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 Community, and to facilitate their adaption to industrial changes and to changes in production systems, in particular through vocational training and re training.
Chun go bhfeabhsófar na deiseanna ar fhostaiocht 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 thios, arb é is aidhm dó fostú d'oibrithe a éascú agus méadú a thabhairt ar a soghluaisteacht gheografach agus ghairmiúil laistigh den Chomhphobal agus oiriúnú d'athruithe tionsclaiocha agus d'athraithe sna corais tåirgeachta a éascú go háirithe tri bhíthin na gairmoiliúna agus na hathghairmoiliúna.