Definitions for "Objective 3"
European Structural Fund Programme, the main human resource development framework, lending support to education, training and employment initiatives, supporting both the employed and unemployed
Provides funding throughout the EU to help adapt and modernise policies and systems of education, training and employment. The entire population of the EU outside Objective 1 areas is covered by Objective 3. Objective 3 is financed by the ESF alone and represents 12.3% of total Structural Funds spending, a total of Euros 24.05 bn from 2000-2006.
Objective 3 programmes are not geographically targeted and deliver the European Employment Strategy
Expand and upgrade surveillance systems for human SE infection