Press Release: Commission adopts French programme to use €499 million from Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived

The European Commission approved on the 31 July 2014 the French Operational Programme to use the new Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD). France, the first Member State to have its FEAD programme adopted, will receive 499 million euros in current prices in the period 2014-2020 to support the provision of food aid to those most in need in the country (complemented with €88 million from national resources).

The Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD)was launched in January 2014. Its main aim is to break the vicious circle of poverty and deprivation, by providing non-financial assistance to some of the EU’s most vulnerable citizens. The FEAD is worth €3.8 billion in real terms in the 2014 to 2020 period.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Fund for European aid to the most deprived (FEAD) http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-fund-for-european-aid-to-the-most-deprived-fead-2/

European Commission: DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion: Policies and activities: Funding: Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1089&langId=en

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