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PROGRESS
In July 2004, the Commission published a proposal for a new funding programme – PROGRESS - for the period 2007 – 2013 to support the EU’s work in the field of employment and social affairs. The programme will be one of two programmes in the employment and social affairs field[1] with a proposed budget of 628.8 million euros over the period. It will replace four existing Community Action Programmes[2] which currently support the implementation of the social policy agenda, as well as a number of budget lines which support work on working conditions.
The proposal suggested that PROGRESS support work in 5 main field of activities:
1) 1) Employment (implementation of the European Employment Strategy)
2) 2) Social protection and inclusion (specifically, the implementation of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) in this field)
3) 3) Working conditions (including health and safety at work)
4) 4) Anti-discrimination and diversity (implementation of Article 13, also the mainstreaming of anti-discrimination in EU policies)
5) 5) Gender equality (implementation of gender equality, and gender mainstreaming in EU policies)
| Inter-institutional Procedure | Co-decision |
|---|---|
| Original proposal reference | COM (2004) 0488 |
| Original proposal date | 14th July 2004 |
| Revised proposal reference | COM (2005) 536 final |
| Revised proposal date | 21st October 2005 |
| Foreseen end date | 1 October 2006 |
| European Parliament Legislative Observatory file (this includes details about the decision-making process, a brief outline of the Commission’s proposal, a calendar and names of rapporteurs & shadow rapporteurs) |
| Pre-Lex file |
| Institution | Contact person (if relevant) |
|---|---|
| European Commission |
Filip Van Depoele Unit SPP & Inter-Institutional Relations, DG EMPL 02 299 5667 or: 02 2951703 |
| European Parliament |
Karin Jöns MEP (PES, DE) Employment and Social Affairs Committee +32 (0) 2 284 5535 kjoens@europarl.eu.int Vanessa Aulehla, Secreriat of the EMPL Committee |
| Austrian Presidency |
Christa Kammerhofer-Schlegel (attaché for labour law, occupational health and safety, employment) Tel: 02 234 5434 |
| Date | Item and Actor | Relevant documents |
|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2006 | CL: expected formal agreement of Council of common position | |
| 1 October 2006 | Programme expected to be legally approved | |
| Early November 2006 | First Programme committee meeting expected | Will address the strategic framework for the Programme on the basis of a Commission proposal (Platform invited to submit comments before then). |
| 1 January 2007 | Expected start of programme |
| Date/Period | Actor | Documents/Event |
|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2006 | CL: political agreement reached on common position – agreed with EP so no need for full second reading | Expected to be formalised on 18 July – total budget 743M EURO |
| 23rd January 2006 | EP/CL/COM: Trialogue discussion to resolve disagreement on budget level | |
| 18th January 2006 | EP: Rejects CL deal on financial perspective - not enough money *Click here | |
| 17th December 2005 | CL: Deal reached on overall financial perspective | |
| 8th December 2005 | CL: Employment & Social Affairs Council will reached partial political agreement | Agreement on everything except budget, to wait until MS agree on overall EU financial perspective. The agreement largely follows the Commission’s revised proposal. |
| 21st October 2005 | EC: Revised Commission proposal click here | |
| 16th September 2005 | EC: Commission gives opinion on EP amendments | |
| 6th September 2005 | EC: Commission gives opinion on EP amendments |
