In Austria, four operational programmes are established under the ESIF: 1 ERDF programme, 1 EAFRD programme, 1 EMFF programme and 1 ESF programme. In total 4,922,866,429 Euros are allocated to ESIF, of which 442,087,353 Euros (including TA) are allocated to ESF1. The ESF contributions amount to...

- Romania faces challenges to reaching its EU2020 headline targets. Considerable progress is required towards these targets in the field of employment, ESL and share of tertiary education. - The Partnership Agreement for Romania presents an overall macroeconomic situation of Romania at the...

- The main challenges in Ireland concern tackling unemployment and reducing poverty. In both of these areas Ireland faces difficult challenges compared to the Europe 2020 headline targets. The Partnership Agreement seeks to address these challenges through focusing on promoting sustainable and...

ESF programming in Slovenia is integrated into one multi-fund Operational Programme that covers all ESF-related Thematic Objectives: TO8 (IP 8i, 8ii, 8vi), TO9 (IP 9i, 9iv, 9v), TO10 (10iii and 10iv), and TO11 (11i, 11ii). All relevant CSR are addressed in by the Operational Programme. The ESF...

- Croatia has a total ESF budget of € 1.516.032.7601 (Union funding). In accordance with the identified challenges, the largest financial allocation is in promoting sustainable and high-quality employment, along with supporting labour mobility, followed by investments in education, training...

Major efforts must be made by Hungary if it wants to achieve its national Europe 2020 target concerning the employment rate. In 2013, only 63.20% of the population aged 20-64 were employed the national target being 75%. ESF programming for the 2014-2020 will play a major role in this respect as...