Examples of using Progress programme in English and their translations into Czech
{-}
-
Official
-
Colloquial
However, that should not happen at the expense of the Progress programme.
The Progress programme has now been running for three years and the overall impact has been positive.
This is a debate on microfinance and not on the Progress programme.
However, I do not think that the Progress programme should be jeopardised by the reallocation of funds to the microfinance facility.
The Commission proposed that no extra funds would be made available,with funding instead being taken from the Progress programme.
Member States and the EU as a whole must continue to implement the Progress programme effectively at a time of global economic crisis.
The Work in Progress programme presents the creation of the Tenze dance performance by choreographer MAIA as interpreted by dancer Jana Vrán a.
As you know, the micro-financing proposal forms part of a package which includes a proposal to transfer EUR 100 million from the Progress programme.
Progress programme funds must not, under any circumstances, be reduced during this crisis period as they are targeted at the most vulnerable groups.
DE As we know, the so-called micro-financing instrument planned by the EU is not going to be financed by new money, but from the Progress programme.
The transfer of funds from the Progress programme is support by the Council and, for many of the Member States, it constitutes a fundamental element of the whole package.
We fully endorse the proposal to release the necessary resources for this financial instrument from the resources originally intended for the Progress programme.
It has attempted to reallocate budgetary resources from the Progress programme to the microfinance facility before the European Parliament has reached a decision.
The initiative is a good and important one, but the fact that it has been suggested that the resources needed for this should be taken from the already running Progress programme is not acceptable.
We, for our part, said right from the start that the Progress programme cannot be jeopardised in any way since, during the current crisis, it is needed even more than before.
It is, however, necessary that the transfer of Progress funds remains unchanged,in the sense that we cannot give the signal to divert resources from the Progress programme.
PL Madam President, the Progress programme is an important initiative intended to help Member States effectively implement objectives in the areas of employment and social affairs.
In the present economic and financial situation,which is characterised by a reduced supply of loans, the Progress programme extends the range of directed financial aid for new businesspeople.
The Progress programme is aimed at the most exposed groups, and in relation to this, I think Member States and the European Union are responsible for effective implementation of the programme. .
We also held three informal trialogues, one of which went on until the early hours,where we proposed that we could tinker with the Progress programme in any way that would not jeopardise its function.
We must maintain the Progress programme, which targets the most vulnerable groups, and it is the joint responsibility of the Member States and the European Union to implement it effectively in the current circumstances.
The Council and Commission originally proposed that EUR 100 million should come from the Progress programme, which is primarily used to draw up policies for combating social exclusion and supporting equal opportunities.
The Progress programme was started to assist in realisation of European Union objectives in the fields of employment, social affairs and equal opportunities, which are laid out in the Social Agenda.
I sincerely hope that Commissioner Špidla can help us get the Commission to withdraw its original proposal on diverting the EUR 100 million from the Progress programme so that this programme can be launched as soon as possible.
When weighing up our decision concerning the use of Progress programme resources, we very carefully considered the consequences and came to the conclusion that although it was not an ideal solution, it was probably one of the possible solutions.
The report of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs contains significant amendments to the Commission Proposal,including opposition to transfer of the necessary funds from the Progress programme to the European Microfinance Facility.
LT I would like to answer that the best solution would be for us to find additional funds, because the Progress programme is essentially targeted at the same groups and this would mean that, if there is no additional funding, the effect will certainly not be achieved.
Parliament's 2010 draft budget found resources of EUR 25 million, which will enable it to launch the programme at the very start of 2010, andit was able to find these resources without touching the Progress programme in 2010.
We regret that a majority in this Parliament has yet again gone back on its word andapproved a proposal that takes money out of the Progress programme, which was already clearly underfunded for its areas of action in the social field.
The reallocation of the funds from the Progress programme would affect its specific guidelines for community action and send out an alarm signal concerning the social openness of a European executive, which has been extremely reluctant until now, unfortunately, in terms of displaying sufficient social involvement.