For the first time the European Commission issued a progress report on 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds. By the end of 2015 almost €130 billion had been invested in small businesses, research, broadband, energy efficiency and other projects focusing on EU’s growth and jobs strategy. 274 000 businesses had already received support; 2.7 million people already had benefitted from assistance in finding a job or developing skills; the biodiversity of 11 million hectares of agricultural land was improved and one million EU-funded projects were selected, for a total value of almost €60 billion.

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