Brussels, 18/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - Friday, the European Commission adopted a Single Programming Document (SPD) in favour of the Belgian provinces of Namur and Luxembourg for the period 2000-2006. In all, 206 million euro will be allocated to the programme, 87 million euro of which from the public authorities of the Member State, 61 million euro from the private sector and 58.4 million euro from the Community budget. This SPD, which comes under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds (regions undergoing economic and social re-conversion), concerns the rural areas of Wallonia and covers the districts of Dinant and Philippeville which total 97,600 and 60,000 inhabitants, respectively, as well as three districts of the province of Luxembourg that will benefit from Community support on a sliding scale. This new programme should allow for the creation of 1000 jobs and take per capita gross domestic produce of the Province of Namur to 90% of the Community average in 1997 to 98% in 2010.
The strategy adopted will be based on three priority actions:
In addition, a Community allocation of 793,734 euro (Erdf and Esf) will be allocated to technical assistance measures.