Euroform, Horizon and Now are European Community Initiatives which aim to support the piloting of innovative training projects on a transnational basis. Euroform focuses on innvoation in training, Horizon funds projects to develop training for the disadvantaged and the disabled, while Now concerns new kinds of training for women. The EC funding applies to the period 1992 to 1994 and the total allocation for the three programmes amounts to IR£30.4 million. Projects receive up to 65 per cent of their funding from the Structural Funds, mainly the European Social Fund and they must themselves source the required matching funds. The total investment will therefore amount to IR£47.4 million.
Under Euroform, Horizon and Now, 187 projects are being supported to develop new kinds of training for various target groups. At the end of 1992, 286 full and part time jobs had been created in terms of people employed to manage and deliver the training projects.
On these projects by the end of 1992, 4,763 people had received training at 160 locations throughout the country. Since many projects are still at the start up phase, this figure can be expected to rise significantly during 1993.