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COHESION OPEN DATA PLATFORM

European Social Fund (ESF)


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

An aggregated presentation of Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 (ERDF / ESF / CF / YEI) is available on this page.

Budget adopted for the period:

€140 382 915 509

The planned EU financing, national co-financing and total financing are visible using the filters provided in the blue bar above. Based on the filter chosen the planned financing over the period 2014-2020 is presented below 1) by fund and 2) broken down by major theme. (The source dataset is available on the link ”Explore this dataset”).

ESIF 2014-2020: Total Budget by Theme (daily update): European Social Fund, EUR billion
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€0€5€10€15€20€25€30€35€40Efficient PublicAdministrationTechnicalAssistanceFostering crisisrepair andresilienceSocial InclusionEducational &VocationalTrainingSustainable &QualityEmployment€0€5€10€15€20€25€30€35€40Efficient PublicAdministrationTechnicalAssistanceFostering crisisrepair andresilienceSocial InclusionEducational &VocationalTrainingSustainable &QualityEmploymentTotal Contribution
ESIF 2014-2020: Total Budget by Country (daily update): European Social Fund, EUR billion
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€0€2€4€6€8€10€12€14€16€18€20€22€24€26LuxembourgCyprusMaltaDenmarkEstoniaLatviaSloveniaIrelandAustriaFinlandNetherlandsLithuaniaSwedenBulgariaCroatiaBelgiumSlovakiaCzechiaGreeceRomaniaHungaryUnited KingdomPortugalFranceGermanyPolandSpainItaly€0€2€4€6€8€10€12€14€16€18€20€22€24€26LuxembourgCyprusMaltaDenmarkEstoniaLatviaSloveniaIrelandAustriaFinlandNetherlandsLithuaniaSwedenBulgariaCroatiaBelgiumSlovakiaCzechiaGreeceRomaniaHungaryUnited KingdomPortugalFranceGermanyPolandSpainItalyTotal Contribution

Finances planned: detailed

Cohesion policy uses a categorisation system to provide detailed thematic information on the finances planned (and implemented). The detail captured under the "intervention fields" is linked to the high level themes and presented below for the ESF in an interactive sankey chart. TIPS: Click on the chart elements or use the drop down menus to filter by countries, funds, themes, etc. Users can also hold crtl and click selection to select multiple elements. Press "reset selection" in case of non-response.

ESIF 2014-2020: Finances Planned (detailed): Planned EU financing by detailed ESF themes (categorisation)
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HungaryEducational & Vocational Training117 - Enhancing equal access to lifelong learningFrance115 - Support to early-childhood, primary & secondary educationMalta116 - Access to tertiary & equivalent educationSpainLatviaSlovenia118 - Strengthening vocational education & trainingItalyBelgiumGermanyCzechiaCroatiaDenmarkPolandIrelandGreeceBulgariaEstoniaLithuaniaSwedenUnited KingdomSlovak RepublicAustriaPortugalLuxembourgFinland