Originally created in 1989 as the Poland and Hungary: Assistance for Restructuring their Economies (PHARE) programme, Phare expanded from Poland and Hungary to cover ten countries.
该方案最初创建于1989年，被称为《波兰和匈牙利：援助改革其经济 (PHARE)》计划，后来计划扩大，由原先的波兰和匈牙利扩展为涵盖现在的十个国家。