EU to Donate 40 Million Euros to Turkey

At least 25 thousand people are expected to benefit from the project, which was developed reduce unemployment in E.U. adapted countries. The target is for 50 percent of those people to enter the labor market. The project is anticipated to be completed in 2005.

In the framework of the project, professional and on-the-job training will be given, the establishment of small and medium sized enterprises (KOBI) in order to create new employment opportunities, will be encouraged. Labor department offices will also be modernized.