Brussels, 12/09/2014 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has approved the operational programme proposed by Lithuania on Monday 8 September. This is the second stage following the signature of the partnership agreements for the structural funds available to the country up to 2020 to be released.
The operational programme drawn up by Lithuania provides for investments of €7.89 billion, combining €1 billion of national contributions with €6.8 billion in European investments through the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Social Fund and the Youth Guarantee. The European Commissioner for Regional Development, Johannes Hahn, met the Lithuanian Finance Minister, Rimantas Sadzius, on the sidelines of the sixth Cohesion Forum earlier this week, and congratulated him on this detailed programme. This is the second operational programme to have been approved by the European Commission, following that of Denmark at the end of June. (MD)