The European Social Fund

The European Social Fund was the first EU fund to be set up and it is the main EU fund that helps combat unemployment. It promotes the return of the unemployed and disadvantaged groups to the work force, mainly by financing training measures. Examples...

The European Social Fund was the first EU fund to be set up and it is the main EU fund that helps combat unemployment. It promotes the return of the unemployed and disadvantaged groups to the work force, mainly by financing training measures.

Examples of ESF projects include a plan to increase employment in Liverpool, UK. The total cost of this project was €272 million of which the EU paid €125 million.

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