In order to improve employment opportunities for workers in the internal market and to contribute thereby to raising the standard of living, a European Social Fund is hereby established in accordance with the provisions set out below; it shall aim to render the employment of workers easier and to increase their geographical and occupational mobility within the Union, and to facilitate their adaptation to industrial changes and to changes in production systems, in particular through vocational training and retraining.
Chun go bhfeabhsófar na deiseanna ar fhostaíocht d'oibrithe sa mhargadh inmheánach agus chun go rannchuideofar amhlaidh leis an gcaighdeán maireachtála a ardú, cuirtear Ciste Sóisialta na hEorpa ar bun i gcomhréir leis na forálacha atá leagtha amach thíos, arb é is aidhm dó fostú d'oibrithe a éascú agus méadú a thabhairt ar a soghluaisteacht gheografach agus ghairmiúil laistigh den Aontas agus oiriúnú d'athruithe tionsclaíocha agus d'athruithe sna córais táirgeachta a éascú go háirithe trí bhíthin na gairmoiliúna agus na hathghairmoiliúna.