrindinis Europos Sąjungos paramos teikimo Afrikos, Karibų baseino ir Ramiojo vandenyno (toliau vadinama – AKR) valstybėms, pasirašiusioms 2000 m. Europos… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
European Development Fund — (EDF) Established in 1963 under the Yaounde Convention, and retained under the subsequent Lome Convention to provide grants to the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States for development programmes and projects … Glossary of the European Union and European Communities
European Social Fund — The European Social Fund (ESF) is the oldest of four European Structural Funds that provide grants to support economic development within the European Union. It was created by the Treaty of Rome in 1957 and became operational in 1960.Its purpose… … Wikipedia
European Regional Development Fund — (ERDF) is a fund allocated by the European Union.copeAs part of its task to promote regional development, the ERDF contributes towards financing the following measures:*Productive investment to create and safeguard sustainable jobs; *Investment… … Wikipedia
European Regional Development Fund — ˌEuropean ˌRegional Deˈvelopment ˌFund noun ECONOMICS money given by the European Union for investment in areas that are less economically developed: • The inner city project will receive more than £2.4 million in funding from the European… … Financial and business terms
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development — The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) is a European agricultural fund which was set up for the financing of rural development programmes by European Union Council Regulation (EC) № 1290/2005 of the 21st day of June in 2005… … Wikipedia
European Social Fund — (ESF) Established in 1960, as one of the structural funds, to provide financial assistance for the development of employment opportunities. Since 1973 it has focused primarily upon retraining, redeployment and the provision of vocational… … Glossary of the European Union and European Communities
European Regional Development Fund — ERDF A fund used by the European Union to allocate money for specific projects in member states for work on the infrastructure, usually in regions of high unemployment or social deprivation. Each country has a quota and has to undertake works… … Big dictionary of business and management
European Regional Development Fund — /ˌjυərəpi:ən ri:d (ə)nəl dɪ veləpmənt f nd/ noun fund set up to provide grants to underdeveloped parts of Europe. Abbreviation ERDF … Dictionary of banking and finance
European Union acronyms, jargon and working practices — European Union (EU) acronyms and jargon is a terminology set that has developed as a form of shorthand, to quickly express a (formal) EU process, an (informal) institutional working practice, or an EU body, function or decision, and which is… … Wikipedia
