Brussels, 16/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Commission approved the "Single Programming Document" (SPD) for promoting education, training and employment in Denmark over the next seven years. The overall budget of the Danish programme is EUR 758 million, of which 285 come from the public sector, 379 million from the EU and 94 million from other sources.
This Objective 3 programme (adjustment and modernisation of education, training and employment policies and systems) comprises five priorities: 1) strengthening active labour market policies with the priority of boosting the position of women (EUR 97 million, that is, 26% of the budget); 2) promoting equal opportunities for all in accessing the labour market, with as a priority those who are threatened by long-term unemployment, including immigrants, the disabled and those unemployed for more than five years (EUR 105 million or 27% of the budget); 3) developing skills and training (EUR 135 million or 36% of the budget); 4) encouraging entrepreneurship and innovativeness with priorities such as the promoting of entrepreneurial skills of women and ethnic groups (EUR 30 million or 8% of the budget); 5) technical assistance for managing, implementing and assessing the results of the programme (EUR 12 million or 3% of the budget).