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Synthesis Report Ex-post Evaluation of the ERDF 2000-2006
Table 1.6 Payments from the ERDF under Objective 2 to Member States, 2000-2009
Cumulative % of payments (by end of year)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
BE 0.0 3.8 8.9 18.9 34.9 47.0 61.1 78.3 91.2 94.9
DK 7.0 8.6 18.1 33.2 45.2 57.6 65.8 86.2 93.3 100.0
DE 0.0 7.4 17.3 25.8 40.7 55.1 71.1 85.6 97.1 100.0
ES 0.0 12.0 29.4 49.4 62.5 75.0 85.3 87.0 95.9 97.5
FR 0.0 7.0 12.1 28.4 47.4 63.1 75.2 88.0 98.0 100.0
IT 0.0 7.1 7.1 17.6 31.4 50.3 68.5 85.0 97.0 100.0
LU 0.0 0.0 6.9 6.9 31.9 47.0 64.2 82.0 94.2 100.0
NL 0.0 7.7 12.5 23.9 34.8 52.3 73.2 83.0 97.8 100.0
AT 0.0 10.0 16.5 29.7 45.2 59.5 74.0 88.4 97.3 100.0
FI 7.0 12.6 23.4 32.7 49.5 62.6 76.2 91.2 100.0 100.0
SE 0.0 7.1 23.4 40.1 56.1 72.8 87.6 96.9 100.0 100.0
UK 0.0 7.1 8.9 17.4 38.9 61.1 71.2 78.6 94.7 99.4
EU15 0.2 7.8 14.1 26.7 43.7 60.5 73.8 85.0 96.7 99.5
CZ 10.5 16.9 27.2 56.2 96.5 100.0
CY 10.5 16.9 36.5 59.4 97.1 100.0
SK 10.6 17.1 17.1 59.9 100.0 100.0
EU10 10.5 16.9 26.3 57.9 97.6 100.0
Note: See Note to Table 1.5
Source: Calculations based on DG Regio data as at March 2010
1.2 ALLOCATION OF ERDF FINANCING BETWEEN BROAD POLICY AREAS
1.2.1 Objective 1 funding in the EU15
The allocation of funding between broad policy areas indicates the relative weight given to
different policy objectives over the period in different parts of the EU. Taking the Structural Funds
as a whole, including national government co-financing, Transport and telecommunications was
the largest single item, absorbing around a quarter of the total financial support provided in
Objective 1 regions in the EU15 in the 2000-2006 period. Support for Human resources, which
was mostly financed from the ESF, accounted for some 21%, Enterprise support for 18% and
Agriculture and fisheries together with Rural development, which was predominantly financed by
the EAGGF, for 14%.
These proportions varied across the EU, with the share of funding going to Human resources
ranging from a third in the UK to 14% in Italy and the share going to Agriculture and Rural
development ranging from 21% in Finland to 8% in Belgium and the UK. The variations in the
share of going to other policy areas are reflected in the division of the ERDF summarised below.
Focusing on the financing provided by the ERDF, which, as noted above, accounted for around
two-thirds of the overall Structural Funds support, Transport and telecommunications was even
more important, accounting for 37% of the total (Table 1.7). The proportion reached 63% in
Greece, 54% in Ireland and 43% in Spain, reflecting deficiencies in transport networks in the
regions concerned at the beginning of the programming period. Very little, by contrast, went to
this policy area in Belgium, Austria and Finland, again reflecting their needs. In these three
countries, as well as in Sweden, funding for Enterprise support accounted for over 60% of the
total. By contrast, well under 20% of funding went to this policy area in Greece, Ireland and France
(where the DOMs made up most of the Objective 1 regions).
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