European Structural Funds: What they are and where to look

Know what the European Structural Funds is essential for those between contractors and local authorities, wants access to support from Europe up for grabs. Let's see, also, who offers the European Structural Funds.


We give them a Definition
Basically, talking about European Structural Funds; we refer to your financial funds developed by the European Union Member States to co-finance the Business as well as specific interventions for individual regions internal to them. These funds are intended to put Europeans in the field of social cohesion, economic policy pursued at the central level, and provide for the distribution of financial resources in accordance with a program that is "spread" for long periods of time several years since the European Structural Funds have begun to be distributed programming is reminiscent of the 1004-1999, 2000-2006 and the currently part of the programming period 2007-2013.

Types of Funds
We can therefore distinguish several different types of European Structural Funds that have a name and a different value depending on the particular policy area in which they are dedicated to:
1. European Structural Funds for Regional Development (ERDF), which are aimed at promoting economic and employment development.
2. European Social Fund (ESF), which have the sole aim of supporting employment in member states.
3. European Structural Funds (EAGGF), which are funds that go to support the orientation of agricultural policy adopted by central government.
4. Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG), which goes to support a direct and targeted fisheries and aquaculture.

Who to contact to request funds
For those who want information on the provision of European Structural Funds should visit the following online resources which we provide direct links. This is the official site of national and supranational institutions that can provide valuable assistance:

Italian Government: the largest website dedicated to the national body, there are a lot of information devoted to structural funds but also to all forms of support provided for public and private.

European Union: of course they could not even insert a link to the website of the European Union where there is an entire section devoted to finance.