FONDS SOCIAL EUROPÉEN

The European Social Fund is one of the two structural funds of the European Union with FEDER (European Funds for Regional Development) that contribute to the cohesion of economic and social policy of the EU. All the member states are beneficiaries. The FSE, created in 1957 (Rome Treaty) has become the main financial tool of European strategy for employment. It responds to the European involvement to create jobs in a larger number to reduce unemployment and better train workers so that they are in ad equation with the market’s exigencies. Like other funds, FSE is implemented for a period of 7 years. We talk about “programming”. This programming allows stressing the action of structural funds with State/Region planning contracts. The next programming covers the period 2007-2013.

 http://www.fse.gouv.fr