EFTA Bulletin (Switzerland) articles

Recent articles from EFTA Bulletin (Switzerland)

Foreword.
November 1, 2007... Dear Reader, This edition of the EFTA Bulletin presents the new generation of EU programmes. Our aim is to provide EFTA citizens with up-to-date information on the programmes and an effective tool to navigate in these vast opportunities now open to us. The participation of the EFTA...

The new generation of EU programmes.(European Union)
November 1, 2007... It is with pleasure that I contribute to the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Bulletin on the new EU programmes 2007-2013. I come from a country which has a long history of good relations with EFTA. Portugal was one of the founding members of EFTA in 1960 and it belonged to the...

Investing in knowledge today to be competitive tomorrow.
November 1, 2007... In today's globalised world there is no greater resource than knowledge, gathered through education, research and innovation. Today's complex world further requires constant learning, hence the importance of the lifelong learning programme. It is therefore of great importance that the new...

How to apply?
November 1, 2007... The Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) unites the 27 EU Member States and the three EFTA EEA States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, in one internal market governed by the same basic rules and legislation. These rules cover the four freedoms, i.e., free movement of goods,...

Financing the programmes.
November 1, 2007... EEA EFTA participation in a given EU programme is possible if the three EEA EFTA States agree to it. The legal basis for participation is then established through a decision of the EEA Joint Committee. When agreeing to incorporate programmes into the EEA Agreement, the EEA EFTA States also...