According to data provided by the European Commission concerning the European Social Fund, Cyprus that absorbed 49% or €56.2m out of a total of € 114.3m, ranks first in relation to the other EU member states in 2018, followed by Luxembourg with 46% and Greece with 41%.

Cyprus, through four national programmes, benefits from the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) funding of €917m. This, according to EC data, represents an average of €1,069 euro per person from the EU budget over the period 2014-2020.

The country’s budget for 2014-2020 is around €1.17 bn.

Funding from the European Social Fund accounted for 11.5% of all the funds that Cyprus received from these European funds.

The European Social Fund is Europe’s main instrument for investing in people as it helps individuals find employment or create businesses, supports disadvantaged groups, improves education and makes public services more efficient.

Source: Cyprus Mail