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| 2 | BACKGROUND AND THE NATIONAL STRATEGY |
Evaluation of the CIP
EQUAL transnational cooperation principle was conducted within the framework
of the whole programme, its objectives and context of national and European
policies. The mentioned wider framework is outlined in this chapter;
the following chapter explains then how the evaluation was interconnected
with this wider context in particular. The Community Initiative EQUAL
is one of the four Community initiatives, which were co-financed from
the structural funds in the 2000–2006 programming period. The Community
Initiative EQUAL co-financed from the ESF is one of the tools to achieve
the objectives of the European Employment Strategy (EES).
The Community Initiative
EQUAL is implemented in the whole territory of all Member States and
differs from the main forms of aid from the ESF (operational programmes
for Objective 1 and programme documents for Objective 3) due to inclusion
of innovativeness and transnational cooperation.
CIP EQUAL supports the
transnational cooperation in development and promotion of new tools
of fight against all forms of discriminations and inequalities in the
labour market in the whole EU territory. The objective of the Initiative
is thus to develop and promote the tools to support the members of disadvantaged
groups (long-term unemployed, low-qualified, school graduates, older
citizens, disabled persons, ethnical minorities, women, asylum seekers
and the like), who encounter discrimination or unequal treatment either
directly at work or when searching for it. One of the thematic areas
of the Community Initiative EQUAL is focused on the issues of social
inclusion and career opportunities of the asylum seekers.
