Translation of "Working Group on the Mid-term Review and Appraisal " (English → French) :

Working document on the Mid-Term Review of the Multi-Annual Financial Framework - State of Play and Perspectives

I remind Members that it is always possible to make an adjustment to the work programme in the mid-term review.

It should be noted, therefore, that, over the last six years, the European Parliament has been closely involved in work on the proposal the Commission is now presenting through its resolution of 15 March on the Special European Council to be held in Lisbon on 23/24 March 2000, its resolution of 16 March 2000 on eEurope - An Information Society For All: a Commission Initiative for the Special European Council of Lisbon, 23 and 24 March 2000, its resolution of 28 February 2002 on the strategy for full employment and social inclusion in the run-up to the spring 2002 summit in Barcelona: Lisbon process and the way to follow, its resolution o ...[+++]f 26 February 2004 on the preparation of the spring summit 2004: follow-up to Lisbon, and its resolution of 9 March 2005 on the mid-term review of the Lisbon Strategy.

The mid-term review has now been brought forward by the Commission and is subject to appraisal by the Parliament.

Similarly to the arrangements for Objective 1 programmes, the mid-term review of the Objective 2 SPDs is carried out by the technical evaluation groups, the technical evaluation coordination group and the thematic working groups.

The annual meetings also agreed on a work-plan for 2003 with a view to adopting the necessary amendments to the programmes and programme complements in response to the verification exercise mentioned above and to discussing and preparing the mid-term review, in particular by redirecting the activities of the CSF's sectoral working groups.