The Fee’s new annual motion programme for the Turkish Cypriot neighborhood consists of tailor-made measures to assist Turkish Cypriot halloumi producers, assist to the work of the Committee for Lacking Individuals and the bicommunal Technical Committee for Cultural Heritage and the work of the technical committees basically, in addition to a scholarship scheme for younger Turkish Cypriots, in line with a European Fee announcement. The annual motion programme quantities to a complete of 30.7 million euro.
Measures to assist Turkish Cypriot producers to allow them to profit from the halloumi/hellim bundle, which entail conformity with the related EU requirements such because the PDO scheme, will embrace bettering the meals security and hygiene requirements, eradicating animal illnesses, and creating a system for animal identification and registration, which might be EU appropriate and permit an island vast answer.
The programme additionally consists of continued assist for inexperienced infrastructure and atmosphere, consistent with the European Inexperienced Deal priorities.
“This new set of initiatives seeks to assist financial improvement, reconciliation and confidence constructing measures together with substantial help in order that Turkish Cypriot producers can profit from the Halloumi/Hellim PDO bundle adopted in April this 12 months”, stated Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira.
“Regardless of the present political scenario, the programme stays as related as ever and we are going to stay steadfast in our assist to the reunification of the island” she added.
Within the context of the Fee’s assist to confidence constructing measures in Cyprus, the programme will proceed to finance the Committee on Lacking Individuals and the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, in addition to the opposite bi-communal Technical Committees and civil society with a purpose to encourage additional bi-communal actions, thereby contributing to the method of reunification.
The programme additionally secures funding for the continuation of EU data and communication actions within the Turkish Cypriot neighborhood, in addition to for a scholarship scheme for younger Turkish Cypriots to achieve tutorial {and professional} expertise in EU Member States, together with within the Faculty of Europe.
The Assist Programme for the Turkish Cypriot neighborhood goals to facilitate the reunification of Cyprus by encouraging the financial improvement of the Turkish Cypriot neighborhood with specific emphasis on the financial integration of the island and on bettering contacts between the 2 communities and with the EU.
Between 2006 and 2021, €623 million has been allotted for initiatives underneath the Assist Programme. It’s managed by the Fee’s Directorate-Normal for Structural Reform Assist (DG REFORM).