Peace I and Peace II have operated since the IRA and UVF ceasefires announced in 1994. It funds cross-religion and cross-border projects that promote peace and reconciliation between the ex-warring communities of Northern Ireland.

ESF finances the training, or retraining of long term unemployed, single parents, school drop-outs, etc., and helps create new jobs.

ERDF pays for roads and the modernisation of infrastructure.

Urban helps urban inner city areas in decline, and addresses the problems associated with social and economic exclusion in these areas.

The Single Market is one of the great achievements of the European Union. It allows us to move, live, work and trade freely across a Union of 28 member states and 503 million people.