European Regional Development Fund
Foundation Innove has to coordinate the allocation of 3,3 billion EEK of the support from the European Regional Development Fund through the Operational Programme for the Development of the Living Environment, which will be distributed to the receivers of the grant through investment plans. There will be no open calls, the receivers of grants have been
designated by the state. With the support, study facilities, dormitories, youth and guidance centres will be renovated and built all over Estonia, study aids, equipment and furniture will be upgraded.
Youth Centre in Abja
Foundation Innove has to coordinate three measures:
Modernization of the study environment of vocational schools
– 90 projects will be supported.
Improvement of the quality of the study environment of schools intended for students with special educational needs (SEN) through developing the relevant infrastructure
– 34 projects will be supported.
Modernization of open youth centres, information and counselling centres and hobby schools – 37 projects will be supported.
Many facilities are in the process of being finished or designed, but quite a few have been finished. The canteen of Räpina Gardening school has been finished, Tallinn Industrial Education Centre has gotten a brand new lab for renovating and painting car frames, some equipment for study labs and the dormitory has been renovated. Thanks to the financial assistance, Luua Forestry school has been able to obtain contemporary machinery for teaching forestry vehicles, the facilities of Orava Youth Centre have been refurbished.
In 2004-2006 Foundation Innove coordinated 1,1 billion EEK of EU Structural Funds support.
From the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) measure 4.3 „Modernisation of infrastructure for vocational and higher education” 10 VET colleges, 4 professional higher education institutions, 5 guidance centres and 7 youth centres were supported. In total, 66 different projects were supported.
By the end of the period the percentage of the support used was 199,83% in the European Regional Development Fund.
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