Definicija: European Union initiative which provides grant finance to support its partner countries in Central Europe to the stage where they are ready to assume the obligations of European Union membership. Established 14 July 1989, as "Poland and Hungary Action for Restructuring of the Economy", Phare was extended in 1990 to include other countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Aims: to assist these states on the path to democracy, to reconstruct their economy towards a market-oriented system. Partner countries are: Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.

Definicija: Pobuda Evropske unije, ki zagotavlja nepovratna sredstva za pomoč partnerskim državam v Srednji Evropi do stopnje, ko so te pripravljene sprejeti obveznosti članstva v Evropski uniji. Phare so uvedli 14. julija 1989 kot akcijo za prestrukturiranje gospodarstva na Poljskem in Madžarskem ("Poland and Hungary Action for Restructuring of the Economy") in podaljšali v letu 1990, ko so se mu pridružile druge države Srednje in Vzhodne Evrope. Cilji: pomagati tem državam na poti v demokracijo, prenoviti njihovo gospodarstvo v tržno usmerjen sistem. Partnerske države so: Albanija, Bolgarija, Češka republika, Estonija, Madžarska, Latvija, Litva, Poljska, Romunija, Slovaška, Slovenija.